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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Chicago, Illinois
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Historien Om
[the story of]
The story of Andersonville begins as a cherry orchard In the 1850s and evolves throughout the years, adding several layers of identity: first as a Swedish settlement on the outskirts of . . . — — Map (db m235738) HM
On this site stood the Andersonville School in the northeastern corner of the sub-division called Andersonville. Here in 1857 arrangements were made for the township's first election.
Erected by
Chicago's Charter Jubilee . . . — — Map (db m235664) HM
This memorial erected
as a tribute to our heroic
comrades of the World-War
who died for their country.
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Aviation — — Map (db m81516) WM
This American Elm was planted here on October 31, 1931, by the Sixth Congressional District Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs
A Memorial to the Bicentennial Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington. — — Map (db m212367) HM
Dedicated by Austin
Post 2955 Veterans
of Foreign Wars and
the People of Austin
in honor of all who
served so gallantly
in all wars of our
country
July 3, 1949 — — Map (db m224670) HM
These four picturesque residences, designed by architect Frederick R. Schock, showcase the Queen Anne and Shingle styles of architecture. They helped set the tone for development of the Austin community in the 1880s-90s. — — Map (db m237403) HM
In honor and memory of
the men and women of the
Galewood community
who served in the Armed Forces of the
U.S.A.
this memorial is lovingly
dedicated.
— — Map (db m227336) WM
Built four years after the suburb of Austin was annexed to Chicago, this house is among the best of Wright's experiments with inexpensive residences. Within a narrow lot, the house has
all the features of his mature Prairie style, characterized by . . . — — Map (db m235806) HM
This building is a significant early 20th-century industrial building built for one of Chicago's best-known manufacturers. Founded and headquartered in the city for many years, the Florsheim Shoe Company was one of the nation's leading shoe . . . — — Map (db m94316) HM
In memory of Leslie F. Orear (1911-2014), co-founder and first president of the Illinois Labor History Society (1969-2005).
Les walked through this gate along with thousands of stockyard workers. He helped to secure their rights through . . . — — Map (db m244161) HM
On the cold Chicago morning of Thursday, December 22, 1910, the night watchman of the Morris & Co. meatpacking company discovered heavy black smoke billowing from Beef Plant #7, located at 44th Street and Loomis Street. The watchman pulled the . . . — — Map (db m244165) HM
[Front of the marker:]
The Union Stock Yard and Transit Company, Chicago's legendary livestock market and slaughterhouse, opened at this site on Christmas Day, 1865. Here, 320 acres of swampland lying between Pershing Avenue, Halsted Street, 47th . . . — — Map (db m244189) HM
At one time sprawling over 475 acres, the Union Stock Yard thrived for more than a century, then closed entirely. This rugged gate, erected in 1875, survives as one of the few visual reminders of Chicago's past supremacy in the livestock and . . . — — Map (db m244150) HM
Inspired by the vast, untouched prairies
Long before Bridgeport looked the way it does now, Native Americans walked the area trails formed by the large, migrating herds of bison that made pathways through the oceans of tall-grass prairies and . . . — — Map (db m244240) HM
In Memory of
Lt. Joseph T. (Jay)
McKeon Jr. Park
U.S. Marine Corps
Born December 13, 1943
Killed in action:
Vietnam: May 18th, 1967 — — Map (db m235385) WM
Ida Bell Wells was born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Orphaned at 16, she became a teacher to support her five younger siblings. She later moved to Memphis where she became a pioneering data Journalist, newspaper . . . — — Map (db m235179) HM
From 1847 until his death in 1861, Stephen Douglas was both a powerful U.S. senator and an influential Chicago resident. Douglas moved from Vermont to southern Illinois at age 20 to begin his career in law and politics, rising quickly among the . . . — — Map (db m235224) HM
Entrepreneurs in Historic Canaryville
The primary catalyst for the establishment of Canaryville was the opening of the Union Stock Yards and the organization of the Union Stock Yard & Transit Company in 1865. Two young entrepreneurs arrived in . . . — — Map (db m244233) HM
