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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Chicago, Illinois

 
Clickable Map of Cook County, Illinois and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Cook County, IL (866) DuPage County, IL (43) Kane County, IL (52) Lake County, IL (67) McHenry County, IL (38) Will County, IL (142) Lake County, IN (71) Porter County, IN (36) Berrien County, MI (82)  CookCounty(866) Cook County (866)  DuPageCounty(43) DuPage County (43)  KaneCounty(52) Kane County (52)  LakeCounty(67) Lake County (67)  McHenryCounty(38) McHenry County (38)  WillCounty(142) Will County (142)  LakeCountyIndiana(71) Lake County (71)  PorterCounty(36) Porter County (36)  BerrienCountyMichigan(82) Berrien County (82)
Chicago is the county seat for Cook County
Chicago is in Cook County
      Cook County (866)  
ADJACENT TO COOK COUNTY
      DuPage County (43)  
      Kane County (52)  
      Lake County (67)  
      McHenry County (38)  
      Will County (142)  
      Lake County, Indiana (71)  
      Porter County, Indiana (36)  
      Berrien County, Michigan (82)  
 
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1 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Andersonville — Andersonville
2 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Andersonville — Andersonville School
3 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Andersonville — WWI Memorial
4 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — American Elm (Memorial to George Washington)
5 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — Austin VFW Post 2955 War Memorial
6 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — Chieftan Statue
7 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — F.R. Schock Houses — Chicago Landmark District
8 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — Galewood Community War Memorial
9 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — Joseph Jacob Walser House — Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect; 1903 — Chicago Landmark —
10 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Avondale — Florsheim Shoe Company Building — Alfred S. Alschuler, architect • 1924-26 — Chicago Landmark —
11 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Back of the Yards — Leslie F. Orear
12 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Back of the Yards — The Fallen 21
13 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Back of the Yards — Union Stock Yard — Chicago — Est. 1865 —
14 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Back of the Yards — Union Stock Yard Gate — Burnham and Root, architects; Yard open: 1865-1971 — Chicago Landmark —
15 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Belmont Cragin — For God and Country
16 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Belmont Cragin — Jacob A. Riis — Reported damaged
17 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Beverly — Upwood-Morgan Home
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18 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Beverly — Walden Station — 1890 — Chicago Landmark —
19 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Beverly — William and Jessie Adams House — Frank Lloyd Wright, architect; 1901 — Chicago Landmark —
20 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Billy Pierce — 19
21 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Bridgeport and the Development of Chicago's Infrastructure — The Story of a Neighborhood
22 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Carlton Ernest Fisk — "The Commander"; "Pudge"
23 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Carlton Fisk — 72
24 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Charles A. Comiskey — "The Old Roman" — 1859-1931 —
25 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Comiskey Park Project Labor Agreement
26 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Frank Thomas — 35
27 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Frank Thomas — "The Big Hurt"
28 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Harold Baines — 3
29 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Harold Douglas Baines — "Bainesy"
30 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Jackie Robinson — 42
31 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Jacob Nelson "Nellie" Fox
32 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — James R. Thompson
33 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Jim Thome Home Runs
34 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Lt. Joseph T. (Jay) McKeon Jr. Park
35 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Luis Aparicio — 11
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36 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Luis Aparicio — "Little Louie"
37 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Luke Appling — 4
38 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Mark Buehrle — 56
39 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Minnie Miρoso — 9
40 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Nellie Fox — 2
41 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Paul Konerko — 14
42 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Paul Konerko — "Paulie"
43 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Saturnino Orestes Armas "Minnie" Miρoso Arrieta — "Mr. White Sox"; "The Cuban Comet"
44 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Ted Lyons — 16
45 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Walter William Pierce — "Billy"
46 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Ida B. Wells-Barnett — July 16, 1862 — March 25, 1931 — Teacher, Journalist, Anti-Lynching Crusader, Women's Rights Activist, Civil Rights Pioneer —
47 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Stephen Douglas — United States Senator (1813-1861) — Chicago Tribute —
48 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Canaryville — People of Canaryville — Reported damaged
49 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dearborn Homes — 99 — Votes for Women — Road to the 19th Amendment — National Votes for Women Trail —
50 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Camp Douglas
51 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Chicago Bee Building — Chicago Landmark —
52 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Chicago Defender Building — Chicago Landmark —
53 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Douglas Plaza — Site of Civil War Camp Douglas — 1861-65 —
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54 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Eugene Williams Memorial — Dedicated to All the Victims of the Race Riot That Began Near This Place
55 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Ida B. Wells-Barnett — Chicago Tribute
56 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Overton Hygienic Building — Chicago Landmark
57 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Pilgrim Baptist Church — Chicago Landmark —
58 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Richard Wright — Chicago Tribute
59 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — State Street
60 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Sunset Cafe — Chicago Landmark —
61 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Supreme Life Building — Chicago Landmark —
62 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — The Boulevard System
63 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — The Ida B. Wells Homes
64 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Unity Hall — Chicago Landmark
65 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Victory, World War I Black Soldiers’ Memorial
66 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Welcome to Bronzeville
67 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — 09.11.2001
68 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — 9/11 Memorial
69 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — 9/11 Memorial
70 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Civil War Veterans
71 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Cook County Cemetery at Dunning — 1854
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72 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Cook County Poorhouse
73 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Henry Horner — 1878 – 1940
74 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Orphaned and Abandoned Infants and Children
75 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Read-Dunning Cemetery No. 3
76 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — The Cook County Insane Asylum
77 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — The Sick and Infirm at Dunning
78 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Unidentified Victims of the 1871 Chicago Fire
79 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Unknown and Itinerant Poor of Cook County
80 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Veterans Memorial
81 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Garfield Park — Behold Thy Mother
82 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Garfield Park — Garfield Park
83 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Garfield Park — Garfield Park
84 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Garfield Park — The Boulevard System
85 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Hyde Park — Harold Washington — Chicago Tribute —
86 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Side — East Side Veterans Memorial
87 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Side — Illinois-Indiana Boundary Marker
88 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Edison Park — Edison Park World War I Memorial
89 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Forest Glen — Hazelton-Mikota House — Architect unknown; 1881 — Chicago Landmark —
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90 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Forest Glen — Mary Berkemeier Quinn Park-of-Trees — Established and maintained in perpetuity
91 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Forest Glen — Old Edgebrook — Chicago Landmark District
92 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Forest Glen — Old Treaty Elm
93 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Forest Glen — Sauganash Veterans Memorial
94 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Forest Glen — Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church
95 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — 132nd Infantry Monument — 2nd Ill.
96 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Finley Peter Dunne — Chicago Tribute —
97 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park
98 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park
99 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park
100 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park

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