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Cook County Cemetery at Dunning (Read Dunning Memorial Park) 6550 W. Belle Plaine Ave., Chicago: 1854-1911 Potter's field [6] Cook County Cemetery for the Indigent (Cook County Cemetery at Oak Forest) 159th St. and Crawford Ave., Oak Forest: 1911-1971 Potter's field: Couch Mausoleum (City Cemetery) Chicago [7] Dalton Cemetery Danish Cemetery Lemont
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.
Levi Boone, Chicago Mayor (1855–56), anti-immigrant American Party (a.k.a. The Know-Nothing Party) Mary McVicker Booth, actress; William W. Boyington, architect, Chicago Water Tower and Rosehill Cemetery entrance; Myra Colby Bradwell, Illinois lawyer and political activist, founder of Chicago Legal News
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).
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.
Mount Olivet was consecrated in 1885, and was the first Catholic cemetery to be established in the south side of Chicago. There are over 142,200 people buried at the cemetery, with over 150 annual interments. The cemetery is 93 acres (38 ha) in size.
Chicago Cubs columbarium. In 2009, the cemetery added a columbarium specially dedicated to Chicago Cubs fans. [15] The structure is a replica of Wrigley Field's red brick wall, with a stained glass image of the stadium's scoreboard and a yellow 400 foot (120 m) marker. The wall contains 288 niches, and seats from Wrigley Field have been placed ...
Wunder's Cemetery (sometimes Wunder Cemetery; [1] also known as German Lutheran Cemetery) [citation needed] is a 14.5-acre (5.9 ha) German Protestant cemetery in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. [2] [3] It was established in 1859. [4] It is adjacent to Graceland Cemetery in Lakeview. [5]