In 1913, Ida B. Wells-Barnett organized black-led Alpha Suffrage Club to promote women's right to vote. Former meeting site one block north. — — Map (db m191130) HM
Named in honor of the late Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas, Camp Douglas, established in 1861, was the earliest and largest Union military camp in the Chicago area. The camp stretched from 31st Street to 33rd Place and from Cottage Grove Avenue . . . — — Map (db m125027) HM
Chicago Bee Building
Z. Erol Smith, architect
1929-31
This Art Deco-style building was constructed as
the headquarters for the Chicago Bee newspaper,
which was founded by noted African American
entrepreneur Anthony Overton. It also . . . — — Map (db m188754) HM
Chicago Defender Building
Built 1899; remodeled 1915
This former Jewish synagogue was home to the
Chicago Defender from 1920 until 1960. Founded
by Robert S. Abbott in 1905, the newspaper
became nationally known for its . . . — — Map (db m188261) HM
Enlistment and training center for U.S. Union Armed Forces. Site of enlistment of Private Charles H. Griffin, January 5, 1864 Co. B, 29th Reg’t U.S. Col’d Infantry USCT. Prisoner of War camp where 6,000 Confederate soldiers of the Civil War died. — — Map (db m125614) HM WM
“A riot is the language of the unheard.” —Dr. Martin Luther King
Sunday, July 27, 1919, a group of boys rafting on Lake Michigan drifted over an invisible racial barrier. Rocks were thrown from the breakwater and Eugene Williams was . . . — — Map (db m166545) HM
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
1862-1931
Social reformer
Ida B. Wells-Barnett spent her life crusading against lynching
in America. An advocate for civil rights, woman’s suffrage and
economic justice, her anti-lynching campaign stirred the . . . — — Map (db m181804) HM
Overton Hygienic Building
Built 1922-23
Built as the headquarters for the Overton
Hygienic Co., one of the nation's foremost
producers of African-American cosmetics, this
structure also housed the Victory Life Insurance
Company and . . . — — Map (db m180693) HM
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Adler and Sullivan, Architects
1891
The decorative and planning skills of Sullivan and the engineering ability of Adler are embodied in the strong masonry forms of this building, embellished with terra-cotta . . . — — Map (db m189477) HM
Richard Wright
Novelist, playwright, social critic
1908-1960
Through eloquent and powerful
writing, Richard Wright established
himself as one of the greatest writers
of his generation. His novels and
drawn from his own experiences, . . . — — Map (db m180696) HM
State Street was the shopping district of
Black owned businesses such as drugstores,
barber shops, flower shops, tailor shops,
meat markets, millinery shops, fruit stands,
theaters, and restaurants,
a “city within a city."
This area . . . — — Map (db m189133) HM
Sunset Cafe
Built 1909
Following a 1921 remodeling, this simple
automobile garage was transformed into one
of the city's earliest and most legendary jazz
venues. Its house orchestra featured such
famed musicians as Louis . . . — — Map (db m189053) HM
Supreme Life Building
Built 1921; remodeled 1950
This was the longtime headquarters of the Supreme Life Insurance Co., the first African-American owned and operated insurance company in the northern United States. The firm was founded in . . . — — Map (db m188528) HM
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m189232) HM
Ida B.Wells
July 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931
The Ida B. Wells Homes stood in this area
for over sixty years from 1941-2002.
They consisted of over 1,600 units located
between 37th & 39th Streets and
King Drive & Cottage Grove. . . . — — Map (db m181805) HM
Unity Hall
L. B. Dixon, architect
1887
Originally built as the Lakeside Club, a Jewish
social organization, this structure was renamed
in 1917 when it became the headquarters of the
Peoples Movement Club, a political . . . — — Map (db m189249) HM
Victory
St. Mihiel, Argonne Forest, Mont de Signes, Oise-Aisne Offensive.
In memory of the heroes of the old 8th Infantry, Illinois National Guard, redesignated during the World War as the 370th Infantry of the United States Army who . . . — — Map (db m4683) WM
In 1770, a Black man, Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable,
began trading goods with Native Americans.
DuSable High School honors him. By 1840, Blacks
settled in Chicago's “Black Metropolis"
now known as Bronzeville.
