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Fire in Lyons Destroys Old Hotel/Brewery
Posted by:
Sit and Stew
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Date: November 23, 2013 03:06PM
OK, so it isn't Chicago, but it is Cook County, and I was sad to hear what happened...
Another sad casualty of time and combustibles. The building is/was located at 3901 Joliet Avenue and had been empty for years. I am unable to find an accurate date of construction, but loopnet had it listed as 1870.
Originally a hotel, it was used as a brewery by the same George Hoffmann who built the Castle Tower a stones throw from it. The night I go to bed early without the scanner on of all things...
Here's to the past. :( I wonder if anything was salvageable?
Another sad casualty of time and combustibles. The building is/was located at 3901 Joliet Avenue and had been empty for years. I am unable to find an accurate date of construction, but loopnet had it listed as 1870.
Originally a hotel, it was used as a brewery by the same George Hoffmann who built the Castle Tower a stones throw from it. The night I go to bed early without the scanner on of all things...
Here's to the past. :( I wonder if anything was salvageable?
Re: Fire in Lyons Destroys Old Hotel/Brewery
Posted by:
jd
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Date: November 24, 2013 02:46AM
Sorry, but according to the Sun-Times it has to be levelled because it is a safety hazard due to being next to the "youth batting cages".
[quote=A building thought to be Lyons’ oldest faced demolition Friday after an overnight fire left little but a charred shell. The teardown is the final chapter in the decline of the castle-like building, which was constructed in 1857, said Lyons Mayor Christopher Getty.][/quote]
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/23925394-418/historic-lyons-building-to-be-demolished-following-fire.html
[quote=A building thought to be Lyons’ oldest faced demolition Friday after an overnight fire left little but a charred shell. The teardown is the final chapter in the decline of the castle-like building, which was constructed in 1857, said Lyons Mayor Christopher Getty.][/quote]
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/23925394-418/historic-lyons-building-to-be-demolished-following-fire.html
Re: Fire in Lyons Destroys Old Hotel/Brewery
Posted by:
Sit and Stew
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Date: November 24, 2013 08:51PM
I got all my info from the Tribune which was lacking. I know they knocked the shell down but I had no idea the building was that old.
