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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Chicago, Illinois
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Dorothy Melamerson lived most of her life in Lincoln Park. A Fitness enthusiast, she was a gym teacher at Stone Elementary School and other public schools for 36 years. When she retired in 1977, she began an education of her own: how to make her . . . — — Map (db m94413) HM
This area, with its concentration of brick row houses,
is typical of urban residential communities developed
during the last three decades of the nineteenth
century. The high quality of its architecture, well-
preserved and well-maintained, . . . — — Map (db m185766) HM
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini
Catholic nun, founder of religious and social institutions
1850 - 1917
Mother Frances Cabrini was the first American declared a saint
by the Catholic Church. She was recognized for her tireless
work . . . — — Map (db m187989) HM
North Chicago Hospital Building
Meyer J. Sturm, architect;
M. Louis Kroman, associated architect
1928-29
This building is a handsome example of a neighborhood hospital
building, built when Chicago was dotted with small . . . — — Map (db m180732) HM
Oz Park was created in 1974, as part of an renewal program for the Lincoln Park area. Historically, the neighborhood underwent numerous population shifts and by the 1950s home ownership was declining and many buildings were in sub-standard . . . — — Map (db m47629) HM
From 1843 to 1871, this area was the City Cemetery potter's field, a graveyard for the poor and disenfranchised. More that 15,000 people, including 4,000 Civil War Rebels, were buried here on marshy land near the water's edge. Within six days in . . . — — Map (db m10663) HM
Chicagos Boulevards are one of the citys 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 m189227) HM
Land Acknowledgement
The Chicago History Museum is situated on ancestral homelands of the Potawatomi people, who cared for the land until forced out by non-Native settlers. The Ojibwe, Odawa, Peiora, Kaskaskia, Miami, Mascouten, Sac . . . — — Map (db m242472) HM
Land Acknowledgement
The Chicago History Museum is situated on ancestral homelands of the Potawatomi people, who cared for the land until forced out by non-Native settlers. The Ojibwe, Odawa, Peiora, Kaskaskia, Miami, Mascouten, Sac . . . — — Map (db m242496) HM
Stone River, Farmington, Chickamauga, Jonesborough, Atlanta, Selma, Dallas, Lovejoy, Decatur, Elk River, Nashville
Ringgold, Kenesaw Mountain, Rome, Flat Rock, Noonday Creek, Big Shanty.
Vinings Station, Pulaski, Black Jack Ridge, . . . — — Map (db m81517) WM
I die for liberty boys.
Go back and man the gun.
O.B. Ft Doneldson.
T.M. Blaisdell 1.Lt. Jacob Deilman C.M. Everett 1.Ser. Sam'l Hadlock O.E. Beckers A.H. Beidleman A.J. Pulz J.P. Chalman D.K. Newell S.C.P. Bogue Fred . . . — — Map (db m81534) WM
In Memory of
Members of the
Volunteer Fire Department
——————————
Firemens Benevolent Association
Organized 1847
Chartered 1852 . . . — — Map (db m94343) HM
Founder of the United States Railway Mail Service. Put his first railway postal car in use on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway between Chicago, Ill and Clinton, Iowa, August 28th, 1864, under authority from Postmaster Gen. Montgomery Blair. . . . — — Map (db m81514) HM
Born Nov. 4, 1819
in Bavaria, Germany.
Died July 28, 1883
in Chicago, Ill.
A pioneer of German Methodism
in the Northwest; a member of the
Chicago Methodist Conference,
and for 41 yrs. a faithful
Minister of the Gospel
of Jesus . . . — — Map (db m94346) HM
Designed by the architect of the Old Chicago Water Tower and predating it by five years, the Rosehill Cemetery Entrance is a rare Midwestern example of castellated Gothic architecture. Many prominent Chicagoans are buried here in plots marked by . . . — — Map (db m94331) HM
Born Norwich Vt.
Nov. 29, 1834
Died Near Rome Ga.
