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Graceland Cemetery
Chicago, Illinois · Established 1860
Graceland Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery on Chicago's North Side, established in 1860. It is a designated Chicago Landmark and a National Historic Landmark, featuring notable monuments by Louis Sullivan and other prominent architects. The cemetery serves as the final resting place of many of Chicago's most influential citizens, industrialists, and artists.
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Records
1860
Founded
Chicago
City
IL
State
Notable Burials
Records from Graceland Cemetery(2 total)
Harriet Monroe
1860 — 1936
Poet and founding editor of Poetry magazine.
Daniel Hale Williams
1856 — 1931
Surgeon who performed the first documented successful open-heart surgery in 1893.
“He opened hearts and saved lives.”
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