(panel two:)
The . . . — — Map (db m187382) HM
Erected in honor of
Our Sorrowful Mother
by
the Novenites of Chicago
The first Novena devotion
was held here on
January 8, 1937
Blessed on the feast of
Our Sorrowful Mother
September 20, 1942
Mother of Sorrows
pray for . . . — — Map (db m244572) HM
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m241108) HM
In 1871, William Le Baron Jenney (best known for his innovations in skyscraper technology) created a master plan for the city's West Park District, consisting of three parks and connecting boulevards. In what would later become Garfield Park, he . . . — — Map (db m241133) HM
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m241131) HM
Harold Washington
Politician
1922 - 1987
Harold Washington’s election in 1983 as Chicago’s first
black mayor gained national attention. He won with the
support of a “rainbow coalition” of blacks, Hispanics,
Asians, liberal . . . — — Map (db m188263) HM
M-60 Main Battle Tank
54 ton 105 MM. gun. 50 cal. machine gun.
750 HP diesel engine. 4 man crew.
This type used in "Desert Storm" 1991
A memorial to all of the men and women from
the East Side neighborhood who answered
our country's . . . — — Map (db m237905) WM
This Illinois - Indiana state boundary marker is one of the oldest landmarks in the Chicagoland area. It was constructed in 1838 under the direction of the United States Surveyor General to commemorate the establishment of the common boundary . . . — — Map (db m237902) HM
Erected by the citizens of Edison Park in honor of our boys who served in the Army and Navy of the USA during the World War.
Edison Park Honor Roll World War
(Names not transcribed) — — Map (db m115976) WM
Welcome to Mary Berkemeier Quinn Park-of-Trees. This scenic grove of native trees was a gift to the Chicago Park District from Edward M. Quinn — whose house and garage formerly stood here — in memory of his wife, Mary. He instructed in his Will that . . . — — Map (db m242958) HM
This distinctive example of a railroad suburb, platted in 1894, was built near the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, and many early residents were company officials. — — Map (db m242955) HM
The tree which stood here until 1933, marked the Northern Boundary of the Fort Dearborn Reservation, the trail to Lake Geneva, the center of Billy Caldwell’s (Chief Sauganash) Reservation, and the site of the Indian Treaty of 1835. — — Map (db m55577) HM
Dedicated to the
men and women of Sauganash
who served their country in
1941 •World War II • 1945
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
[Died in Service]
Lemuel Day • J. Donald Gibe
John T. Hartney • Elmer Julius
Charles Kulieke • Theodore . . . — — Map (db m94318) HM
This memorial spire and cross is erected to the Glory of God in salutary tribute to the memory of our founders and to all who have dedicated themselves to the mission of this church upon its 75th anniversary.
On October 8, 1893, our pioneer . . . — — Map (db m136423) HM
[East-facing side:]
A tribute
to those of the
132nd Infantry
(2nd Ill.)
who gave their lives
in the service
of our country
[North-facing side:]
Organized Dec. 21, 1875
Service
War with Spain
(Cuban occupation) . . . — — Map (db m243644) WM
Finley Peter Dunne
Journalist
1867 - 1936
One of the most memorable characters in
Chicago literature is Martin Dooley, the
loquacious and opinionated Irish immigrant
who tended bar along Archer Avenue in
the Bridgeport . . . — — Map (db m188239) HM
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m243680) HM
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m243684) HM
In 1871, William Le Baron Jenney (best known for his innovations in skyscraper technology) created a master plan for the city's West Park District, consisting of three parks and connecting boulevards. In what would later become Garfield Park, he . . . — — Map (db m244569) HM
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m244575) HM
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m244582) HM
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m244584) HM
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m244586) HM
The Garfield Park Fieldhouse, constructed in 1928 as the West Park Commission administrative headquarters, is one of the most lavish buildings on Chicago's west side. Designed by architects Michaelsen & Rognstad this "Gold Dome Building" has a 23 . . . — — Map (db m243639) HM
Butterflies, birds, fish, and other wildlife find food and shelter at Garfield Park Natural Area. People find fresh air and explore nature throughout the seasons. Stroll along the paths to enjoy the scenic and natural areas of Garfield Park. . . . — — Map (db m243681) HM
Butterflies, birds, fish, and other wildlife find food and shelter at Garfield Park Natural Area. People find fresh air and explore nature throughout the seasons. Stroll along the paths to enjoy the scenic and natural areas of Garfield Park. . . . — — Map (db m243682) HM
Butterflies, birds, fish, and other wildlife find food and shelter at Garfield Park Natural Area. People find fresh air and explore nature throughout the seasons. Stroll along the paths to enjoy the scenic and natural areas of Garfield Park. . . . — — Map (db m243683) HM
George Halas
Football Coach
1895-1983
For half a century, George “Papa Bear” Halas was
synonymous with the Chicago Bears. Founder of
the football team, he was the team’s coach for 40
years and general manager for an additional . . . — — Map (db m188238) HM
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m244568) HM
During the 1960's Chicago's 'Barmaids Ordinance'
prohibited women, unrelated to the owner,
from tending bar in Chicago.
