National Historic Landmark · gate · Chicago, Illinois

Old Stone Gate of Chicago Union Stockyards

Historic gate in Chicago, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1972, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1972Burnham and Root
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What it is

Wikipedia · Union Stock Yard Gate

The Union Stock Yard Gate, located on Exchange Avenue at Peoria Street, was the entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards in Chicago. The gate was designed by Burnham and Root around 1875, and is the only significant structural element of the stock yards to survive. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981. The plaza surrounding the gate also includes the city's principal memorial to its firefighters.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressExchange Ave., Chicago, IL
CountyCook County
ListedDec 27, 1972
Reference number72000451
ArchitectBurnham and Root
Type of placegate
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressExchange Ave., Chicago, IL
Coordinates41.81858, -87.64842 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitPullman National Historical Park · 9 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyWest Beach Picnic Shelters 26 mi · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 32 mi · Dunbar Group Site 35 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 72000451. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.