Archive for the ‘cemetery’ tag
A Murphy in Calvary Cemetery Chicago
Murphy Headstone in Calvary
not related to anyone in my Murphy clan, that I know of…
Bloomsday 2012
Didn’t end up reading much of Ulysses, but still had fun photostrolling with some Flickreenos in Graceland Cemetery and nearby area. I had never been to Graceland Cemetery before, but it most certainly merits another visit, presumedly on a day where the temperature isn’t approaching that of the sun…
Bloomsday 2012
Analog Light Meter
Zeiss Ikon
O’Shaughnessy’s Corned Beef Hash
O’Shaughnessy’s Irish Breakfast
Bloomsday Fish and Chips
In Honor of Service In the War of 1812
Albert Ebert
Girl In A Box – Inez Clarke
“I Will Ransom Them From The Power of the Grave”
Seth Taylor – Graceland Cemetery
Escaping the Crypt
Daniel Burnham -1846-1912
McClurg and Moe
Schoenhofen Pyramid Mausoleum Duotoned
Schoenhofen Pyramid Mausoleum
The Crusader aka Victor Lawson
More later.
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Scanlan with Celtic cross
Stark beauty of snowy cemetery
Calvary in Rogers Park
played hooky, went tramping about on the edge of Evanston, by the lake, and including a sojourn through Cavalry Cemetery.
CALVARY is the oldest existing cemetery that had been established by the Archdiocese of Chicago, although it is not the oldest Catholic cemetery in the area – there are churchyards that predate it. Catholic cemeteries had previously existed closer to Chicago, but health concerns and the value of the land prompted city officials to reinter bodies in more remote locations. Calvary, Rosehill, Graceland and Oak Woods all saw their first burials in 1859.
At the border between Chicago and Evanston, Calvary sits on the lakefront behind Sheridan road. Between Sheridan and the lake is a breakwater consisting of piled up white limestone boulders. The main entrance is on Chicago Avenue (Evanston’s name for Clark Street), with the rear entrance directly across on Sheridan. A wide road connects the two gates. Originally, a small lagoon lay in between, roughly two-thirds of the way from the east end, but it was filled in to create shrine sections. This dramatically changed the appearance of the cemetery, as did the loss of many trees to Dutch Elm disease in the 1960s.
The west entrance of Calvary is beneath a large stone gate with three arches. The center arch is surmounted by a triangle in the Gothic style. Designed by James Egan (who is buried in Calvary), this represents the Greek letters Alpha and Omega, which are Catholic symbols of God as the beginning and the end.
