Statue of John Peter Altgeld
A statue of John Peter Altgeld, sometimes called the John Peter Altgeld Monument, is installed in Chicago's Lincoln Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The work by Gutzon Borglum was installed in 1915.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: monument and statue in Chicago
- Also known as: “John Peter Altgeld Momument”, “John Peter Altgeld Monument”, and “John Peter Altgeld Statue”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lincoln Park and Statue of Alexander Hamilton.
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 460 feet west of Statue of John Peter Altgeld.
Statue of Alexander Hamilton
Work of art
Photo: Cosmo1976, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Alexander Hamilton statue is a monumental statue of Alexander Hamilton in the Lincoln Park of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was completed in 1939 and installed in 1952.
Saint Joseph Hospital
Hospital
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.
Saint Joseph Hospital is situated 850 feet north of Statue of John Peter Altgeld.
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
Photo: Thshriver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Statue of John Peter Altgeld
- Categories: monument, statue, and tourism
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.93219° or 41° 55′ 56″ northLongitude
-87.63753° or 87° 38′ 15″ westOpen location code
86HJW9J6+VXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1433718665OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q79406097
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