Rosehill Cemetery - Chicago Landmark

  • 5800 N Ravenswood Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60660-3106
  • +1 773 561 5940
  • www.rosehillcemetery.com
Average Rating
5.0
2+ reviews
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Yahoo! Travel
5.0
2+ reviews
Open Hours:
8:30a-5p M-F, 8a-4p Sa & Su
Rosehill Cemetery
5800 N Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60660-3106
Amenities
  • Wheelchair Accessible
Description
  • ... 350 acres, Rosehill is the largest cemetery in the City of Chicago. It is also one of the oldest, established in February of 1859 with the first burial that same month. The name "Rosehill" resulted from a mapmaker's error - the area ... more on Graveyards.com
Reviews
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5.0
Taphophiles will like it

(05/30/05)

... Rosehill several times, lovely place to visit. The gates are by Wiliam Boyington who desogned teh Chicago Water Tower, and if you look just to the right just beyween them and the elevated Metra tracks you can see the stairs to the ... By johnmartine63 from Chicago, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Reviews from Yahoo! Travel

5.0
Best cemetery on earth

(07/05/05)

... example of the rural-park cemetery movement that swept the nation from the 1830's to 1860's. This cemetery was opened in 1859, right before the city's Municipal Cemetery was closed in 1864. The bodies were moved to here, ... By A Yahoo! User from Chicago, IL, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Reviews from Yahoo! Travel

Directions

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