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Graceland Cemetery

Graceland Cemetery is a large historic garden cemetery located in the north side community area of , in , Illinois, United States. Established in 1860, its main entrance is at the intersection of Clark Street and Irving Park Road.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Chicago, Illinois
  • Also known as: “Graceland Cemetery (Chicago, Ill.)” and “Graceland Cemetery, Chicago”
  • Address: 4001 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60613

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Eternal Silence and Uptown Branch.

Work of art
Photo: IvoShandor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, alternatively known as the Dexter Graves Monument or the Statue of Death, is a monument in Graceland Cemetery and features a bronze sculpture of a hooded and draped figure set upon, and backdropped by, black granite. is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Graceland Cemetery.

Library
Photo: Daniel X. O’Neil, CC BY 2.0.
is a library, which is situated 2,000 feet east of Graceland Cemetery.

Tomb
Photo: Mindfrieze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , located in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, United States, was commissioned in 1890 by the lumber baron Henry Harrison Getty for his wife. is situated 1,200 feet north of Graceland Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uptown Chicago and Uptown Square Historic District.

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Uptown is a scruffy, jazz-inflected neighborhood on the north side of . Within its boundaries, off to the side of the action, are the residential areas of Sheridan Park and Buena Park, and an exciting Southeast Asian community based around Argyle Street.

Neighborhood
The is a commercial historic district encompassing parts of Broadway and Lawrence Avenue in the neighborhood of , .

Photo: Niklas Hellerstedt, CC BY 2.0.
Lakeview has the lion's share of 's nightlife, starting with Wrigleyville, home of the Chicago Cubs and major players in the city's theater and music scenes, and Boystown, one of the largest and most vibrant LGBT communities in the United States.

Graceland Cemetery

Latitude
41.95807° or 41° 57′ 29″ north
Longitude
-87.66142° or 87° 39′ 41″ west
Elevation
600 feet (183 metres)
Open location code
86HJX85Q+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4388628
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
4894290
Wiki­data ID
Q4148426
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Graceland Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقبرة غريسلاند”
  • Armenian: “Գրեյսլենդ գերեզմանատուն”
  • Basque: “Graceland hilerria”
  • Belarusian: “могілкі Грэйсленд”
  • Belarusian: “могілкі Грэйслэнд”
  • Catalan: “Cementiri Graceland”
  • Czech: “Hřbitov Graceland”
  • Danish: “Graceland Cemetery”
  • Dutch: “Graceland begraafplaats”
  • French: “cimetière de Graceland”
  • French: “Cimetière de Graceland”
  • French: “Graceland cemetery (Chicago)”
  • French: “Graceland cemetery”
  • Galician: “cemiterio Graceland”
  • German: “Graceland Cemetery”
  • Greek: “Κοιμητήριο του Γκρέισλαντ”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות גרייסלנד”
  • Irish: “Reilig Graceland”
  • Italian: “Graceland Cemetery”
  • Japanese: “グレースランド墓地”
  • Japanese: “グレイスランド墓地”
  • Manx: “Ruillick Graceland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Graceland Cemetery”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Graceland Cemetery”
  • Persian: “گورستان گریس‌لند”
  • Portuguese: “Cemitério Graceland”
  • Portuguese: “Graceland Cemetery”
  • Romanian: “cimitirul Graceland”
  • Russian: “Грейсленд (кладбище)”
  • Russian: “Грейсленд”
  • Russian: “Кладбище Грейсленд”
  • Slovenian: “Graceland Cemetery”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio Graceland”
  • Swedish: “Graceland Cemetery”
  • Western Frisian: “Graceland Cemetery (Chicago)”
  • Western Frisian: “Graceland Cemetery”

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