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Elks National Memorial & Headquarters (Chicago, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Chicago / Chicago, Illinois / North Lakeview Avenue, 2750
 memorial, interesting place, Second Empire (architecture), Beaux-Arts (architecture)

Designed c. 1924 by Egerton Swartwout (of the firm of Tracy & Swartwout) with structural elements by the Guastavino Fireproof Tile Co. as a memorial for the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks. The building features resplendent artisan work by Adolph A. Weinman, Laura Gardin Fraser, and James Earle Fraser, and murals by Eugene Savage and Edwin Blashfield. The interior was decorated by Paris & Wiley.

It is regarded as one of the finest memorials ever constructed in the world.

openhousechicago.org/sites/site/elks-national-memorial/
usmodernist.org/AM/AM-1932-04.pdf
hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015024263413?urlappend=%3Bseq...
usmodernist.org/AF/AF-1930-02-1.pdf
maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=41.93234~-87.640225&s...

2750 N Lakeview Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
773-755-4876
www.elks.org/memorial/
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Coordinates:   41°55'56"N   87°38'24"W
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