Grant Park in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

John H. Bryan

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, December 12, 2024

1. John H. Bryan Marker

Inscription. In gratitude from the City of Chicago to
John H. Bryan, Chairman, Millennium Park, Inc.,
for his vision and leadership and to all the founders whose names are represented for all time on this Millennium Monument

Their generosity, in partnership with the city, created Millennium Park

Erected 2004 by City of Chicago.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Parks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical year for this entry is 2004.

Location. 41° 53.039′ N, 87° 37.437′ W. Marker is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Grant Park. It is on Michigan Avenue near Randolph Street, on the right when traveling north. The marker is on the side of the Millenium Monument in the northwestern corner of Millennium Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 201 East Randolph Street, Chicago IL 60601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the

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Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Wrigley Square (here, next to this marker); Jean Baptiste Beaubien (within shouting distance of this marker); Historic Michigan Boulevard (within shouting distance of this marker); The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center (about 300 feet away); Pittsfield Building (about 600 feet away); Millennium Park (about 600 feet away); Jewelers Row (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chicago.

More about this marker. The Millennium Monument is a peristyle of doric columns that lists the park's roughly 100 "founders," the individuals, corporations and foundations that helped fund its creation around the turn of the 21st century. It is a nearly identical replica of a similar structure that sat in the same spot during the first half of the 20th century.

Regarding John H. Bryan. Businessman John

Millennium Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, December 12, 2024

2. Millennium Monument

The Bryan marker is on the left side of the photo.

H. Bryan was the CEO of the Sara Lee Corporation from 1976 until 2001, and was a philanthropic leader in Chicago, including the turn-of-the-century efforts to convert a mixture of parkland, parking lots and an Illinois Central railyard in the northwest corner of Chicago's Grant Park in what became Millennium Park. Bryan died in 2008 at age 81.

Also see . . . Chicago Tribune: John H. Bryan obituary (2018).

Excerpt: "Though soft-spoken and genteel, Bryan was the driving force behind the creation of Chicago’s Millennium Park, and he also was a tireless fundraiser to expand and renovate the Art Institute of Chicago, whose board he had chaired, the Civic Opera House and Orchestra Hall."

(Submitted on December 12, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, December 12, 2024

3. John H. Bryan Marker

John H. Bryan (1936-2018) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Wikimedia Commons, circa 1986

4. John H. Bryan (1936-2018)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 308 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 12, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.