The Ukrainian Village District was designated on December 4 , 2002 , and comprised portions of Haddon Avenue , Thomas Street , and Cortez Street between Damen and Leavitt Avenues , including portions of Damen , Hoyne and Leavitt Avenues . The district encompasses the oldest part of the Ukrainian Village neighborhood , which was developed beginning in the 1880s and lasting into the 1920s . In 1886 , near the corner of Haddon Street and Damen Avenue , a group of distinctive brick workers cottages were begun by William D. Kerfoot ( the first real estate developer to reestablish his business after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 )
Great Chicago Fire
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Ukrainian Village District