In 1970, the owners of this
establishment hired airline
Stewardesses to tend bar in
defiance of City Ordinance. . . . — — Map (db m180591) HM
The 1870 marriage of Bertha Honore and Potter Palmer united two of the wealthiest and most influential families of 19th century Chicago. Both were strong-willed individualists who used their economic power and social positions to carry out their . . . — — Map (db m188620) HM
Bryan Lathrop House
McKim, Mead and White, architects
1892
Drawing inspiration from the neo-classical styles of
the eighteenth century, Charles Follen McKim here
created a residence of great dignity and elegance.
The clarity and . . . — — Map (db m180726) HM
Chicago's early Catholic Cemetery ran from North Av. south to Schiller St., and Dearborn St. to the lake, now Astor St. Established in 1845, it existed until the 1871 Chicago Fire charred the grounds. Like the City Cemetery to the north, not all . . . — — Map (db m10665) HM
A crossroads in the development of Oekology (Ecology) at the turn of the century.
Named for Dr. Frank Spooner Churchill an early pediatrician, medical inspector of Chicago's Board of Health who pioneered reforms in pure food, water, air and . . . — — Map (db m229292) HM
This rare Art Moderne-style design is also one of the city's best examples of pre-World War II modernism. Further distinguishing the building is its handcrafted ornamentation by prominent artist Edgar Miller. The 12 residential units front on a . . . — — Map (db m235355) HM
Irna Phillips
Script Writer
1901-1973
The "mother of the soap opera," Irna Phillips
single-handedly created a unique form of entertainment
that began on radio but reached its biggest audience
through television.
Phillips's . . . — — Map (db m188085) HM
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This home, designed in 1891 by Louis Sullivan and
Frank Lloyd Wright, is an important work in the
development of modern residential architecture
and possesses national significance . . . — — Map (db m188276) HM
John Wellborn Root
Architect
1850-1891
John Wellborn Root's architectural designs
helped to establish Chicago as the
birthplace of modern architecture.
After the Great Fire of 1871, Root came
here from New York City to . . . — — Map (db m188509) HM
Louise DeKoven Bowen
Social Reformer
1859 - 1953
Although she lived with all the privileges of wealth,
Louise DeKoven Bowen dedicated her life to social
reform in Chicago. Her tireless efforts for the rights
of women, children, . . . — — Map (db m188525) HM
Originally built in 1891 for Elinor "Cissy" Patterson by architect Stanford White and late enlarged and occupied by Cyrus H. McCormick. This landmark property is now individual condominium residences. — — Map (db m132002) HM
Robert McCormick
Newspaper editor and publisher
1880 - 1955
Robert McCormick, known as “the Colonel” for his
service in World War I, served as editor and
publisher of the Chicago Tribune for 30 years. He
made the . . . — — Map (db m188582) HM
Chester H. Walcott, architect
Bennett, Parsons & Frost
consulting architects
awarded
the Lake Shore Trust & Savings Bank's
Gold Medal
for the most beautiful remodeled building
by the jury of the Chicago chapter,
American Institute of . . . — — Map (db m242577) HM
Built to provide a safe, supportive, and economical residence for young women studying the arts, this was one of a number of structures designed for artists around the turn of the century, indicative of a growing appreciation for the arts in urban . . . — — Map (db m242449) HM
This is the 1000th Walgreen Drugstore. Walgreen Co. was founded in 1901 on Chicago’s South Side by Charles L. Walgreen, Sr. A replica of the original store can be seen at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois. — — Map (db m180342) HM
Built: 1909 Restored: 2011
Listed on The National Register Of Historic Places on May 22, 2002. Located within The Astor Street Chicago Landmark District, designated on December 19, 1975
This alley stretching between N. Astor and N. State . . . — — Map (db m132068) HM
Bessie Coleman
Aviatrix
1892-1926
During the mid-1910s, Bessie Coleman moved from Texas to
Chicago, first working as a manicurist at the White Sox Barber
