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An early morning fire damaged the historic Seth Warner home, one of Chicago’s earliest residences and the oldest home in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. Firefighters were alerted to the blaze at 631 N. Central Ave. around 1 a.m. Thursday, according to the Chicago Fire Department. A firefighter was taken to an area hospital as a precaution, but no other injuries were reported, .
The Seth Warner house was built after the Civil War but is the only physical reminder of a man who hosted Frederick Douglass and many anti-slavery meetings at his downtown Chicago music hall.