Wicker Park in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Wicker Park
Chicago Landmark District
Erected by Commission on Chicago Landmarks, City of Chicago.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Immigration • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.
Location. 41° 54.361′ N, 87° 40.792′ W. Marker is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Wicker Park. Marker is at the intersection of West Evergreen Avenue and North Hoyne Avenue, on the left when traveling east on West Evergreen Avenue. The marker is affixed to the light post on the northwest corner of the Hoyne-Evergreen intersection. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chicago IL 60622, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Nelson Algren (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Nelson Algren (approx. 0.2 miles away); Charles Gustavus Wicker (approx. 0.2 miles away); Fountain Court Enhancement (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860 - 1941) (approx. 0.2 miles away); Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral and Rectory (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ukrainian Village (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Ukrainian Village (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chicago.
More about this marker. The marker has identical text on the front and back; the corner of it has been bent.
Regarding Wicker Park. The same lamp post has an honorary brown street sign denoting honorary Nelson Algren Avenue (above the Evergreen Avenue street sign), for the author whose final Chicago home was on Evergreen Avenue about two blocks east of here. There is also a Wicker Park neighborhood sign that notes the neighborhood's 1979 designation on the National Register of Historic Places, and its 1991 naming as a Chicago Landmark District. That sign describes Wicker Park as "an historic neighborhood" in English, Polish and Spanish.
Also see . . . Wicker Park District.
From the Chicago Landmarks Commission: "Pierce and Hoyne streets feature some of the city's largest and best examples of Victorian-era architecture and, due to the large number of brewery owners who built residences on Hoyne, that street became known as "Beer Baron Row." Early inhabitants were largely German and Scandinavian in origin, although a later influx of Polish immigrants led to the area being called the 'Polish Gold Coast.'"(Submitted on September 28, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)
Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 28, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 76 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 28, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.