Walking Tour | Historic Old Town

Name: Walking Tour | Historic Old Town
Start: 2025-09-06T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-06T12:00:00-05:00
Location: Chicago History Museum

Schedule

Sat Sep 06 2025 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Chicago History Museum | Chicago, IL

The Chicago History Museum sits on the edge of Old Town, a neighborhood rich in history. The Chicago area was home to the Potawatomi, whose villages were built on these lands. After they were forcibly removed, German farmers settled there to make their homes. Since then, it has served as an enclave for Puerto Rican migrants, a home to the first gay rights organization in the US, as well a vibrant arts scene.
Join CHM volunteer Carol Fitzgibbons to explore stories of recovery from the 1871 Great Chicago Fire and the neighborhood as the center of Chicago bohemianism in the 1960s and ’70s. Highlights include a post-Fire shelter cottage, the Midwest Buddhist Temple, numerous historic residences, and St. Michael’s Church, one of only seven buildings to survive the fire.
$25, $22.50 members
Tour runs 1.5 to 2 hours. Meet at the Chicago History Museum.
Tour also includes free admission to the Chicago History Museum, good for one week from tour date.