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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 (810) DuPage County, IL (40) 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(810) Cook County (810)  DuPageCounty(40) DuPage County (40)  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 (40)  
      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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101 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park
On South Hamlin Boulevard at West Madison Street, on the right when traveling north on South Hamlin Boulevard.
102 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park
On North Hamlin Avenue south of West Lake Street, on the right when traveling north.
103 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park
On West Congress Parkway at Independence Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on West Congress Parkway.
104 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park
On South Central Park Boulevard at West Jackson Boulevard on South Central Park Boulevard.
105 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park
On West Madison Street at Homan Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Madison Street.
106 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park
On South Central Park Boulevard near Madison Street, on the right when traveling north.
107 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park
On West Lake Street west of North Homan Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
108 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park Fieldhouse
On North Central Park Avenue, 0.1 miles north of West Washington Boulevard, on the left when traveling north.
109 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park Natural Area
Near North Central Park Avenue, 0.2 miles north of West Washington Boulevard, on the left when traveling north.
110 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park Natural Area
On Schraeder Drive west of North Central Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
111 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Garfield Park Natural Area
On North McCrea Drive north of West Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
112 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — George Halas — Chicago Tribute —
On West Washington Boulevard at North Kostner Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Washington Boulevard.
113 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Norman Cornwall Memorial
On South Central Park Boulevard at Jackson Boulevard on South Central Park Boulevard.
114 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — The Boulevard System
On West Congress Parkway at South Independence Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on West Congress Parkway.
115 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — "Barmaids Ordinance"
On West Division Street, on the left when traveling east.
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116 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Bertha Honore Palmer and Potter Palmer
On North Lake Shore Drive at Banks Street, on the left when traveling north on North Lake Shore Drive.
117 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Bryan Lathrop House — Chicago Landmark
On East Bellevue Place east of North State Street, on the left when traveling east.
118 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Catholic Cemetery — Hidden Truths
On North Avenue at North Dearborn Street, on the right when traveling west on North Avenue.
119 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Churchill Corner
On N. State Parkway at Goethe Street on N. State Parkway.
120 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Fisher Studio Houses — Andrew Rebori, architect; 1936 — Chicago Landmark —
On State Parkway north of Division Street.
121 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Irna Phillips — Chicago Tribute —
On North Astor Street at East Banks Street, on the right when traveling north on North Astor Street.
122 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — James Charnley House
On North Astor Street at East Schiller Street, on the right when traveling north on North Astor Street.
123 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — John Wellborn Root — Chicago Tribute —
On North Astor Street, on the left.
124 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Louise DeKoven Bowen — Chicago Tribute —
On North Astor Street, on the right when traveling south.
125 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Patterson-McCormick Mansion
On East Burton Place near Astor Street, on the right when traveling west.
126 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Robert McCormick — Chicago Tribute —
On North Astor Street.
127 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — St. Chrysostom's Church
On North Dearborn Parkway north of Schiller Street.
128 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — The Three Arts Club — Holabird and Roche, architects; 1914 — Chicago Landmark —
On North Dearborn Street north of Goethe Street, on the right when traveling south.
129 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Victorian Brownstone Residences
On Ritchie Court at Goethe Street, on the right when traveling north on Ritchie Court.
130 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Walgreens — 1200 North Dearborn Street
On North Dearborn Street at West Division Street, on the left when traveling north on North Dearborn Street.
131 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Wooden Alley
On Wooden Alley at N. State Parkway on Wooden Alley.
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132 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Bessie Coleman — Chicago Tribute
On South Martin Luther King Jr Drive at East 41st Street, on the right when traveling north on South Martin Luther King Jr Drive.
133 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church — Chicago Landmark —
On South Vincennes Avenue near East 45th Street, on the right when traveling north.
134 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong — Chicago Tribute
On East 44th Street east of South Martin Luther King Jr Drive, on the right when traveling east.
135 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Melissia Ann Elam Home — Chicago Landmark
On South King Drive, on the right when traveling south.
136 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Nat "King" Cole — Chicago Tribute
On South Vincennes Avenue north of East 41st Street, on the right when traveling north.
137 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Oscar DePriest — Chicago Tribute
On South King Drive, on the right when traveling south.
138 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Richard Wright House — Chicago Landmark —
On South Vincennes Avenue at East 48th Place, on the right when traveling north on South Vincennes Avenue.
139 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Robert S. Abbott — Chicago Tribute
On South King Drive, on the right when traveling south.
140 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — The Forum (1897)
On East 43rd Street at South Calumet Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East 43rd Street.
141 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — The Honorable Harold Washington
On South Martin Luther King Drive at East 47th Street, on the right when traveling north on South Martin Luther King Drive.
142 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — The Marx Brothers — Chicago Tribute
On South King Drive, on the right when traveling south.
143 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park — Maggie C. Daley Park — Established 2014
On Monroe Street at Columbus Drive, on the right when traveling west on Monroe Street.
144 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Greater Grand Crossing — Confederate Mound Monument
Near East 67th Street at South Greenwood Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
145 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Groveland Park — Stephen A. Douglas Memorial — Leonard W. Volk, designer and sculptor 1881 — Chicago Landmark —
Near East 35th Street at South Lake Park Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
146 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Groveland Park — Stephen A. Douglas: Douglas and Lincoln
Near East 35th Street.
