St. Adalbert Cemetery in Niles in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

St. Adalbert Cemetery

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, March 12, 2025

1. St. Adalbert Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Consecrated in 1872, St. Adalbert Cemetery was opened to serve the growing Polish Catholic community and is the largest single cemetery within the Archdiocese in burials totaling over three hundred thousand. The cemetery is also the burial place for many religious communities including the Resurrectionist Fathers private mausoleum. The Veteran shrine within Section 8 includes full scale statues of members of the military.

Shrine sections began to be developed within the cemetery after World War II, the most recent being dedicated to Saint Maximilian Kolbe in 1985 by Bishop Abramowicz. A combination Mausoleum/Interment Chapel was constructed within St. Adalbert which was the first such combination in the Catholic Cemeteries.

Erected by Catholic Cemeteries of Chicago.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Immigration • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1872.

Location. 42° 0.325′ N, 87° 47.81′ W. Marker is in Niles, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in St. Adalbert Cemetery. It can be reached from Milwaukee Avenue

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0.7 miles north of Devon Avenue, on the left when traveling north. The marker is about 400 feet from the Milwaukee Avenue gates into the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6800 North Milwaukee Avenue, Niles IL 60714, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Chicago.

It is also 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 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: St. Adalbert's Cemetery Veterans Shrine (within shouting distance of this marker); Smolensk Airplane Crash Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Katyń Massacre Memorial (about 500 feet away); Site of the Former Niles Village Hall (approx. half a mile away); Niles Veterans Memorial Waterfall (approx. half a mile away); Land Acknowledgement (approx. ¾ mile away); Leaning Tower of Niles

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, March 12, 2025

2. St. Adalbert Cemetery Marker

The cemetery's administration building is east of this marker.

(approx. 0.8 miles away); The Bells of the Leaning Tower of Niles (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Niles.

Also see . . . St. Adalbert Cemetery official site.

Excerpt: "Pastors at Bohemian and Polish parishes in Chicago, unable to support dedicated cemeteries for their own individual parishes, joined together in April 1872 to plan a shared cemetery to serve the Ethnic-Slavic Catholic community. In October 1872, Father Adolph Baranowski (Congregation of the Resurrection), pastor of the first and largest Catholic parish, St. Stanislaus Kostka and Father Joseph Molitor, pastor of St. Wenceslaus Bohemian Parish joined together to purchase the original 12-acre plot of land that would become St. Adalbert Cemetery."

(Submitted on March 13, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 13, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 455 times since then and 82 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 13, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.