Water Tower

It survived a fire that erased most of the city

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A stone tower outlived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, when much of the city burned. Built around a tall iron standpipe, it has rough limestone walls, narrow windows and a pointed roof that give it the shape of a small medieval castle.

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