Chicago Area Cemeteries Tour – Part I

Bridge leads to an island where architect and urban planner
Daniel H. Burnham is buried.

After reading Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries by Matt Hucke and Ursula Bielski, the wife and I decided to visit a couple of cemeteries last weekend. We started with Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum on Saturday. We both had been there before, but focused our attention on the mausoleum. Rosehill Cemetary is HUGE, we traversed about a 4th of it before succumbing to tired feet and hunger.

On Sunday, we spent 2 and a half hours strolling through Graceland Cemetery and photographing the monuments within. Graceland Cemetery is gorgeous and it was a beautiful day for outdoor photography.

Below is an image from Graceland Cemetery: it is a detail shot of the Crusader statue that marks the grave of newspaper publisher Victor Lawson (1850-1925).

Crusader – Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois

The following image is a shot of the peak of Peter Schoenhofen’s pyramid mausoleum at Graceland Cemetery.

Peter Schoenhofen Tomb – Graceland Cemetery
Chicago, Illinois

Stay tuned for more images of our cemetery excursions.