Rosehill Cemetery Entrance

Click for Larger View     Address: 5800 N. Ravenswood Ave.
Year Built: 1864
Architect: W.W. Boyington
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark:
October 16, 1980

Drawing, circa 1873 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.

W.W. Boyington
 
Pre-Fire Chicago
 
1.East Elevation, Looking into Cemetery, photo by Bob Thall
2.Drawing, circa 1873