Oct. 29, 1864
Charleston Ft. Donelson
Shiloh Corinth
Champion Hills Miss
Vicksburg
Pleasant Hill La — — Map (db m94333) WM
Lest we forget
they died......
that we can live
in independence
Independence Hall
Dedicated May 30, 1958
Presented and created by
Harry A. Cooper — — Map (db m126809) WM
Jane Addams' Hull House
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history . . . — — Map (db m99710) HM
Here, in 1899, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr started what became the most influential social settlement in America. It eventually consisted of several buildings around this house which had been built in 1856 by Charles Hull. The Dining Hall and . . . — — Map (db m61819) HM
The first Juvenile Court in the world was established in Chicago in 1899. From 1907 to 1921 it was housed in this building located across the street from Hull-House. The structure was the first to combine a juvenile court woth a detention home for . . . — — Map (db m136209) HM
Side One
By the 1930s, the market was thriving, attracting 50,000 people on a typical Sunday. Depression-Chicagoans were in dire need of low-priced food clothing, and other everyday household goods. Maxwell Street provided an arena for budding . . . — — Map (db m122809) HM
Paul Muni, “the man with a thousand faces,” was one of Hollywood's finest character actors. Yet he performed in more than 300 Yiddish-speaking roles before uttering a single word in English on Broadway.
Born Muni Weisenfreund, the . . . — — Map (db m99911) HM
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first United States citizen canonized a Saint. In this building which bore her name, Mother Cabrini cared for the many Italian Immigrants who settled in this area of the near west side.
In her honor
and . . . — — Map (db m98892) HM
On February 13, 1945, at the age of 22,
while serving with the 511th
Parachute Infantry Regiment in the
Battle of Luzon, Philippine Islands,
Manuel Perez Jr. was awarded, for
action above and beyond the call
of duty, the Congressional . . . — — Map (db m237934) WM
Rudy Lozano's short life was characterized by passionate community activism. He strove to empower workers and forge coalitions among Latinos, African Americans, and other minorities.
Lozano's activism began at a young age. While a student at . . . — — Map (db m237840) HM
Manuel Pιrez, Jr. was born on March 3, 1923 in Oklahoma City, OK. Relocating to Chicago's Little Village neighborhood at the age of two. Pιrez was educated in the Chicago Public School system and belonged to the St. Francis of Assisi . . . — — Map (db m237938) HM WM
The section of the boulevard system north of Humboldt Park dates to the late 1870s, when the park first opened. As a result, this entire portion—present-day Kedzie and Logan boulevards and Logan and Palmer squares—originally was . . . — — Map (db m110681) HM
Featuring streetscapes of handsome mansions, apartment buildings, and institutional and commercial buildings from the 1880s through the 1930s, the District is one of the best-preserved portions of Chicago's extensive park boulevards system. — — Map (db m234590) HM
Featuring streetscapes of handsome mansions, apartment buildings, and institutional and commercial buildings from the 1880s through the 1930s, the District is one of the best-preserved portions of Chicago's extensive park boulevards system. — — Map (db m234591) HM
Featuring streetscapes of handsome mansions, apartment buildings, and institutional and commercial buildings from the 1880s through the 1930s, the District is one of the best-preserved portions of Chicago's extensive park boulevards system. — — Map (db m234592) HM
Featuring streetscapes of handsome mansions, apartment buildings, and institutional and commercial buildings from the 1880s through the 1930s, the District is one of the best-preserved portions of Chicago's extensive park boulevards system. — — Map (db m234593) HM
Featuring streetscapes of handsome mansions, apartment buildings, and institutional and commercial buildings from the 1880s through the 1930s, the District is one of the best-preserved portions of Chicago's extensive park boulevards system. — — Map (db m234594) HM
Chicagos Boulevards are one of the citys 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 m110744) HM
This building epitomizes the Chicago School, a design movement that changed modern architecture. Its distinctive features include large windows, steel-frame construction, projecting bays, and ornate terra cotta cladding. Located at what was known as . . . — — Map (db m240284) HM
This building is an exceptional example of the International Style and was Chicago's first major public building to be designed in a modern, rather than historically-derived, style. Innovative for its time are the building's eight-seven foot spans . . . — — Map (db m242108) HM
