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Graceland Cemetery is a large historic garden cemetery located in the north side community area of Uptown, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.Established in 1860, its main entrance is at the intersection of Clark Street and Irving Park Road.
11500 S. Fairfield Ave., Chicago: 1865 Nonsectarian [15] Mount Hope Cemetery Elgin: Mount Isaiah Israel Cemetery (now Zion Gardens Cemetery) 6758 W. Addison St., Chicago: 1886 Jewish Mount Mayriv Cemetery (now Zion Gardens Cemetery) 3600 N. Narragansett Ave., Chicago: 1893 Jewish Mount Olive Cemetery: 3800 N. Narragansett Ave., Chicago: 1889
The structure informally known as the Bishops' Mausoleum, designed by architect William J. Brinkmann, is located at Mount Carmel Cemetery and is the final resting places of the Bishops and Archbishops of Chicago; its formal name is the Mausoleum and Chapel of the Archbishops of Chicago, and it is the focal point of the entire cemetery, standing on high ground.
Eternal Silence, alternatively known as the Dexter Graves Monument or the Statue of Death, [1] is a monument in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery and features a bronze sculpture of a hooded and draped figure set upon, and backdropped by, black granite.
Oak Woods Cemetery is a large lawn cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.Located at 1035 E. 67th Street, in the Greater Grand Crossing area of Chicago's South Side.Established 172 years ago on February 12, 1853, it covers 183 acres (74 ha).
This is the right forearm of Michelangelo's Moses (c. 1513–1515) statue. The arrow points to a small muscle called the extensor digiti minimi, which only contracts when the pinky is lifted ...
Rosehill's Joliet-limestone entrance gate (added in 1864) was designed by William W. Boyington, the architect of the Chicago Water Tower and the Old University of Chicago, who is buried in Rosehill. The Rosehill Cemetery Administration Building and Entry Gate was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The cemetery is home to two memorials to Chicago-area Grand Army of the Republic posts. The memorial of Phil Sheridan Post 615, based in Oak Park, Illinois, is atop the gravesite of one of its former presidents, Wilbur Fisk Crummer. [12] Chicago-based Columbia Post 706 has its memorial in the cemetery west of the Des Plaines River. [13]