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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Cook County, 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 (802) DuPage County, IL (37) 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 (80)  CookCounty(802) Cook County (802)  DuPageCounty(37) DuPage County (37)  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(80) Berrien County (80)
Chicago is the county seat for Cook County
Adjacent to Cook County, Illinois
      DuPage County (37)  
      Kane County (52)  
      Lake County (67)  
      McHenry County (38)  
      Will County (142)  
      Lake County, Indiana (71)  
      Porter County, Indiana (36)  
      Berrien County, Michigan (80)  
 
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1 Illinois, Cook County, Arlington Heights — 116 W. Euclid
2 Illinois, Cook County, Arlington Heights — 609 N. Dunton
3 Illinois, Cook County, Bellwood — First Bellwood Bell
4 Illinois, Cook County, Bellwood — Memorial Park
5 Illinois, Cook County, Bellwood — Pvt. Albert E. Fenhouse
6 Illinois, Cook County, Bellwood — Veterans Memorial
7 Illinois, Cook County, Berkeley — Berkeley Veterans Memorial
8 Illinois, Cook County, Berkeley — Bohlander — Historical Site 1845
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9 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — A Road Well Traveled — The Ogden Avenue Corridor
10 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Arthur J. Dunham Centennial Home
11 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Automobile Love Affair — A Traveling Showroom
12 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Berwyn 9/11 Memorial
13 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Berwyn Veterans Memorial
14 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Berwyn, Illinois — Welcome to Route 66 Illinois
15 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Cruising the Strip — Route 66 on Ogden Avenue
16 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Eating on the Run — Fast Food on Ogden Avenue
17 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Father Robert Mastny
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18 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Illinois Open Space Lands — A Cooperative Outdoor Recreation Project
19 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Lesak Park Veterans Flagpole
20 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Lincoln the Friendly Neighbor
21 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Sokol Tabor War Memorial
22 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — St. Mary of Celle Parish War Memorial
23 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Veterans Memorial
24 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — War Memorial
25 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — World War I Memorial
26 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — World War I Memorial
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27 Illinois, Cook County, Brookfield — Australia House — Opened in 1934
28 Illinois, Cook County, Brookfield — Baboon Island — Memories for a well-rounded, greener future
29 Illinois, Cook County, Brookfield — Hamill Family Play Zoo — Opened as Small Mammal House in 1935 Renovated as Hamill Family Play Zoo in 2001 — Brookfield Zoo Since 1934 —
30 Illinois, Cook County, Brookfield — Korean War Memorial
31 Illinois, Cook County, Brookfield — Partners in Conservation — The Chicago Zoological Society and the Forest Preserves of Cook County: The Early Years
32 Illinois, Cook County, Brookfield — South Gate — Dedicated in 1934 — Brookfield Zoo —
33 Illinois, Cook County, Brookfield — The Swamp — Opened as Primate House in 1933; Renovated as the Swamp in 1996 — Brookfield Zoo —
34 Illinois, Cook County, Brookfield — Theodore Roosevelt Fountain
35 Illinois, Cook County, Brookfield — Veterans Memorial Circle
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36 Illinois, Cook County, Brookfield — Veterans Memorial Park
37 Illinois, Cook County, Calumet City, Thornton Township — Origins of Calumet City and Abraham Lincoln Funeral Train
38 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Andersonville — Andersonville
39 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Andersonville — Andersonville School
40 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Andersonville — WWI Memorial
41 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — American Elm (Memorial to George Washington)
42 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — Austin VFW Post 2955 War Memorial
43 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — F.R. Schock Houses — Chicago Landmark District
44 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — Galewood Community War Memorial
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45 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin — Joseph Jacob Walser House — Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect; 1903 — Chicago Landmark —
46 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Avondale — Florsheim Shoe Company Building — Alfred S. Alschuler, architect • 1924-26 — Chicago Landmark —
47 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Back of the Yards — Leslie F. Orear
48 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Back of the Yards — The Fallen 21
49 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Back of the Yards — Union Stock Yard — Chicago — Est. 1865 —
50 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Back of the Yards — Union Stock Yard Gate — Burnham and Root, architects; Yard open: 1865-1971 — Chicago Landmark —
51 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Belmont Cragin — Jacob A. Riis — Reported damaged
52 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Bridgeport and the Development of Chicago's Infrastructure — The Story of a Neighborhood
53 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bridgeport — Lt. Joseph T. (Jay) McKeon Jr. Park
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54 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 —
55 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Stephen Douglas — United States Senator (1813-1861) — Chicago Tribute —
56 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Canaryville — People of Canaryville — Reported damaged
57 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dearborn Homes — 99 — Votes for Women — Road to the 19th Amendment — National Votes for Women Trail —
58 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Camp Douglas
59 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Chicago Bee Building — Chicago Landmark —
60 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Chicago Defender Building — Chicago Landmark —
61 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Douglas Plaza — Site of Civil War Camp Douglas — 1861-65 —
62 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Eugene Williams Memorial — Dedicated to All the Victims of the Race Riot That Began Near This Place
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63 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Ida B. Wells-Barnett — Chicago Tribute
64 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Overton Hygienic Building — Chicago Landmark
65 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Pilgrim Baptist Church — Chicago Landmark —
66 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Richard Wright — Chicago Tribute
67 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — State Street
68 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Sunset Cafe — Chicago Landmark —
69 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Supreme Life Building — Chicago Landmark —
70 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — The Boulevard System
71 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — The Ida B. Wells Homes
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72 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Unity Hall — Chicago Landmark
73 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Victory, World War I Black Soldiers’ Memorial
74 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Welcome to Bronzeville
75 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Civil War Veterans
76 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Cook County Cemetery at Dunning — 1854
77 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Cook County Poorhouse
78 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Henry Horner — 1878 – 1940
79 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Orphaned and Abandoned Infants and Children
80 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Read-Dunning Cemetery No. 3
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81 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — The Cook County Insane Asylum
82 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — The Sick and Infirm at Dunning
83 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Unidentified Victims of the 1871 Chicago Fire
84 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Unknown and Itinerant Poor of Cook County
85 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Veterans Memorial
86 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Garfield Park — Behold Thy Mother
87 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Garfield Park — Garfield Park
88 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Garfield Park — Garfield Park
89 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Garfield Park — The Boulevard System
90 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Hyde Park — Harold Washington — Chicago Tribute —
91 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Side — East Side Veterans Memorial
92 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Side — Illinois-Indiana Boundary Marker
93 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Edison Park — Edison Park World War I Memorial
94 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Forest Glen — Mary Berkemeier Quinn Park-of-Trees — Established and maintained in perpetuity
95 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Forest Glen — Old Edgebrook — Chicago Landmark District
96 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Forest Glen — Old Treaty Elm
97 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Forest Glen — Sauganash Veterans Memorial
98 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Forest Glen — Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church
99 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — 132nd Infantry Monument — 2nd Ill.
100 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Finley Peter Dunne — Chicago Tribute —

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