Illinois Centennial Monument
Illinois Centennial Memorial Column,Logan Square MonumentorIllinois Centennial Monumentis a public monument in theLogan Squarecommunity areaand theChicago LandmarkandNational Register of Historic Places-listedLogan Square Boulevards Historic District.[1][2]Built in 1918 to celebrate the 100th anniversary ofIllinois' statehood, the monument, designed byHenry Bacon,famed architect of theLincoln MemorialinWashington, DC,is a single 70-foot (21 m) tallmarbleDoriccolumntopped by an eagle, in reference to theFlag of Illinois.[3][4]Reliefssurrounding the base depict figures of Native Americans, explorers, farmers and laborers intended to show the great changes experienced during the state's 1st century.[5]Although Bacon designed the main column,Evelyn Beatrice Longmandesigned and sculpted the reliefs.[6]
It is located at NorthMilwaukee Avenueand Logan Boulevard in the public square known as Logan Square. The monument is cased inTennessee marble.[7]The column is composed of 13 solid marble segments and is based on the same proportions and scale as the columns that make up thecolonnadeof theParthenoninGreece.[4]The column is opposed by aflagpoleand a concrete plaque dedicated to American soldiers who died inWorld War I,World War IIand theKorean War.[5]The monument was funded by theBenjamin FergusonFund.[8]Daniel Boone,HiawathaandCeresare among those depicted in the base.[9]
In 1997 theChicago Department of Transportationplanted 81 trees around the column includinghackberry,Patmoregreen ash,Skylinehoneylocust,red oak,swamp white oak,alpine currant,Virginia Roseand three varieties ofhawthorns:downy,Washingtonandthornless cockspur.[10]
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- ^"Logan Square Boulevards District".City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. Archived fromthe originalon July 17, 2012.RetrievedMarch 19,2009.
- ^"Logan Square Boulevards District".Preservation Chicago.2008. Archived fromthe originalon January 18, 2009.RetrievedMarch 19,2009.
- ^Becker, Lynn (August 10, 2007)."Between the Boulevards: An architectural tour".Chicago Reader.RetrievedMarch 18,2009.
- ^abGuerrero, Lucio (January 13, 2006)."Logan Square".Chicago Sun-Times.RetrievedMarch 21,2009.
- ^ab"System bars genuine glasnost".Chicago Sun-Times.June 5, 1988.RetrievedMarch 18,2009.
- ^Library of Congress,DN-0088786,Chicago Daily Newsnegatives collection,Chicago Historical Society
- ^"Monuments".Early Chicago, Inc.RetrievedMarch 20,2009.
- ^Hermann, Andrew (August 9, 1991)."Public statues are lumberman's legacy to city".Chicago Sun-Times.RetrievedMarch 18,2009.
- ^Cunniff, Bill (August 28, 1998)."Logan Square walking tour scheduled to step off".Chicago Sun-Times.RetrievedMarch 20,2009.
- ^Recktenwald, William (May 25, 1997)."Tree-Dimensional - Chicago Digs In For Record Planting Season".Chicago Tribune.RetrievedMarch 20,2009.[dead link]