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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. Located between two major Chicago cross streets, Clark & Irving Park, Graceland Cemetery is the final resting place to many prominent Chicago figures, including athletes ...
Plan a Visit. Graceland Cemetery. 4001 North Clark Street. Chicago, IL 60613. (773) 525-1105. FAX: (773) 525-9091. Google Map. Spring & Summer Cemetery Gate Hours. Monday through Friday.
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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.
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 the Cemetery’s natural beauty. A road map is available at the Graceland office, near the historic entrance.
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 park of eternal rest one of the oldest spots in the city. Bounded by Montrose Ave. to the north, Clark St. to the west, Irving Park Rd. to the south
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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 Cemetery office, or click here to download a copy.
Graceland Cemetery 4001 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60613 (773) 525-1105 FAX: (773) 525-9091 Google Map
Graceland’s historic chapel, constructed out of Midwestern quarried red granite, was designed in 1888 by Holabird & Roche, in the popular “Arts & Craft” style of the period, for interment services held on the burial grounds.