Graceland Cemetery will restore the landscape design of Burnham Island, attributed to Ossian Cole Simonds, Superintendent of Graceland Cemetery during the time of the development of Burnham Island, as the place of interment for my Burnham and his immediate family.
Graceland Cemetery has also partnered with the Chicago Architecture Foundation to offer special tours of the Burnham Island on Saturday, August 1 and Saturday, September 12, 2009. Additional tours my be offered.
A related book will be published and released by the Library of American Landscape History will be published in 2010 concurrently with the150th Anniversary of the Cemetery, which will feature a dedication and recognition of Mr. Simonds.
Graceland Cemetery
Website: http://www.gracelandcemetery.org/
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Graceland Cemetery
4001 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60613
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