Samuel De Champlain

Historical marker location:

Chatham, Massachusetts

( Marker is on Stage Harbor Road, 0.1 miles south of Bridge Street, Chatham, MA, on the left when traveling south.)

The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was one of the most destructive fires in American history. It destroyed 65 acres of downtown Boston, including 776 buildings and caused $73.5 million in damage (equivalent to over $1.5 billion today).