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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AP1_wise-road_Schaumburg-IL.html
Wise Road is named for the Wiese Family, who once farmed nearly 80 acres of land at the corner of Wise Road and Spring Cove Drive. The road was named "Wiese Road" for many years. It is unknown whether the "e" was dropped accidentally by the Cook C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A6V_battle-of-fort-dearborn_Chicago-IL.html
From roughly 1620 to 1820 the territory of the Potawatomi extended from what is now Green Bay Wisconsin, to Detroit Michigan, and included the Chicago area. In 1803 the United States Government built Fort Dearborn at what today is Michigan Avenue …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19EU_office-and-studio-of-perkins-fellows-hamilton-architects_Chicago-IL.html
Finely detailed with tapestry brick and carved stone ornament, this Arts & Crafts-influenced facade is an excellent example of the type of designs for which this architectural firm was noted. "Towertown," as the area surrounding the Chicago Water …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19C3_green-bay-road_Chicago-IL.html
From this point, the Green Bay Road ran northwesterly to Clark Street and North Avenue, and followed Clark Street's present route to the vicinity of Peterson Avenue. This road connected Fort Dearborn with Fort Howard, Green Bay, Wisconsin.Erected …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19BX_the-green-bay-trail_Winnetka-IL.html
One branch of the Green Bay Trail traversed this region. Originally an Indian trail, after 1816 the route connected Fort Dearborn at Chicago with Fort Howard at Green Bay. Couriers faced hunger, cold and Indians to carry dispatches on a round trip…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19BR_hotel-st-benedict-flats_Chicago-IL.html
This rare surviving example of Victorian Gothic design is also one of the city's best late-19th century apartment buildings. Because early luxury apartments were viewed with skepticism, this building was designed to look like a series of four sepa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1948_charles-n-loucks-house_Chicago-IL.html
Designed as a "model home," this Queen Anne-style house was built for Irving Park land developer Charles N. Loucks. It is a fine example of "pattern book architecture,", building designs sold through the mail—a popular method used to keep pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM177N_confederate-mound-monument_Chicago-IL.html
Confederate DeadErected to the memory of the six thousand southern soldiers here buried, who died in Camp Douglas Prison 1862-5. These men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, and died.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM163W_allan-pinkerton_Chicago-IL.html
In memory of Allan Pinkerton, born in Glascow, Scotland, August 25th 1819. Died in Chicago, Illinois July 1st 1884. Aged 65 years. A friend to honesty and a foe to crime, devoting himself for a generation to the prevention and detection of crime i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15ZM_jane-addams-hull-house-and-dining-hall_Chicago-IL.html
Here, in 1899, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr started what became the most influential social settlement in America. It eventually consisted of several buildings around this house which had been built in 1856 by Charles Hull. The Dining Hall an…