Raised Building
Title
Description
An illustration of Briggs House (a hotel in Chicago) being raised, as the city planned to lift the buildings up by a few feet in order to install new foundations and municipal sewage systems
Publisher
Chicago Historical Society
Date
1857
Contributor
Rebecca Howell
Zanub Husain
Rights
public domain
Source
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/chi-chicagodays-raisingstreets-story-story.html
Original Format
illustration