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Historical Markers and War Memorials
in the Calumet Region

 
By Sean P. Flynn, May 31, 2025
A-7D Corsair II
1 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — A-7D Corsair II — Light Attack Bomber —
2 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Albert & Alice Roche House — Built 1878 —
3 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Albert and Emma Schmidt House — Built c. 1928 —
4 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Blue Island Cemetery — 1850-1898 —
5 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Blue Island Korean War Veterans Memorial —
6 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Blue Island Memorial Roll —
7 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Blue Island Opera House — built 1908 —
8 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Blue Island Vietnam Veterans Memorial —
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9 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Blue Island's Sister Cities —
10 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Conrad & Matilda Kich House — built 1878 —
11 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Dixie Highway connected Chicago to Miami in the early days of automobile travel — Blue Island: from 1830s pioneer trading post to bustling metropolis —
12 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Fiedler-Mohr Motors — Built 1923 —
13 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Grand Army of the Republic —
14 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Henry & Catherine Doehler House —
15 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Herman & Sophia Heimbach House — Built C. 1879 —
16 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — In Honor and Remembrance of America's Women —
17 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Jebens Hardware Store — Built 1894 —
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18 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Myrtle Albee House, 1878 — Blue Island Woman's Club, 1942 — Blue Island Historical Society, 2003 —
19 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Paul T. & Caryl Klenk House — 12914 Elm Street — Built 1926 —
20 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Spanish-American War Memorial —
21 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Stephan & Martha Jones House — Built c. 1840 —
22 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — The Alden J. Klein House — Built 1925, architect unknown —
23 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — The Buenger/Nelson House — Built 1928 —
24 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — The Joshua P. Young House — built circa 1852 —
25 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — The Klein Residence, Tavern, & Boarding House — Built c. 1848 —
26 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — The Robert Seyfarth House — built 1903 —
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27 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — The William Henke House — 12939 Greenwood Avenue — (Built 1883) —
28 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — The William Schreiber House — 12857 Maple Avenue — (Built 1950) —
29 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — The William Seyfarth House — 12904 Elm Street — (Built 1926) —
30 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — The Woolworth Building — Built 1918 —
31 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — U.S. 4.7 Inch Studebaker Field Gun Model 1906 —
32 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — World War I Memorial —
33 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island, Worth Township — Henry Heimbach's Store — Built c. 1915 Painted 1974-75 —
34 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island, Worth Township — The "Groskopf Corner" — Built c. 1907 —
35 ► Illinois, Cook County, Calumet City, Thornton Township — Origins of Calumet City and Abraham Lincoln Funeral Train —
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36 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Side — About the Sculpture —
37 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Side — Calumet Park Fieldhouse — South Park Commission, architects; 1922-24 — Chicago Landmark —
38 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Side — East Side Veterans Memorial —
39 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Side — Illinois-Indiana Boundary Marker —
40 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Side — Martyrs—Heroes—Unionists —
41 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Side — Martyrs—Heroes—Unionists —
42 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Side — National Historic Site Memorial Day Massacre — May 30, 1937 —
43 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Side — Steelworkers Organize in the Southeast Side —
44 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Golden Gate — Activists in the Anti-Slavery Movement —
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45 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Golden Gate — Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad: Ton Farm Site —
46 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Golden Gate — Pathways to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in Chicago —
47 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, South Deering — Veterans’ Memorial Park —
48 ► Indiana, Lake County, Cedar Lake — A Quick Trip Across the Lake to Your Resort — Take the Dewey Line From the Monon depot to all points of interest — 1896 - 1944 —
49 ► Indiana, Lake County, Cedar Lake — Cedar Lake Has Always Been an Oasis For People — Early Inhabitants at Cedar Lake Water provides necessities for life and respite — 1600 - 1840 —
50 ► Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point — Carnegie Center 1908 —
51 ► Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point — Old Sheriff's House & Jail —
52 ► Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point — The Old Bank —
53 ► Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point — The Old Lake County Courthouse, 1878 —
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54 ► Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point — W.W.II Triangle Memorial —
55 ► Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point, Center Township — Cheshire Hall —
56 ► Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point, Center Township — Crown Point World War II Veterans Memorial —
57 ► Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point, Center Township — Crown Theatre —
58 ► Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point, Center Township — Lake County Courthouse —
59 ► Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point, Center Township — Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail 1882 —
60 ► Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point, Center Township — Site of Lake County's Second Courthouse — 1849-1879 —
61 ► Indiana, Lake County, Crown Point, Center Township — Solon Robinson Home —
62 ► Indiana, Lake County, Dyer — Dyer Indiana — Along the Lincoln Highway — The Ideal Section - Completed in 1923 —
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63 ► Indiana, Lake County, Dyer — Sauk (Sak) Trail —
64 ► Indiana, Lake County, Dyer — The Ideal Section Of The Lincoln Highway — "The finest section of road in the world" —
65 ► Indiana, Lake County, Dyer — The Lincoln Highway — Ideal Section & Monument —
66 ► Indiana, Lake County, Dyer — The Lincoln Highway — Henry C. Ostermann Memorial Seat —
67 ► Indiana, Lake County, Dyer — 45.1996.2 — The Lincoln Highway / The "Ideal Section" — Approximate Western-extent of the "Ideal Section" —
68 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — Atty. Hall's Historic Patriotic Peace Flower and Rose Gardens and Mini-Forest Preserve — "The Wisdom of Love" —
69 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.2019.2 — City Church —
70 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — For God And Country —
71 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.2014.1 — Froebel School —
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72 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.2020.1 — Gary Roosevelt High School —
73 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — Gateway Park / Gary Land Company Building / Union Station — Downtown Art & History Fitness Trail —
74 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.2022.1 — Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus / 1918 Circus Train Wreck —
75 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — In Memory Of All American Veterans —
76 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — Indiana University Northwest —
77 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — Michael Jackson — Office of the Mayor — City of Gary, Indiana —
78 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — Michael Jackson Place of Birth —
79 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.2019.1 — Rep. Katie Hall (1938-2012) / Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law —
80 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — St. Augustine’s Church —
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81 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.1976.1 — St. John's Lutheran Church — Tolleston —
82 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — 45.2014.2 — Stewart Settlement House —
83 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — Tamarack Hall —
84 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary — The Fusion — Downtown Art & History Fitness Trail —
85 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Ambassador Apartments —
86 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — City Methodist Church —
87 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Elbert H. Gary — 1846 - 1927 —
88 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Elbert H. Gary — Downtown Art & History Fitness Trail —
89 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Emerson —
90 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Gary City Hall Building — Downtown Art & History Fitness Trail —
91 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Gary Indiana: Street Car System — Reported damaged
92 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Gary Land Company Building — Built in 1906 —
93 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Gary Public Library —
94 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Gary State Bank —
95 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Gary’s First Schoolhouse —
96 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Horace Mann —
97 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Jefferson Park Water Tower —
98 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Lake Wind Sand Composition - Gary State Bank Building — Downtown Art & History Fitness Trail —
99 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Mayor Richard G. Hatcher — Downtown Art & History Fitness Trail —
100 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — Memorial Auditorium —

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