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Proviso Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States.As of the 2020 census, its population was 151,209. [1] It was organized in 1850 and originally named "Taylor", but shortly afterward its name was changed to make reference to the Wilmot Proviso, a contemporary piece of legislation intended to stop the spread of slavery.
Oakridge Cemetery is a cemetery located in the village of Hillside, near Chicago. It is the largest non-sectarian [ 1 ] mausoleum in Cook County , Illinois . The cemetery is located at 4301 West Roosevelt Road, Hillside, IL 60162.
Hillside is divided into three congressional districts. The area north of Harrison Street, and most of the area northeast of Roosevelt Road and Haase Avenue, is in Illinois's 7th congressional district ; the southern arm of the city, south of Roosevelt Road along Wolf Road, is in the 3rd district ; the area in between (primarily Mount Carmel ...
Queen of Heaven Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Hillside, Illinois, a suburban community near Chicago.The cemetery is operated by the Archdiocese of Chicago.. Queen of Heaven is located at Wolf and Roosevelt Roads, near the Eisenhower Expressway (Interstate 290), and is adjacent to another Catholic cemetery, Mount Carmel Cemetery.
The structure informally known as the Bishops' Mausoleum, designed by architect William J. Brinkmann, is located at Mount Carmel Cemetery and is the final resting places of the Bishops and Archbishops of Chicago; its formal name is the Mausoleum and Chapel of the Archbishops of Chicago, and it is the focal point of the entire cemetery, standing on high ground.
In addition to most of Hillside, the district also serves sections of Berkeley, Elmhurst, and Westchester. [4] In 1953 the Cook County portion of Elmhurst, then called Yorkfield, had 45 houses. It also serves a community called West Dale Gardens, which was an unincorporated area in 1953. At the time it had 110 houses. [8]
Proviso West High School (PWHS) is a public high school located in Hillside, Illinois, United States. It is a part of Proviso Township High Schools District 209 , and was opened in 1958. Its sister schools are Proviso East High School and Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy .
Union Park Congregational Church and Carpenter Chapel (also known as First Baptist Congregational Church) is a historic church building at 60 N. Ashland Blvd. on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The chapel is named after Philo Carpenter, a deacon, a co-founder of the congregation and of the Chicago Theological Seminary, and an early ...