Avers Avenue

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Avers Avenue Soundex Code A162

3832 W. from 6354 N. to 10834 S.

Frederick Henry Avers, born in 1831 in Buffalo, New York was a contractor who built the Sherman House and the Palmer House before the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. After the fire, he was a major figure in the city's rebuilding.