 The mission, at 31st and State streets, had started in 1874, just three years after the Great Chicago Fire.When Joseph F. Armour died in 1881, he left $100,000 for his brother, Philip D. Armour, the wealthy meatpacker and grain merchant, to establish a Sunday school.Phillip D. Armour added another $100,000 of his own money and had the "Armour Mission" built.