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2 burial plots are advertised for sale at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois. Seller asking prices, plot types, and availability are listed below.
A private cemetery since its beginning, Graceland was established in 1860 by Thomas Bryan, a lawyer with a successful Chicago practice. He purchased its original 80 acres and received a perpetual charter from Illinois in 1861, and soon hired prominent landscape architect H.W.S. Cleveland to plan its park-like ambiance._x005F With Bryan as president of the cemetery company, many prominent Chicagoans joined the board of managers, including the city’s first mayor, real estate entrepreneur William Ogden. Many other wealthy Chicagoans became members and purchased large family lots and “landscape rooms.” Still an active cemetery, even today Graceland can accommodate a few more Chicago families who want to join this prominent pantheon. Originally, Graceland’s southern boundary - now Irving Park Road - was two miles outside Chicago’s city limits, in the town of Lake View. After some negotiation with the town’s residents, Graceland expanded eastward and northwest to encompass its pres
2 plots are currently listed at Graceland Cemetery. Prices are set by the sellers.
SOLD: One burial space at Graceland. Located in Block 97-98, Section E-F, Lot 127-128, Space 23. The cemetery list price is between $2500 and $3500 and the owner is asking $1250.
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Single plot designated for two cremains urns and one two-name headstone in Chicago's historic Graceland Cemetery. Our plans have changed. We are no longer going to Graceland, but you can! The price is $400 below the current cost of a similar plot at Graceland. A full transfer of title will happen on site at the Graceland office.
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