Stephen A. Douglas Tomb
The Stephen A. Douglas Tomb and Memorial or Stephen Douglas Monument Park is a memorial that includes the tomb of United States Senator Stephen A. Douglas.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Soldiers’ Home and Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Soldiers’ Home
Office building
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The Soldiers' Home is an historic Italianate style building in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located at 739 E. 35th Street, the Home was built in a series of phases from 1864 to 1923, designed by William W. Soldiers’ Home is situated 390 feet southeast of Stephen A. Douglas Tomb.
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Heritage site
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Pilgrim Baptist Church is a historic church at 3301 South Indiana Avenue in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Pilgrim Baptist Church is situated 3,700 feet west of Stephen A. Douglas Tomb.
Victory Monument
Memorial
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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. Victory Monument is situated 2,400 feet west of Stephen A. Douglas Tomb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douglas and Oakland.
Douglas
Suburb
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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…
Oakland
Suburb
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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.
Bronzeville
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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.
Stephen A. Douglas Tomb
- Type: Monument
- Description: memorial in Chicago, Illinois
- Categories: tomb and historic site
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.83176° or 41° 49′ 54″ northLongitude
-87.60841° or 87° 36′ 30″ westInception
1881Open location code
86HJR9JR+PJOpenStreetMap ID
way 210963223OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q7608524
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In Other Languages
“Stephen A. Douglas Tomb” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Tumba de Stephen A. Douglas”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Douglas Monument Park and Sixth Grace United Presbyterian Church.
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