Historical Marker
Dearborn Street
Historical marker location:
431 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois
( Marker is on South Dearborn Street north of West Congress Parkway, on the right when traveling north.)
Chicago Cultural Walk.
The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893. The fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World, and it attracted over 27 million visitors from around the world.