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Chicago Tribute Historical Markers

This series of roughly eighty markers, produced as a joint effort of the Chicago Tribune Foundation, the Chicago Cultural Center Foundation, and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, commemorates "notable Chicagoans by marking the places where they lived or worked". See ChicagoTribute.org for more information.
 
Stephen Douglas Marker image, Touch for more information
By Sean Flynn, October 28, 2023
Stephen Douglas Marker
1 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Stephen Douglas — United States Senator (1813-1861) — Chicago Tribute —
On 35th Street near Cottage Grove Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
2 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Ida B. Wells-Barnett — Chicago Tribute
On South Martin Luther King Drive, on the right when traveling south.
3 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Richard Wright — Chicago Tribute
On South Indiana Avenue south of East 37th Street, on the right when traveling north.
4 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, East Hyde Park — Harold Washington — Chicago Tribute —
On East 53rd Street at South Shore Drive, on the right when traveling east on East 53rd Street.
5 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Garfield Park — Finley Peter Dunne — Chicago Tribute —
On West Warren Boulevard east of North Kedzie Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
6 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.
7 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.
8 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.
9 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — John Wellborn Root — Chicago Tribute —
On North Astor Street, on the left.
10 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Louise DeKoven Bowen — Chicago Tribute —
On North Astor Street, on the right when traveling south.
11 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Robert McCormick — Chicago Tribute —
On North Astor Street.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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.
15 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Oscar DePriest — Chicago Tribute
On South King Drive, on the right when traveling south.
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16 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — Robert S. Abbott — Chicago Tribute
On South King Drive, on the right when traveling south.
17 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grand Boulevard (Bronzeville) — The Marx Brothers — Chicago Tribute
On South King Drive, on the right when traveling south.
18 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.
19 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.
20 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.
21 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.
22 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.
23 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — McKinley Morganfield "Muddy Waters" — Chicago Tribute —
On South Lake Park Avenue.
24 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Pearl M. Hart — Chicago Tribute —
On North Pine Grove Avenue south of West Surf Street, on the left when traveling south.
25 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lakeview — Abe Saperstein — Basketball promoter (1902-1966) — Chicago Tribute
On North Hermitage Avenue, 0.2 miles north of West Grace Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported unreadable.
26 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Lαszlσ Moholy-Nagy — Chicago Tribute —
On North Lakeview Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
27 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini — Chicago Tribute —
On North Lakeview Avenue at West St. James Place, on the right when traveling south on North Lakeview Avenue.
28 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Little Village — Rudy Lozano — Community Activist (1951-1983) — Chicago Tribute —
On 25th Street at Karlov Avenue, on the left when traveling west on 25th Street.
29 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near North Side — Cyrus Hall McCormick — Inventor and Businessman (1809-1884) — Chicago Tribute —
On Rush Street south of East Huron Street, on the right when traveling north.
30 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near North Side — Ellis Chesbrough — Chicago Tribute —
On North LaSalle Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
31 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near North Side — William Butler Ogden — Businessman (1805-1877) — Chicago Tribute —
On Ontario Street west of Rush Street, on the right when traveling west.
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32 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — George Pullman — Industrialist 1831-1897 — Chicago Tribute —
Near South Prairie Avenue at East 18th Street.
33 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, North Lawndale — Benny Goodman — Chicago Tribute —
On South Francisco Avenue north of West Roosevelt Road, on the right when traveling north.
34 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Oakland (Bronzeville) — Hannah Greenebaum Solomon — Chicago Tribute —
On South Lake Park Avenue south of East 40th Street, on the right when traveling south.
35 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Ravenswood — Carl Sandburg — Writer and Poet (1878-1967) — Chicago Tribute —
On North Hermitage Avenue south of West Leland Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
36 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, River North — Ruth Page — Chicago Tribute
On North Michigan Avenue south of East Ohio Street, on the right when traveling south.
37 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Rogers Park — Burr Tillstrom — Puppeteer (1917-1985) — Chicago Tribute —
On West Sherwin Avenue, 0.1 miles west of Sheridan Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
38 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, South Side — Andrew "Rube" Foster — Baseball player and owner (1879-1930) — Chicago Tribute —
On Pershing Road at Wentworth Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Pershing Road.
39 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, South Side — Mahalia Jackson — Chicago Tribute —
On South Indiana Avenue at East 84th Street, on the left when traveling north on South Indiana Avenue.
40 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, South Side — Thomas A. Dorsey — Chicago Tribute —
On South Indiana Avenue north of East 80th Street, on the left when traveling south.
41 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Streeterville — Catherine and Jean-Baptiste Point du Sable — Fur traders and farmers — Chicago Tribute —
On North Michigan Avenue when traveling north.
42 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Streeterville — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe — Chicago Tribute
On East Pearson, on the left when traveling east.
43 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Aaron Montgomery Ward — Businessman, philanthropist, preservationist (1843-1913) — Chicago Tribute —
On North Michigan Avenue at Madison Street, on the right when traveling south on North Michigan Avenue.
44 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Uptown — Margaret Anderson — Chicago Tribute —
On West Ainslie east of North Sheridan Road, on the left when traveling west.
45 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Wicker Park — Nelson Algren — Writer — 1909-1981
On West Evergreen Avenue east of Damen Avenue. Reported damaged.
46 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Woodlawn — John Dewey — Chicago Tribute —
On East 61st Street, on the right when traveling west.
 
 
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