view gallery NE0.3 km | Marquette Commemorative Relief - Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Figure of Jacques Marquette and an Native American in a wooded landscape, on a vertical concrete structure planted on the northeast end of the Damen Ave. bridge over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/28/2009 last visited: never |
view gallery NE0.3 km | Marquette Commemorative Relief - Chicago, IL in Relief Art Sculptures Relief of Jacques Marquette and an Native American in a wooded landscape, on a vertical concrete structure planted on the northeast end of the Damen Ave. bridge over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/06/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery N1 km | Bull Durham - Chicago, IL in Ghost Signs Painted ghost sign on the side of what must have been a small neighborhood business building. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/21/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery S1 km | 1891 - Everett School - Chicago, IL in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones A striking Victorian school in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/25/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery S1.1 km | South West Trust and Savings Bank - Chicago, IL in Converted Bank Buildings The former home of South West Trust and Savings Bank is now home to a security and event staffing company. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/26/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery E1.1 km | Canal Origins Park markers - Chicago, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Canal Origins Park informative signage commemorates the creation of the Illinois & Michigan Canal as it connected the Great Lakes with the Mississippi River drainage basin. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/26/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery S1.1 km | McKinley American Legion M2A1 105 mm Howitzer - Chicago, IL in Static Artillery Displays This artillery display is in the parking lot of the McKinley American Legion Post. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/30/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery S1.1 km | McKinley American Legion World War II Memorial - Chicago, IL in World War II Memorials / Monuments A plaque dedicated to the war dead of World War II. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/17/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery S1.1 km | "American Legion William McKinley Post 231" Chicago, IL in Legion Posts and Branches American Legion post in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/29/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery NE1.3 km | ORIGIN - Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal at South Branch Of Chicago River in River Origins, Destinations and Confluences The Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal was completed in 1900 to help flush contaminated water from the drinking supply, plus provide a navigable route from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/06/2010 last visited: 06/24/2015 |
view gallery SW1.3 km | McKinley Park Schlitz Tied House - Chicago, IL in Victorian Style Architecture This Queen Anne building was once a Schlitz tied house tavern. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/30/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery S1.3 km | Route of Marquette & Joliet - Chicago, IL in Illinois Historical Markers A historic marker about the exploration of Chicago by Marquette & Joliet. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/23/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery W1.3 km | Forlorn caboose on southwest side of Chicago, IL in Train Cabooses Found this while driving by on the way back from the White Sox game. Unlike so many of the other waymarked cabooses, this one sits forlornly in a fenced in area, in need of a good cleaning and paint job. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 09/11/2009 last visited: never |
view gallery E1.4 km | Park No. 571 Boathouse and Fieldhouse - Chicago, IL in Odd-Shaped Buildings This pair of buildings in a small city park were given their unique shape based on the movement oars make while rowing. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/14/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery SW1.4 km | DuPont–Whitehouse House - Chicago, IL in Relocated Structures In 1920, this stately Italianate manor was moved about a block from its original location to avoid demolition after the land it stood on was sold. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/30/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery SW1.4 km | DuPont–Whitehouse House - Chicago, IL in Victorian Style Architecture This stately Italianate manor was designated a Chicago city landmark in 1996. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/30/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery E1.4 km | LFL 82642 - Chicago, IL in Free Community Book Exchanges This Little Free Library is in a city park in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/13/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.6 km | 1960 - Our Lady of Good Counsel School - Chicago, IL in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones This unique building was formerly a Catholic school in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 06/07/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.6 km | 1929 - St. Andrew's Ev. Luth. School and Parish Hall - Chicago, IL in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones This school building was built by St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (across the street) to serve the growing population. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 08/17/2021 last visited: never |
view gallery S1.6 km | President William F. McKinley Memorial & Statue - Chicago, IL in Statues of Historic Figures The McKinley memorial & statue, in the form of a semicircular exedra in granite, with a figure in bronze by Charles J. Mulligan, was unveiled July 4, 1905 in McKinley Park on the southwest side of Chicago. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/22/2008 last visited: never |
view gallery S1.6 km | William McKinley Monument - Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures The McKinley memorial & statue, in the form of a semicircular exedra in granite, with a figure in bronze by Charles J. Mulligan, was unveiled July 4, 1905 in McKinley Park on the southwest side of Chicago.
posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/21/2009 last visited: never |
view gallery E1.6 km | Loomis Street Bridge - Chicago, IL in Bridge Date Stones and Plaques This bascule bridge has a bronze marker from when it was built in 1976. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/29/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery E1.6 km | Loomis Street Bridge - Chicago, IL in Moving Bridges Loomis Street Bridge is a bascule bridge over the south branch of the Chicago River. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/13/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.6 km | Geographic Center of Chicago - Chicago, IL in Geographical Centers This sign at 37th and Honore marks the geographical center of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 07/22/2021 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.6 km | St. Andrew Lutheran Church - Chicago, IL in This Old Church This Lutheran church in the McKinley Park neighborhood was founded in 1888 and the cornerstone of this building laid in 1891. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 08/17/2021 last visited: never |
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