Built by the Studebaker company for the assembly and display of their carriages and wagons, this building was converted into studios and theaters for artists and craftsmen in 1898. The interior public spaces, featuring murals on the tenth floor, . . . — — Map (db m237986) HM
The Michigan Avenue "streetwall" along Grant Park is one of the most iconic images of Chicago, one known around the world. Comprised of many of Chicago's finest individual buildings, this dramatic ensemble reflects the city's development as a grand . . . — — Map (db m238007) HM
This lavishly-detailed early skyscraper houses one of Chicago's oldest legitimate theatres, having featured vaudeville, drama and musicals in its long history. Designed in the French Renaissance style with tripartite Chicago-style windows, it has a . . . — — Map (db m241085) HM
Expansive windows and Gothic-ornamented terra cotta give this building a light and airy appearance befitting its international reputation as a forerunner of 20th-century glass-and-steel skyscrapers. The building was constructed in two stages: the . . . — — Map (db m240283) HM
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Chicagos Great Street
There is only one State Street. Widely celebrated in song, That Great Street has been known since the 1870s for its concentration of premier department stores and world-class architecture. . . . — — Map (db m240288) HM
From this point, the Green Bay Road ran northwesterly to Clark Street and North Avenue, and followed Clark Streets present route to the vicinity of Peterson Avenue. This road connected Fort Dearborn with Fort Howard, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Erected . . . — — Map (db m66624) HM
A rare survivor of the type of buildings constructed during the early period of this street's development as a prestigious retail address. Its Art Deco-style design incorporates both classical and modern details, and its innovative sculptures by . . . — — Map (db m236929) HM
John Kinzie, fur trader, settled near this spot in the early years of the nineteenth century. One of a band of courageous pioneers who with their lives at stake struggled through the wilderness, breaking soil for the seeds of a future . . . — — Map (db m99401) HM
Established in 1934 the Billy Goat Tavern, was located across from the original Chicago Stadium, it was from there William 'Goat' Sianis, put the Curse on the Chicago Cubs.
In 1964 the Billy Goat moved to Michigan Avenue. It was the . . . — — Map (db m237394) HM
Established in 1934 the Billy Goat Tavern, was located across from the original Chicago Stadium, it was from there William 'Goat' Sianis, put the Curse on the Chicago Cubs.
In 1964 the Billy Goat moved to Michigan Avenue. It was the . . . — — Map (db m237395) HM
Built as speculative housing by John Gauler, this pair of wood-and-stucco residences is a rare example of a "twin" Prairie School design. Their architect is internationally recognized for his distinctive designs and for his early contributions to . . . — — Map (db m68556) HM
Dedicated in honor
of those of Mont Clare
who nobly served their country
during the World War
1914-1918
Arvid E. Anderson Charles H. Anderson George M. Anderson G. Ewart Andre J. Rudoplh Andre Herbert G. Arndt John Baca . . . — — Map (db m230120) WM
Installation by
Arts of Life
at the Bush Temple
Flats commissioned Arts of Life to create the 24 art panels under their community arts organization FlatsStudio displayed in the second-floor windows of the Bush Temple, installed in . . . — — Map (db m242432) HM
This building was constructed as the headquarters and showroom for the Bush and Gerts Piano Company, one of Chicago's leading piano manufacturing companies in the early twentieth century. It stands as a rare example of a commercial building designed . . . — — Map (db m242424) HM
Originally called the Germania Theater, this site is where the "first-generation" movie theater was built exclusively for motion picture use. The facade, which remains today, with its Classical and Renaissance Revival-style terra-cotta ornament . . . — — Map (db m242433) HM
An oasis of greenery in a busy downtown, Washington Square is the City's oldest park, dating to 1842 when James Fitch, Orasmua Bushnell, and Charles Butler of the American Land Company donated the property to the City.
The donors named the . . . — — Map (db m242447) HM
Cyrus McCormick revolutionized farming. Taking up his fathers interest in agricultural technology, he invented the horse-drawn mechanical reaper in 1831. He was 22. Three years later, he patented it, but he worked another six years to improve it . . . — — Map (db m234728) HM
Following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871,
Old Town evolved from a farming community
into a commercial area reflecting the diverse
skills and trades of the Old Town population at
the turn of the century. Some businesses of
note include: The . . . — — Map (db m188296) HM
In the early 1800s and 1900s, Old Town was a thriving community of immigrants, laborers, brewers and civic leaders who contributed to the early success of Chicago.
