Address: 5800 N. Ravenswood Ave. Year Built:
1864
Architect:
William W. Boyington
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark:
October 16, 1980
Designed by the architect of the Old Chicago Water Tower and predating it by five years, the Rosehill Cemetery Entrance is a rare Midwestern example of castellated Gothic architecture. Many prominent Chicagoans are buried at Rosehill, which is one of the city's oldest private cemeteries. Their plots are marked by a wide variety of distinctive memorial sculptures.
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