The Prairie Avenue Historic District is located in the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago. It spans the 1800 and 1900 blocks of South Prairie Avenue and the 1800 block of South Indiana, and 211-217 East Cullerton. It was the site of the Battle of Fort Dearborn and became Chicago’s most fashionable residential district after the Great Chicago Fire. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on December 27, 1979 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 1972. It contains the Clark House, which was built in 1836 and was untouched by the great Chicago Fire of 1861. It is Chicago’s oldest house.
