 view gallery N2.7 km
|   St. Columbanus Church peace pole - Chicago, IL
in Peace Poles Four-sider located in the Mary Garden in front of the church. posted by:  adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 01/03/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryN2.9 km |  The Confederate Mound Monument - Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures A bronze figure of a Confederate infantry soldier, arms folded across his chest, hat in hand, and kit hanging at his side, stands atop a square granite column. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/05/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryN2.9 km |  The Confederate Mound Monument - Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
in Out of Place Graves A bronze figure of a Confederate infantry soldier, arms folded across his chest, hat in hand, and kit hanging at his side, stands atop a square granite column, keeping watch over the mass grave of 6000 southerners resting in the north. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/09/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryN2.9 km |  The Confederate Mound Monument - Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials A bronze figure of a Confederate infantry soldier, arms folded across his chest, hat in hand, and kit hanging at his side, stands atop a square granite column. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/09/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.1 km |  Confederate Mound - Chicago, IL
in Veteran Cemeteries The plot contains burials of Confederate dead originally interred in the city cemetery, and in grounds near the hospital at Camp Douglas, a prisoner-of-war camp located in Chicago.
posted by: Go Boilers! location: Illinois date approved: 01/04/2009 last visited: 06/20/2010 |
 view galleryN3.2 km |  Eternal Light Monument - Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
in The Holocaust A red granite tower, dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 08/30/2013 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.4 km |  Goldwin G. Little - Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
in Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments Someone on our cemetery tour said "Look, a Woodman!" A flat reddish stone with the circular seal inscribed "Woodmen of the World Memorial - Dum Tacet Clamat" came into view. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/09/2010 last visited: 03/22/2022 |
 view galleryN3.4 km |  Roland Burris Tombstone - Chicago, IL
in News Article Locations Roland Burris is a politician from Illinois. A stickler for preparation, he has built a mausoleum for himself in Oak Woods Cemetery on the South Side, even though he is still alive. posted by: Go Boilers! location: Illinois date approved: 01/10/2009 last visited: 06/20/2010 |
 view galleryN3.5 km |  Olympian Jesse Owens - Chicago, IL
in Grave of a Famous Person Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin games. posted by: Go Boilers! location: Illinois date approved: 01/04/2009 last visited: 06/20/2010 |
 view galleryN3.5 km |  Chicago Fire Department Cold Storage Warehouse Fire Memorial - Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
in Firefighter Memorials Vertical monument and flag for the 17 fallen firefighters and workers who battled the blaze at the Cold Storage Building at the World's Fair in Chicago on July 10, 1893. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/11/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.5 km |  Lincoln the Orator - Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
in Statues of Historic Figures Abraham Lincoln standing with proper left hand on his hip and proper right hand raised in the air (an uncharacteristic pose.) On a tall stone base. aka The Gettysburg Lincoln posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/02/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.5 km |  Lincoln the Orator - Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
in Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln standing with proper left hand on his hip and proper right hand raised in the air (an uncharacteristic pose.) On a tall stone base. aka The Gettysburg Lincoln posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/03/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.5 km | Lincoln the Orator - Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Abraham Lincoln standing with proper left hand on his hip and proper right hand raised in the air (an uncharacteristic pose.) On a tall stone base. aka The Gettysburg Lincoln posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/04/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.5 km | David Ayers AKA David Ayres-Chicago, IL in Medal Of Honor Resting Places Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action at Vicksburg, MS on May 22, 1863. He served in the military as David Ayers. His true name was David Ayres. He is buried in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL in Section F, Lot 303. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Illinois date approved: 06/29/2018 last visited: 12/12/2021 |
 view galleryN3.5 km | Soldiers' Monument - Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials Statue of a single soldier in a frontal pose with an object held in proper right hand close to the body. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/09/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.5 km | Soldiers' Monument - Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Statue of a single soldier in a frontal pose with an object held in proper right hand close to the body. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/08/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.5 km | Enrico Fermi - Chicago, IL in Grave of a Famous Person Grave of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi, creator of the world’s first nuclear reactor. posted by: hykesj location: Illinois date approved: 01/28/2023 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.7 km |  Relic from Chicago Fire of 1871 - Chicago, IL
in Famous Fires A pile of charred building remnants from the great Chicago Fire of 1871, located near the entrance of Oak Woods Cemetery. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/09/2010 last visited: never |
 view gallery NW3.9 km
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bust - Chicago, IL in Statues of Historic Figures This sculptural bust of Dr. King is located in front of new recreational facility recently named by the Chicago Park District in his honor. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 01/05/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW3.9 km |  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bust - Chicago, IL
in Civil Rights Memorials This sculptural bust of Dr. King is located in front of new recreational facility recently named by the Chicago Park District in his honor. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 01/04/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW3.9 km |  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bust - Chicago, IL
in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This sculptural bust of Dr. King is located in front of new recreational facility recently named by the Chicago Park District in his honor. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 01/04/2014 last visited: never |
 view gallery NE4.7 km
|  Kenna Apartments Reliefs - Chicago, IL
in Relief Art Sculptures Two small concrete panels, designed by Alphonso Iannelli, on either side of the front door of the apartment building designed by modernist architect Barry Byrne. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 09/03/2019 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE4.8 km |  South Shore Country Club - Chicago, IL
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The South Shore Country Club was founded in 1905 as a suburban counterpart to the urban clubs of Chicago, such as the Athletic Club. The original building was designed by architects Marshall and Fox in a Mediterranean Revival style. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 06/29/2013 last visited: never |
 view gallery SE4.8 km
|  Eight student nurses murdered - Chicago, IL
in Infamous Crime Scenes On July 14, 1966, Richard Speck stalked and then murdered his eight victims in this southside Chicago townhouse. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 01/14/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW4.8 km | Holmes Murder Castle site - Chicago, IL in Infamous Crime Scenes Known as the "Murder Castle,” the building received its name when the bodies of 6 persons murdered by the then owner Dr. H. H. Holmes (his real name was Herman Webster Mudgett) were found in the basement in 1895. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 01/14/2014 last visited: never |
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