Historic Bronzeville


Historic homes in Bronzeville Quinn Chapel Supreme Life Insurance
the first black insurance company in the United States
Monument of the Great Northern Migration
Intersection of 25th and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive; man standing on top of a pile of worn out shoe soles. He faces north to indicate the direction of the journey. This statue commemorates the blacks that left the South to come to Chicago to work.
Michael Reese Hospital Wabash YMCA
Pilgrim Baptist Church 1992 Parade of Homes; Calumet Ave. Griffin Funeral Home; 32nd and Calumet; Civil War memorabilia
Drexel Center; 24 East 41st Street The Roloson House; 313-195 Calumet Ave. Griff Funeral Home; 32nd and Calumet
Plaque on King and 35th describing Bronzeville 35th and King description of Bronzeville
Pilgrim Baptist Church

Historic homes in Bronzeville

Stephen Douglas Tomb; 35th and Cottage Grove

Unity Hall; 3140 South Indiana; headquarters for black politics

Victory Monument (a.k.a. Doughboy Sculpture)
35th and King; Uniformed WWI soldier; kick-off point for annual Bud Billiken Parade

Bronzeville Plaque; near King and 35th

Griffin Funeral Home