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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 Primarily Scandinavian Mount Olivet Cemetery: 2755 W. 111th St., Chicago: 1855 Catholic Mount Vernon Memorial Park Lemont: New German ...
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.
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.
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.
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]
Research led to the re-discovery of the Cook County Potter's Field, which had been located near the poor house and insane asylum. Approximately 38,000 people were buried there between the 1850s and the 1920s. A small park called the Read Dunning Memorial Park was established in 2002 as a memorial for those buried in the area. [5].
Montrose Cemetery was founded by Andrew Kircher in 1902. [2] At the turn of the century, Kircher had purchased a funeral home in the heart of Chicago's German community, but by 1903, had chosen to enter the funeral business. [2]