Richard Oglesby Monument

Richard Oglesby Monument is a work of art in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Richard Oglesby Monument is situated near Sunshine Playground, as well as near the nature reserve North Pond Nature Sanctuary.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Lincoln Park.

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Museum

Photo: Alanscottwalker, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is a natural history museum mostly dedicated to children, located in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and operated by the Chicago Academy of Sciences. Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Richard Oglesby Monument.

Lincoln Park

Photo: Dysmachus, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Lincoln Park is a 1,208-acre park along Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. Named after US president Abraham Lincoln, it is the city's largest public park and stretches for seven miles from Grand Avenue, on the south, to near Ardmore Avenue on the north, just north of the DuSable Lake Shore Drive terminus at Hollywood Avenue. Lincoln Park is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Richard Oglesby Monument.

National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini

Church

Photo: stephen boisvert, CC BY 2.0.

The National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini is a shrine in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, honoring the Roman Catholic saint who ministered there, Frances Xavier Cabrini. National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini is situated 870 feet southwest of Richard Oglesby Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mid-North District and Lincoln Park.

Mid-North District

Neighborhood

Photo: Thshriver, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Mid-North District or Midtown-North is a historic district in the Lincoln Park community area of Chicago, Illinois. The district was built from 1865 to 1900 by various architects.

Lincoln Park

Suburb

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Lincoln Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located west of the public park Lincoln Park.

Boystown

Neighborhood

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lake View is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the city's North Side and is bordered by West Diversey Parkway on the south, West Irving Park Road and West Montrose Ave on the north, North Ravenswood Avenue on the west, and the shore of Lake Michigan on the east.

Richard Oglesby Monument

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: statue
Category: tourism
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.93015° or 41° 55′ 49″ north

Longitude

-87.63708° or 87° 38′ 14″ west

Open location code

86HJW9J7+35

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1433718651

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=statue

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sunshine Playground and North Pond Nature Sanctuary.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: North Pond and Abandoned Lake Michigan Shoreline.

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