Victory Monument
Erected in 1927, the Victory Monument, is a bronze and granite sculptural monument, based on a concept by John A. Nyden, and sculpted by Leonard Crunelle.Photo: Jovianeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Supreme Life Building and Sunset Cafe.
Supreme Life Building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Supreme Life Building is a historic insurance building located at 3501 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois.
Sunset Cafe
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Sunset Cafe, also known as The Grand Terrace Cafe or simply Grand Terrace, was a jazz club in Chicago, Illinois operating during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Sunset Cafe is situated 400 feet west of Victory Monument.
Chicago Military Academy
School
Photo: Steven Kevil, CC BY 3.0.
Chicago Military Academy-Bronzeville is a public four-year military high school in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, in a building known as the Eighth Regiment Armory. Chicago Military Academy is situated 520 feet west of Victory Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douglas and Bronzeville.
Douglas
Suburb
Photo: Jovianeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Douglas is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the South Side of Chicago. The Douglas community area stretches from 26th Street, south to Pershing Road along the Lake Shore, including parts of the Green Line, along…
Bronzeville
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of African-American History on Chicago's South Side, just miles south of downtown. Gwendolyn Brooks published poetry in the Chicago Defender, Andrew Rube Foster created Negro League Baseball, and Louis Armstrong kept his trumpet singing at the Sunset Cafe to keep Al Capone off his back.
Oakland
Suburb
Photo: Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oakland is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago. Bordered by 35th and 43rd Streets, Cottage Grove Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, the Oakland area was developed between 1872 and 1905.
Victory Monument
- Type: Memorial
- Description: sculpture
- Categories: sculpture, war memorial, and historic site
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.83075° or 41° 49′ 51″ northLongitude
-87.61714° or 87° 37′ 2″ westOpen location code
86HJR9JM+74OpenStreetMap ID
way 1361248798OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q616194
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Victory Monument” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “胜利纪念碑”
- French: “Victory Monument”
- Spanish: “Monumento a la Victoria (Chicago)”
- Spanish: “Monumento a la Victoria”
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Notable Places Nearby
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