THREATENED: Historic Swift Mansion Suffers Extensive Upper Floor Damage after Suspected Arson
Fire at Swift Mansion on December 3, 2023. Swift Mansion / Edward Morris house, 1892, Willett & Pashley, 4500 S. Michigan Ave. Photo credit: Chicago Fire Department Swift Mansion Tenants Say Owners Illegally Evicted Them Before Massive Fire; Nine people had been living at the historical mansion, where the second floor had been converted into a single-room occupancy building, two tenants said. Officials are investigating the Sunday fire as arson, Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago, 11/29/23 Arson investigation underway after fire breaks out at Bronzeville’s historic Swift Mansion: police, Maher Kawash, ABC7 News Chicago, 12/4/23 Gutted by fire, the fate of Bronzeville’s historic Swift Mansion remains in limbo; The fire is under investigation, but the 131-year-old home’s survival could rest with the results of a structural report now being prepared by city building inspectors, Lee Bey, Chicago Sun-Times, 12/4/23 Tenants say they were illegally evicted days before Swift Mansion fire; The owner planned to renovate the top two floors to create space to house migrants, according to a lawsuit. But a blaze broke out in a back stairwell before the work could begin, tenants and owners say, David Struett, Chicago Sun-Times, 12/4/23