147 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Groveland Park — Stephen A. Douglas: The Chicago Years
Near East 35th Street at South Lake Park Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
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148 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Groveland Park — Stephen A. Douglas: The Douglas Tomb
Near East 35th Street.
149 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Groveland Park — Stephen Arnold Douglas — 1813-1861
On East 35th Street at South Lake Park Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East 35th Street.
150 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Humboldt Park — Humboldt Park — A green place for people and wildlife
Near North Humboldt Boulevard, 0.3 miles north of Division Street.
151 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Humboldt Park — Humboldt Park
On Humboldt Boulevard near North Avenue when traveling south.
152 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Humboldt Park — Jens Jensen — Landscape architect (1860-1951) — Chicago Tribute —
On North Sacramento Avenue, 0 miles south of West Division Street, on the right when traveling north.
153 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Humboldt Park — L. Frank Baum — Writer (1856-1919) — Chicago Tribute —
On North Humboldt Boulevard at West Wabansia Avenue, on the right on North Humboldt Boulevard.
154 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Humboldt Park — The Boulevard System
On North Avenue near Humboldt Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
155 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — "Original Professors’ Row"
On South Greenwood Avenue at East 53rd Street, on the right when traveling south on South Greenwood Avenue.
156 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — Enrico and Laura Fermi
On South Woodlawn Avenue south of East 55th Street, on the right when traveling north.
157 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — Greenwood Row Houses — Chicago Landmark District —
On South Greenwood Avenue at East 53rd Street, on the right when traveling south on South Greenwood Avenue.
158 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — Masaryk Memorial Monument — 1850 - 1937
On Midway Plaisance, in the median.
159 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — Museum of Science and Industry — Charles B. Atwood, architect; 1891-93 — Chicago Landmark —
Near 57th Drive near DuSable Lake Shore Drive (U.S. 41).
160 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — Obama Kissing Rock
On East 53rd Street at South Dorchester Avenue, on the left when traveling west on East 53rd Street.
161 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — Site of the First Self-sustaining Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction — December 2, 1942
On South Ellis Avenue north of East 57th Street, on the right when traveling north.
162 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Jackson Park — The Norway Building
On Science Drive at South Lake Shore Drive, on the right when traveling north on Science Drive.
163 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — Gwendolyn Brooks: The Oracle of Bronzeville
Near South Greenwood Avenue near East 46th Street.
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164 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — Julius Rosenwald — Chicago Tribute —
On South Ellis Avenue at East 49th Street, on the right when traveling north on South Ellis Avenue.
165 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — Kenwood — Landmark District —
On South Ellis Avenue at East 49th Street on South Ellis Avenue.
166 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — Kenwood United Church of Christ — Chicago Landmark —
On South Greenwood Avenue near East 46th Street, on the right when traveling south.
167 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — Louis Henry Sullivan — Chicago Tribute —
On South Lake Park Avenue at East 46th Street, on the right when traveling north on South Lake Park Avenue.
168 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — McKinley Morganfield "Muddy Waters" — Chicago Tribute —
On South Lake Park Avenue.
169 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View — (Former) Marshfield Trust and Savings Bank — William Gibbons Uffendell, architect — 1924 —
On North Lincoln Boulevard near North Marshfield Avenue.
170 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View — Former Site of the “Zum Deutschen Eck” Restaurant
On North Southport Avenue at West Oakdale Avenue on North Southport Avenue.
171 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View — Kwanusila
On North Recreation Drive near West Addison Drive, on the right when traveling north.
172 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View — Lake View High School
On North Ashland Road at West Irving Park Road on North Ashland Road.
173 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View — Waveland Clock Tower
Near North Recreation Drive near West Addison Drive, on the right when traveling north.
174 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
175 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Alan Mathison Turing — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street north of West Buckingham Place.
176 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Alvin Ailey — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the right when traveling north.
177 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — American Veterans for Equal Rights Military Memorial
On North Halsted Street at West Addison Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Halsted Street.
178 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Audre Lorde — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the right when traveling north.
179 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Barbara Jordan — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street north of West Cornelia Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
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180 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Bayard Rustin — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north.
181 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Billy Strayhorn — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street north of Roscoe Street, on the right when traveling north.
182 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Brewster Apartments — Chicago Landmark —
On North Pine Grove Avenue at West Diversey Parkway, on the right when traveling south on North Pine Grove Avenue.
183 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Cole Porter — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the right when traveling north.
184 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — David Kato Kisule — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north.
185 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Dr. Margaret "Mom" Chung — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
186 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Dr. Sally K. Ride — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north.
187 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Dr. Tom Waddell — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north.
188 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Dra. Antonia Pantoja — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street south of Waveland Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
189 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Ernie Banks, "Mr. Cub"
On North Clark Street north of West Addison Street, on the left when traveling south.
190 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Fr. Mychal Judge — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street south of West Addison Street, on the left when traveling north.
191 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Frank Kameny — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north.
192 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Freddie Mercury — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street south of Aldine, on the left when traveling north.
193 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Frida Kahlo — The Legacy Walk —
On North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north.
194 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Harvey Milk — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north.
195 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — James Baldwin — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north.
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196 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Jane Addams — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north.
197 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Josephine Baker — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north.
198 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Keith Haring — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north.
199 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Lincoln Park
On West Diversey Parkway.
200 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Lorraine Hansberry — The Legacy Walk
On North Halsted Street north of West Addison Street, on the right when traveling north.

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