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Westmont Real Estate and Community Information
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Westmont was developed largely because of the Great Chicago Fire. Following the blaze, Chicago building codes called for all new structures to be built of brick, rather than wood. The William Gregg Brick Company, located in Westmont, the highest point west of Chicago along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (now the BNSF), provided most of the brick used in the rebuilding of the city. During Prohibition, many speakeasies opened in Westmont and the town adopted nicknames such as "Wetmont " and "Whiskey Hill."
Demographics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmont%2C_IL
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