Winfield Township in Warrenville in DuPage County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Warrenville World War I Memorial Rock
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, November 14, 2025
1. Warrenville World War I Memorial Rock
Frank B. Bailey Lester E. Daw Samuel H. Dorrance Thomas P. Dorrance Robert D. Fletcher Otto F. Glasscoe Vernal H. Glasscoe Vincent I. March Edmund L. Rieser Glenn A. Rogers August J. Surkamer Clarence B. Wyman
Erected 1929 by Warrenville Women's Club.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
Location. 41° 49.419′ N, 88° 10.885′ W. Memorial is in Warrenville, Illinois, in DuPage County. It is in Winfield Township. It is on Stafford Place west of Warren Avenue, in the median. The marker is to the rear (west) of the Warrenville Veterans Memorial. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Warrenville IL 60555, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial 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 territory of the Mississippian
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Warrenville Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); The Veteran's Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Welcome to the Founders Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Seraph Warren Holmes (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); It Kame From the North (approx. 0.4 miles away); Site of Julius M. Warrens Saw Mill and Warrenvilles Grist Mill (approx. half a mile away); Gathering at the Gristmill (approx. half a mile away); Recipe for a River (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Warrenville.
More about this memorial. According to a history of the Warrenville Veterans Memorial affixed to its side, this World War I memorial rock originally sat in front of Holmes School, which was about a block southeast of here. That school closed in 1990 and was torn down for the police station, and the school's students held a ceremony moving the World War I memorial to this location.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, November 14, 2025
2. Warrenville World War I Memorial Rock
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, November 14, 2025
3. Warrenville World War I Memorial Rock, behind the city's veterans memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on December 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 19, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 60 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 19, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
