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Lincoln Park is one of the most beautiful spots throughout Chicagoland. Every day the park is enjoyed by many residents and visitors. Lincoln Park began its existence as the City Cemetery. In 1864, the city council decided to turn the cemetery into a park. Permission was received from all descendants to move graves with one major exception. The Couch family, who owned a small mausoleum in the cemetery, refused to give their permission. To this day, the Couch mausoleum can still be seen, standing amidst trees, behind the Chicago Historical Society. Ira Couch, who is buried in the tomb, was one of Chicago's earliest innkeepers, opening the Tremont House in 1835. Couch is not the only person to still be buried in Lincoln Park. As recently as 1986, construction in the park has revealed more bodies left over from the nineteenth century. Lincoln Park is, perhaps, best known for the Lincoln Park Zoo, a free zoo which is open year-round. The zoo was founded in 1868, when the Lincoln Park Commissioners were given a gift of a pair of swans. Near the southern end of the Zoo, you can rent a paddle boat for a spin around the lagoon which is surrounded by trees. Kayakers and canoers also use the lagoon. Lincoln Park is known for its statuary. As you walk through the zoo and the park, you'll see many of Chicago great works of art. Just as there is a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Grant Park, there is a memorial to Ulysses S. Grant in Lincoln Park. It overlooks Cannon Drive at the south end of the zoo. The sculpture was created in 1891 by Louis Rebisso. Actually, there is also a statue of Lincoln in Lincoln Park, the Standing Lincoln (1887), by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the same sculptor who created the Sitting Lincoln in Grant Park. Standing Lincoln can be seen behind the Chicago Historical Society. The only other person who is immortalized by statues in both Grant and Lincoln Parks is Alexander Hamilton, the Lincoln Park statue sculpted by John Angel. Leave a Comment Directions: Lincoln Park stretches four hundred acres on the North side of Chicago from North Avenue (1600N) to Diversey (2800N) and Lake Michigan to Lakeview Street (400W).
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