City press releases Nov. 6, 2007
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28 North Clark Street
Daley Dedicates Flashpoint Chicago's First Digital Media Arts College
Mayor Richard M. Daley joined students and faculty today in dedicating Flashpoint, The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences with an animated ribbon cutting at the schools new, state-of-the-art facility located at 28 North Clark Street.
Published on November 6, 2007.
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4526 South Wabash Avenue
Other Owners of Clarke House
John Chrimes, a tailor, and his wife Lydia purchased the Clarke House in 1872. The previous year, the Great Fire of 1871 had begun west of the Clarke House and spread northeast through the downtown area. The Clarke House thus escaped destruction. Fearful of another fire, and wanting to get an ailing child out to the purer air of the country, the Chrimes had the Clarke House moved twenty-eight blocks south and one block west to 4526 South Wabash Avenue. In the move, the original pillared front portico was removed. Three generations of the Chrimes family occupied the house from 1872 to 1941. The Chrimes daughter Mary married William H. Walter, and during their residence took great interest in its history. The two Walters daughters, Lydia and Laura, both graduates of the University of Chicago and teachers in Chicago public schools, in turn appreciated the historic significance of their 1836 house. When they no longer needed as much space, they urged the City of Chicago to acquire it, but these efforts were unsuccessful. Bishop Louis Henry Ford and the St. Paul Church of God in Christ offered to buy the house in 1941, and the Chrimeses’ granddaughters accepted.
Published on November 6, 2007.
