Walking Tour | Graceland Cemetery

Name: Walking Tour | Graceland Cemetery
Start: 2024-09-29T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-29T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Graceland Cemetery & Arboretum

Schedule

Sun Sep 29 2024 at 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Graceland Cemetery & Arboretum | Chicago, IL

Established in 1860 by Chicago businessman Thomas Barbour Bryan, and originally designed by Swain Nelson, Graceland Cemetery is an idyllic garden cemetery in Uptown that features the final resting places of many Chicagoans and monuments to the memory of numerous important figures. Today, Graceland Cemetery is owned and operated by the Trustees of the Graceland Cemetery Improvement Fund, a not-for-profit trust, and is open to all visitors.
Join guide Scottie Perry and discover the remarkable stories of the Chicagoans buried in this famous cemetery, including Marshall Field, Louis Sullivan, George Pullman, and Potter and Bertha Palmer.
$25; $22.50 members.
Tours runs approximately 2 hours. Meet at the cemetery entrance, 4001 North Clark Street.