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7777 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago: 1918 Jewish Graceland Cemetery (Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery) 3919 N. Clark St., Chicago: 1851 Jewish [11] LaGrange Cemetery (formerly Parkholm) Berwyn area Lake Street / Lakewood Memorial Park near Elgin: Lincoln Cemetery
Des Plaines Methodist Camp Ground is a historic Methodist church camp at 1250 Campground Road in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA.. The annual camp meeting was established in 1860 by a group of Methodist ministers and businessmen, including the future war hero and Illinois Governor John L. Beveridge, on the scenic land of Squire Socrates Rand along the Des Plaines River.
It was earlier designed as a Chicago Landmark, in 1976, and expanded as Jackson Boulevard District and Extension in 1997. [2] [3] The NRHP district was expanded in 1989 to include one more building, the James H. Pearson House. [1] The district is a historic district in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The ...
Attorney General of Illinois Born in Chicago Michael Madigan: Apr 19, 1942: 67th and 69th Speaker of Illinois House of Representatives Born in Chicago Joseph Medill: Apr 6, 1823: Mar 16, 1899: Newspaper editor, mayor of Chicago: John Gould Moyer: Jul 12, 1893: Jan 21, 1976: 31st governor of American Samoa: Born in Chicago Eliot Ness: Apr 19 ...
Irene McCoy Gaines was born on October 25, 1892, in Ocala, Florida, [1] but grew up in Chicago. [2] After graduating from Fisk Normal School she got a job as a stenographer in juvenile court in October 1913. In 1914, she married Harris B. Gaines and took graduate courses in social work and law at the University of Chicago.
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 Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District is a historic African-American district in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the Douglas community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The neighborhood encompasses the land between the Dan Ryan Expressway to the west, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the east, 31st Street to the north, and ...
Burnside is one of the 77 community areas in Chicago.The 47th numbered area, it is located on the city's far south side. This area is also called "The Triangle" by locals, as it is bordered by railroad tracks on every side; the Canadian National Railway on the west, the Union Pacific Railroad on the south and the Norfolk Southern Railway on the east.