William B. Ogden – resident of Old Town and first mayor of Chicago from . . . — — Map (db m47607) HM
Ellis Chesbrough
Engineer
1813-1886
By 1855, Chicago was a growing city encountering problems with
its water supply and sewage disposal. In response to cholera and
dysentery epidemics, the Chicago Board of Sewage
Commissioners . . . — — Map (db m188067) HM
On October 7, 1871, the Great Fire of Chicago started on the south side of the city and continued north. As the fire approached Old Town, the bells of St. Michaels Church began to toll. The walls of church survived, but the interior was destroyed. . . . — — Map (db m47605) HM
The architecture found today in Old Town reflects
the diverse turn-of-the-century styles, which were
introduced after the Great Chicago Fire. Chicago
cottages stand side-by-side with Victorian
brownstones boasting Italiante and Queen . . . — — Map (db m188260) HM
From 1870 through the 1800s, Henry Piper, one of Old Towns early entrepreneurs, operated a successful bakery in a narrow alley. Today, the building at Wells and North is known as Pipers Alley. The existing house located at 1546 North Wells was . . . — — Map (db m47609) HM
In the 1830s, the marshland of what is today
known as Old Town was settled by a group of
Roman Catholic immigrants from southern Germany.
As farmers and laborers, the settlers converted
marshland into meadows and gardens, growing
cabbage, . . . — — Map (db m188253) HM
The Benjamin Franklin School, located at
225 West Evergreen, is the fifth oldest school
in Chicago. The school, which today is known
as The Franklin Fine Arts Center,
originally opened in 1837 on Canal Street.
In 1856 the school was moved to . . . — — Map (db m188291) HM
The St. Vincent Center has played a prominent and unique role in the life-affirming, charitable history of the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
In 1881, the St. Vincent Hospital and Infant Asylum, popularly known as St. Vincent's Orphanage, . . . — — Map (db m238137) HM
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places,
the buildings of 1240-1260 North Wells
were built in 1874. 1244 North Wells was home
to Engine Company No. 27.
Manned by 12 firemen, five horses and one
pumping wagon, the station provided . . . — — Map (db m188298) HM
The churches of Old Town reflect the
community's early history. German immigrants
established St. Joseph's Parish in 1846 at
1107 North Orleans. In 1852, Michael Diversey,
a prominent member of St. Joseph's Parish,
donated land at North Avenue . . . — — Map (db m188264) HM
In 1889, the world's largest bicycle maker,
Western Wheel Works, opened at 1350 North Wells.
During this time, Dr. William Scholl rented space
in the bicycle factory and began manufacturing
shoes. In 1900, Western Wheel Works closed
and Dr. . . . — — Map (db m188294) HM
A visionary businessman who became Chicago's first mayor, William Butler Ogden helped to write the city charter, oversaw construction of nearly 100 miles of city streets, and built Chicago's first railroad.
Like many early settlers, Ogden was a . . . — — Map (db m234659) HM
This handsome building originally served as the Midwest office, warehouse and distribution center of the American Book Company, a nationally-prominent textbook publisher. Typical of industrial architecture of its time, this reinforced-concrete . . . — — Map (db m69594) HM
[Text in Italian:]
Questa colonna
di venti secoli antica
eretta sul lido di Ostia
porto di Roma Imperiale
a vigilare le fortune e le vittorie
delle tiremi Romane
l'Italia Fascista suspice Benito Mussolini
dona a Chicago
esaltazione . . . — — Map (db m234179) HM
From roughly 1620 to 1820, the territory of the Potawatomi extended from what is now Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Detroit, Michigan, and included the Chicago area. In 1803, the United States government built Fort Dearborn at what is today Michigan . . . — — Map (db m67806) HM
Chess Records Office and Studio
Horatio R. Wilson, architect
2120 S. Michigan Avenue is internationally known as the site of some of the most influential Blues and Rock 'n' Roll recordings, including "Johnny B. Goode," "Rescue Me," and . . . — — Map (db m188622) HM
In 1947, two nightclub businessmen,
Leonard and Philip Chess, partnered
with Aristocrat Records to start
recording some of the artists who had
performed at Chess' various Chicago
southside nightclubs. The
brothers unleashed some of . . . — — Map (db m189094) HM
George Pullman established his reputation in Chicago in 1859 by inventing a way to raise buildings to the new street level required for installation of a sewer system.
