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Historical Markers and War Memorials
in Chicago’s Loop

 
By Sean P. Flynn, December 12, 2024
Bicentennial Memorial
1 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — Bicentennial Memorial —
2 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — Christopher Columbus — Reported permanently removed
3 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — Faheem Majeed — Freedom's Stand: Sentries Beacon, 2024 — Augmented Chicago: Inaugural Realities —
4 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — Franz West — Stonehenge (2011); Dorit (2002) — Reported permanently removed
5 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — John H. Bryan —
6 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — Maggie C. Daley Park — Established 2014 —
7 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — Maggie C. Daley Park — Established 2014 —
8 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — Maggie C. Daley Park — Established 2014 —
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9 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — Millennium Park —
10 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — Parkways Foundation —
11 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — Re-SPLAM — Reclaimed — Spatial Laminated Timber Pavilion —
12 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — Wrigley Square — Dedicated October 30, 2002 — A gift of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation to the people of Chicago —
13 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — Yvette Mayorga — The Lovers Dance, 2024 — Augmented Chicago: Inaugural Realities —
14 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Chicago Building — Holabird & Roche, architect; 1904-05 — Chicago Landmark —
15 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Daley Center — C.F. Murphy Associates, architect; Pablo Picasso, sculptor; 1965, 1967 (Chicago Picasso) — Chicago Landmark —
16 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Fine Arts Building — Solon S. Beman, architect; 1885; converted to Fine Arts Building in 1898 — Chicago Landmark —
17 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Historic Michigan Boulevard — Chicago Landmark District — Reported unreadable
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18 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Majestic Building and Theatre — Edmund R. Krause, architect; 1906 — Chicago Landmark —
19 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Reliance Building — D. H. Burnham & Co., architects; 1890-95 — Chicago Landmark —
20 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — State Street — Chicago Cultural Walk —
21 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — "Shovel Day" — September 3, 1892 —
22 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — ... I'm Speaking. — Kamala Harris —
23 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — “Hubbard’s Folly” —
24 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — 300 West Adams Street Office Building — Jens J. Jensen, Architect; 1927 — Chicago Landmark —
25 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — 333 North Michigan Building — Holabird & Root, Architect — 1928 —
26 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — 333 North Michigan Building — Holabird & Root, architect; 1928 — Chicago Landmark —
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27 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — 35 East Wacker Drive Building — Giaver & Dinkelberg, architect; 1926-27 — Chicago Landmark —
28 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — 910 South Michigan — Built 1911 — Architect: Marshall and Fox —
29 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — A Century of Progress —
30 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Aaron Montgomery Ward — Businessman, philanthropist, preservationist (1843-1913) — Chicago Tribute —
31 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Aaron Montgomery Ward Gardens — In Grant Park — “Forever Open, Clear and Free” —
32 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Auditorium Building — Adler and Sullivan, architects — 1889 —
33 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Auditorium Building — Erected: 1889; Architects: Adler & Sullivan —
34 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Augustus Garrett —
35 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Bataan- Corregidor Memorial Bridge —
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36 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Bertha Van Hoosen, M.D. —
37 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Blackstone Hotel — Marshall & Fox, architects — 1910 —
38 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Brooks Building — Chicago Landmark —
39 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Brunswick Corporation Headquarters — 1913-1964 —
40 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Burnham Center —
41 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Carbide and Carbon Building — Burnham Brothers Inc., architect — 1929 —
42 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Carson Pirie Scott & Company Building — Louis H. Sullivan, architect, 1899, 1903–1904; 1906 addition by D.H. Burnham and Co. — Chicago Landmark —
43 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Central Station Fragments —
44 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago —
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45 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago Bridges —
46 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago in the 1830s —
47 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences —
48 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago Remembers —
49 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago River —
50 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago River 2000 —
51 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago River Bridge Technology —
52 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago River Fish Hotel —
53 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago River Wildlife —
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54 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago Riverwalk 2000 —
55 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago Route 66 / Ruta 66 de Chicago — Start of the Trail / Inicio de la Ruta — History of Route 66 / Historia de la Ruta 66 —
56 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago Submarine Memorial —
57 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago Temple —
58 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago Theater — Rapp and Rapp, architects; 1921 — Chicago Landmark —
59 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago's Early Settlers —
60 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Chicago's Movable Bridges —
61 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Civic Opera Building — Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, architects; 1927-1929 — Chicago Landmark —
62 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Columbia Yacht Club — Founded 1892 —
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63 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Continental and Commercial Bank Building — D.H. Burnham & Co. ; Graham, Anderson Probst & White, architects — 1914 —
64 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Couch Place —
65 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Couch Place —
66 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Crane Company Building — Built 1913 —
67 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Dearborn Street — Chicago Cultural Walk — Reported missing
68 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Dearborn Street — Chicago Cultural Walk —
69 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Diane Simpson: “Good for Future” — Untitled — 2025; Acrylic-painted MDF —
70 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Diosa (Jasmina Cazucu) — On the Wings of Change — 2021 —
71 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Early Chicago River Crossings —
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72 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Eternal Flame Memorial —
73 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Fairbanks Morse & Company Building —
74 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Field Building — Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, architects; 1928-34 — Chicago Landmark —
75 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Firefighter Walter Watroba — Engine Co. 13 — Died in the line of duty, November 22, 1976; 5-11 Alarm —
76 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — First Jewish House of Worship —
77 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — First Post Office —
78 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Fisher Building — D.H. Burnham and Company, architects; 1896 — Chicago Landmark —
79 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Float by Noah MacMillan —
80 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Fort Dearborn —
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81 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Founded by This Church —
82 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Founding of the Arthur Dixon Bible Class —
83 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Founding of the First Methodist Church —
84 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Fourth Church Building of First Methodist Church of Chicago —
85 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Freeform — Richard Hunt — September 10, 1993 —
86 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Grant Park — Buckingham Fountain — Architect: Bennett, Parsons and Frost • Engineer: Jacques Lambert • Sculptor: Marcel Franηois Layau —
87 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Harold Washington — 1924-1987 — Mayor Of The City Of Chicago —
88 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Harris and Selwyn Theaters — Chicago Landmark —
89 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Heald Square Monument — Robert Morris • George Washington • Haym Salomon —
90 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Historic Michigan Boulevard — Chicago Landmark District —
91 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Historic Michigan Boulevard — Chicago Landmark District —
92 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Historic Michigan Boulevard — Chicago Landmark District — Reported unreadable
93 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Historic Michigan Boulevard — Chicago Landmark District — Reported unreadable
94 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Historic Michigan Boulevard — Chicago Landmark District —
95 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Historic Michigan Boulevard — Chicago Landmark District —
96 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Hotel Somerset —
97 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Illinois and Michigan Canal —
98 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Illinois Bell Telephone Company War Memorial —
99 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Inland Steel Building — Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, architects; 1956-57 — Chicago Landmark —
100 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Inland Steel Company Building — Erected: 1957 — Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill —

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