Chicago Fire Department Training Academy

Chicago


Rarely has a building been placed in a more appropriate location: the fire department’s training school (also known as the Quinn Academy) stands on the very spot where the 1871 Great Chicago Fire began – between Clinton and Jefferson Sts.


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