Shop and later running a chili parlor on the corner of 35th Street
and . . . — — Map (db m180888) HM
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church
(Originally, Isaiah Temple)
Dankmar Adler, architect
1898-99
Built as one of Chicago's early Reform Judaism synagogues, this
Classical Revivial-style building is the last building designed by
famed . . . — — Map (db m188631) HM
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong
Jazz Musician
1898 - 1971
One of the most gifted musicians in the history of jazz,
Louis Armstrong spent his most inventive years—1925
to 1929—playing the clubs of Chicago’s Black Belt,
especially the . . . — — Map (db m180936) HM
Melissia Ann Elam Home
Henry L. Newhouse, Architect
1903
This Chateauesque mansion was purchased in the 1920s by Melissia Ann Elam, who [illegible] in Chicago. — — Map (db m181855) HM
Nat "King" Cole
Musician
1919 - 1965
Nat "King" Cole's warm, relaxed, velvety
voice made him a best-selling recording
star. His 1949 hit "Mona Lisa" sold more
than three million copies, and in 1956 he
became the first . . . — — Map (db m180615) HM
Oscar DePriest
Politician
1871-1951
Shrewd, smart and street savvy, Oscar
DePriest was a natural politician. He
became Chicago’s first black alderman
and the first black congressman elected
from a northern state.
Born in . . . — — Map (db m181271) HM
Richard Wright House
architect unknown
1893
While residing, in the second-floor apartment of this building
from 1929 to 1932, celebrated author Richard. Wright effectively
began his professional literary career writing his first . . . — — Map (db m188618) HM
Robert S. Abbott
Newspaper publisher
1868 - 1940
On a May evening in 1905, Robert Sengstacke
Abbott appeared on the streets of Chicago selling
his four-page Chicago Defender, proclaiming it “the
only two-cent weekly in . . . — — Map (db m181014) HM
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
Designed by Samuel Treat and built by ethnic European craftsmen for
owners William E. and Elizabeth Thatcher Kent in 1897, The . . . — — Map (db m189755) HM
The Honorable Harold Washington
(1922-1987)
Chicago's First Black Mayor
Harold Washington was a consummate politician, a
political genius that rose through the rough and tumble
political landscape to become the first . . . — — Map (db m180735) HM
The Marx Brothers
Comedy team
The Marx Brothers lived here at 4512 Grand Boulevard
(now King Drive) when they moved to Chicago to tour the
vaudeville circuit in the 1910s. Their act, “The Six Musical
Mascots,” included all five . . . — — Map (db m181366) HM
In 2012, the Chicago Park District began transforming the northeastern part of Grant Park into Maggie Daley Park. For many decades, an expansive surface parking lot occupied this site with a portion of the Illinois Central's sunken rail yard . . . — — Map (db m236741) HM
Confederate Dead
Erected to the memory of the six thousand southern soldiers here buried, who died in Camp Douglas Prison 1862-5.
These men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, and died. — — Map (db m63605) WM
United States Senator Stephen Douglas, who died in 1861 at the age of forty-eight, was a firm believer in the future of Chicago. He held states offices and became nationally known for his debating skill in the Senate and in his campaign against . . . — — Map (db m120728) HM
Illinois's 1858 contest for United States
senator pitted nationally-renowned
Democrat Stephen A. Douglas against the
relatively unknown Republican, Abraham
Lincoln. The candidates met in seven
joint debates, clashing on the issue of
allowing . . . — — Map (db m189620) HM
Stephen A. Douglas became a Chicago resident in 1847, moving from central Illinois after his election as U.S. Senator. He intended to build on his lakeside property, named Oakenwald, a gentleman's estate including a mansion, stables, and a . . . — — Map (db m120727) HM
Stephen A. Douglas died June 7, 1861, and was
buried near his Chicago cottage. Friends soon
organized the Douglas Monument Association to
construct a suitable tomb near the site. Work on
the monument, designed by Leonard W. Volk,
began in 1866, . . . — — Map (db m189627) HM
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