Rotary Club of Chicago Organized plaque- Chicago, IL
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adgorn
N 41° 53.016 W 087° 37.762
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Plaque in sidewalk on east side of 100 block of N. Dearborn Street commemorating the centennial of the Rotary Club and its first location.
Waymark Code: WM8CTJ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/13/2010
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Normally I advocate that Chicago explorers "look up" as they wander the city, because of the wonderful buildings and public sculpture that becomes visible. In this case though, after photographing the nearby Miro and Picasso sculptures and then the Spirit of Electricity relief across the street, I noticed the plaque in the ground.
The inscription reads:
"Service Above Self"
"He Profits Most Who Serves Best"
At this site
on February 23, 1905
The Rotary Club of Chicago
was organized as the first of
more than 31,600 Rotary Clubs
established in 166 countries
at the time of
its Centennial Celebration
Placed by the Rotary Club of Chicago
February 23, 2005
From the Rotary First 100 site: (
visit link)
"The first meeting of four men to discuss Founder Paul Percy Harris’s idea to organize a club for business and professional men to become better acquainted, was held in room 711 of the Unity Building at 127 North Dearborn Street in Chicago, the office of Gustavus H. Loehr a mining engineer, on 23 February, 1905. The other three attendees were: founder attorney Paul Harris, first president Silvester Schiele a coal dealer, and Hiram E. Shorey a merchant tailor."
The Unity Building referred to above is long gone.