In 1863, he began converting railroad passenger cars into luxury sleeping . . . — — Map (db m99944) HM
Leading the Chicago Bears for more than a half-century, George S. Halas, the team's founder and head coach for 40 years, was one of the most enduring personalities in sports history. Halas was active with the Bears starting in 1920 when he founded . . . — — Map (db m234164) HM
Known as the widow Clarke's house, this is Chicago's oldest building and its only surviving example of the Greek Revival style fashionable in the early 1800s. — — Map (db m69587) HM
A mature Richardsonian design, Glessner House is famous for its site development, innovative floor plan and rugged Romanesque facade. Glessner House, a reminder of the fabulous Prairie Avenue era, is the only remaining Chicago building by this . . . — — Map (db m69586) HM
By reforming astronomy
he initiated modern science
Mikołai Kopernik
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Astronomer
1473-1543
Erected in 1973 by the Copernicus
Foundation and the Polish American
Congress to Commemorate the
500th . . . — — Map (db m101264) HM
This sculpture is a replica of Olmec Head #8 from the site of San Lorenzo. It is one of 17 known colossal heads created by the ancient Olmec people in the states of Veracruz and Tabasco, Mexico.
The Olmec flourished in the Gulf . . . — — Map (db m234221) HM
Quinn Chapel
1892
This church houses the oldest black congregation
in Chicago, tracing its origins back to 1844. Members
of the congregation have played a significant role tn
the development of the city since that time. The
church is a . . . — — Map (db m189237) HM
Rebuilt in 1900 by Howard Van Doren Shaw
When this neo-Gothic church was designed by a prominent New York architect, the surrounding streets, including Prairie Avenue one block east, were lined with the homes of wealthy Chicagoans. The fine . . . — — Map (db m121834) HM
In the early 20th Century,
South Michigan Avenue was
the heart of splenddor in regard
to homes wealth, worship,
leisure and shopping. South
of the Chicago Loop was the
only place for the most
wealthy, best educated and
modern families, whose . . . — — Map (db m188621) HM
Our understanding of people with intellectual disabilities evolved and changed during the post-war years of the 1950s and 1960s. Research studies in Europe and North America demonstrated how physical activity could aid and assist people with . . . — — Map (db m234309) HM
The Platt Luggage Building, originally located at 2301 South Prairie Avenue, was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw for the publishing company originally owned by H. H. Forsythe. Howard Van Doren Shaw was one of the region's most successful and . . . — — Map (db m69593) HM
Social Philosopher Jane Addams envisioned a peaceful world community based on cooperation, mutual understanding, and acceptance of differences. Pragmatist She advocated the participation of all citizens n the creation of a just and . . . — — Map (db m99945) HM
Walter Payton could run through a defender. He could stutter-step past one. He could leap over a pile of them. He gained more rushing yards in more ways than anyone.
He could wear down a defense. Even on a day when Payton was experiencing flu . . . — — Map (db m234169) HM
A rare survivor of the stately mansions built on the Near South Side prior to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, this also ranks as one of the city's best examples of Second Empire architecture. Built by banker Calvin Wheeler, it was remodeled in the . . . — — Map (db m69591) HM
White Castle #16
Lewis E. Russell (with Lloyd W. Ray, construction superintendent for White Castle System of Eating Houses, Inc.), architect
1930
This tiny white glazed-brick building remains the best-surviving example in Chicago of . . . — — Map (db m187703) HM
"Genius is but audacity and the audacity of Chicago has chosen a star. It has looked upward to it and knows nothing that it fears to attempt and thus far has found nothing that it can not accomplish."
These two blocks are virtually all that remain of Chicago's once-fashionable Near West Side of the 19th century. Most of the residences, as well as the Romanesque Revival-style Church of the
Epiphany, date from the 1880s and 1890s. — — Map (db m242527) HM
These two blocks are virtually all that remain of Chicago's once-fashionable Near West Side of the 19th century. Most of the residences, as well as the Romanesque Revival-style Church of the Epiphany, date from the 1880s and 1890s. — — Map (db m242531) HM
These two blocks are virtually all that remain of Chicago's once-fashionable Near West Side of the 19th century. Most of the residences, as well as the Romanesque Revival-style Church of the Epiphany, date from the 1880s and 1890s. — — Map (db m242535) HM
[East-facing panel:]
Franchise record 604 career regular-season goals
Led team in goals for ten straight seasons (1959-69) and 12 of 13 (1959-72)
First player in NHL history to record more than 50 goals in a season (1965-66)
Ranks second in . . . — — Map (db m244147) HM
