Saturday, August 29, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Graceland Cemetery in Chicago
Located on the north side of Chicago between Clark Street and Irving Park Road, Graceland Cemetery is one of America's finest garden cemeteries.
Created in 1860 on 80 acres of land in what was then Lake View, Illinois, two miles outside the city of Chicago, it now encompasses 119 acres of winding streets, lush gardens and incredible monuments to some of the city's most illustrious individuals: Cyrus McCormick, Martin Ryerson, Potter Palmer, George Pullman, Alan Pinkerton, architects Louis Sullivan and Daniel Burnham (the latter entombed on his own island in the cemetery), William Kimball (of piano fame), and Philip Armour (meatpacker extraordinaire) are just a few of the fantastic stories that quietly bide their time waiting for you to visit.
The one entrance is right at the corner of Clark Street and Irving Park Road. Signage in the cemetery is virtually non-existent and what "street" signs do exist are confusingly laid out. I suggest stopping at the office for a guide map or downloading a copy of the handy map and brochure that at least identifies the location of the major monuments.
Created in 1860 on 80 acres of land in what was then Lake View, Illinois, two miles outside the city of Chicago, it now encompasses 119 acres of winding streets, lush gardens and incredible monuments to some of the city's most illustrious individuals: Cyrus McCormick, Martin Ryerson, Potter Palmer, George Pullman, Alan Pinkerton, architects Louis Sullivan and Daniel Burnham (the latter entombed on his own island in the cemetery), William Kimball (of piano fame), and Philip Armour (meatpacker extraordinaire) are just a few of the fantastic stories that quietly bide their time waiting for you to visit.
The one entrance is right at the corner of Clark Street and Irving Park Road. Signage in the cemetery is virtually non-existent and what "street" signs do exist are confusingly laid out. I suggest stopping at the office for a guide map or downloading a copy of the handy map and brochure that at least identifies the location of the major monuments.
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| Dexter Graves |
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| Azarian Palmer |
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| Allan Pinkerton |
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| Timothy Webster |
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| Kate Warne, first female detective in the United States |
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Pinkerton Employee Memorial |
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| Hoyt |
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| Hoyt |
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| Peter Schoenhofen |
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| Martin Ryerson |
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| George Pullman |
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| William Kimball |
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| Louis Sullivan |
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| Goodman family |
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| Potter Palmer |
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| Edith Rockefeller McCormick |
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| Gary-Lyon |
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| bridge to Burnham Island |
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| Philippe, Susan and Marie |
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| Marie |
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| Getty |
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| Potter Palmer from across the lake |
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| Burnham Island |
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| Fisher |
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| Potter Palmer |
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| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
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| Bruce Goff |
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| Goodman family from across the lake |
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| Ruth Page |
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| Cyrus McCormick family |
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| Marshall Field family |
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| Otto |
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| Gloor family |
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| Walter-Willard-Wooster |
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| Inez Clarke |
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| Wheeler family |
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| Jones family |
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| Brainerd famly |
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| Emily Sleight Brainerd |
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| Daniel Brainerd |
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| Sanger family |
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| John B. Dickey |
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| Mary Avery |
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| Cramer-Matteson |
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| Tuttle |
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| Victor Lawson |
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| Hutchinson |
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| Mosset family |
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