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Historical Markers and War Memorials
in Chicago’s Bronzeville

 
By Andrew Ruppenstein, December 6, 2021
Overton Hygienic Building Marker - entrance view
101 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Overton Hygienic Building — Chicago Landmark —
102 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Paul Laurence Dunbar — June 27, 1872-February 9, 1906 —
103 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Pilgrim Baptist Church — Chicago Landmark —
104 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Ralph H. Metcalfe — 1910-1978 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
105 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Reverend Mother York — 1923-1995 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
106 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Richard Wright — Chicago Tribute —
107 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Richard Wright — 1908-1960 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
108 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Robert Motts — 1861-1911 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
109 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Robert R. Taylor — 1899-1957 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
110 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Robert S. Abbott — 1870-1940 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
111 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Robert W. Roloson Houses — Frank Lloyd Wright, architect; 1894 — Chicago Landmark —
112 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — S.B. Fuller — 1905-1980 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
113 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — S.R. Crown Hall —
114 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Sam Cooke — 1931-1964 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
115 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Sidney A. Kent House — Burnham and Root, architects; 1883 — Chicago Landmark —
116 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — St. Claire Drake / Horace R. Clayton — 1911-1990 / 1903-1970 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
117 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — State Street —
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118 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Sunset Cafe — Chicago Landmark —
119 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Supreme Life Building — Built 1921; remodeled 1950 — Chicago Landmark —
120 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — The Boulevard System —
121 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — The History of the "Fighting Eighth" Infantry Regiment and the Giles Armory —
122 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — The Ida B. Wells Homes —
123 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — The Savoy Big Five — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
124 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Theodore K. Lawless — 1892-1971 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
125 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Theresa Needham — 1912-1992 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
126 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Truman Gibson Sr. / Truman Gibson Jr. — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
127 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Unity Hall — Chicago Landmark —
128 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Victory, World War I Black Soldiers’ Memorial —
129 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Vivian Harsh — 1890-1960 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
130 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Walter T. Bailey Giles — 1882-1941 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
131 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Welcome to Bronzeville —
132 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Welcome to Bronzeville —
133 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Wendell Phillips High School — William Bryce Mundie, architect; 1904 — Chicago Landmark —
134 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Willa Brown — 1906-1992 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
135 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Willard Motley / Archibald Motley, Jr. — 1912-1965 / 1891-1981 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
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136 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — William J. Otterson — 1885-1919 —
137 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — William L. Dawson — 1886-1971 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
138 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — Adrinka Symbols —
139 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — Bessie Coleman — Chicago Tribute —
140 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church — Chicago Landmark —
141 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong — Chicago Tribute —
142 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — Melissia Ann Elam Home — Chicago Landmark —
143 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — Nat "King" Cole — Chicago Tribute —
144 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — Oscar DePriest — Chicago Tribute —
145 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — Richard Wright House — Chicago Landmark —
146 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — Robert S. Abbott — Chicago Tribute —
147 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — The Forum — 1897 —
148 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — The Honorable Harold Washington —
149 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard — The Marx Brothers — Chicago Tribute —
150 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Oakland — Hannah Greenebaum Solomon — Chicago Tribute —
151 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Oakland — Stephen Douglas — United States Senator (1813-1861) — Chicago Tribute —
152 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Oakland — The Great Migration Centennial, 1916-2016 —

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