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Statue of Benjamin Franklin

A statue of Benjamin Franklin, known as the Benjamin Franklin Monument, is installed in 's , in the U.S. state of . Designed by Richard Henry Park, the work was created in 1895, installed in 1896, and relocated in 1966.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois
  • Also known as: “Benjamin Franklin” and “Benjamin Franklin Monument”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chicago History Museum and Abraham Lincoln: The Man.

Museum
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is the museum of the Chicago Historical Society. The CHS was founded in 1856 to study and interpret 's history. The museum has been located in since the 1930s at 1601 North Clark Street at the intersection of North Avenue in the neighborhood, where the museum has been expanded several times. is situated 670 feet south of Statue of Benjamin Franklin.

Memorial
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is a larger-than-life size 12-foot bronze of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. The original statue is in in , and later re-castings of the statue have been given as diplomatic gifts from the United States to the United Kingdom, and to Mexico. is situated 490 feet southeast of Statue of Benjamin Franklin.

Church
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The is a historic evangelical Christian church in the neighborhood of , . is situated 770 feet southwest of Statue of Benjamin Franklin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and Gold Coast Historic District.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood and historic district in and , Chicago, . It contains many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings, including , one of seven buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire.

Quarter
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The is a historic district in , Illinois. Part of Chicago's community area, it is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street.

Neighborhood
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The or Midtown-North is a historic district in the community area of , . The district was built from 1865 to 1900 by various architects.

Statue of Benjamin Franklin

Latitude
41.9138° or 41° 54′ 50″ north
Longitude
-87.6311° or 87° 37′ 52″ west
Open location code
86HJW979+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 608421763
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q121437874
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Statue of Benjamin Franklin”. Photo: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0.