Graceland Cemetery is one of Chicago’s finest hidden treasures. On the North Side, amongst the everyday hustle and bustle, lies a serene yet vibrant park-like cemetery.
Free, self-guided theme tours through Graceland Cemetery can focus on Chicago’s great architects and their influence, the city’s turbulent history, its powerful and inventive citizens, or …
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Long famous as the “Cemetery of Architects,” Graceland Cemetery even owes its design and exceptional natural beauty to two 19th century landscape architects. It began with a plan by …
To help you locate many of Graceland’s famous Chicagoans and identify their monuments and the architects and designers who created them, you can also pick up a free map at the …
Graceland Cemetery, founded in 1860, received a perpetual charter from the State of Illinois in 1861. Chicago itself wasn’t granted a charter until 1837, making this approximately 120-acre …
To help you locate many of Graceland’s famous Chicagoans and identify their monuments and the architects and designers who created them, you can pick up a free map at the Cemetery …