Celebrate Halloween in a Chicago Cemetery
October 17, 2006 by Mary Jo Manzanares
Filed under Things to See & Do
When you think about Halloween events, you can’t help but think of spooky happenings in the cemetery.
If you’ll be in Chicago during Halloween time, you can join the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s tours of Graceland Cemetery. There are two tours, offered on a variety of dates during October.
The tours are two hour walking tours, with guides providing lots of little tidbits of information about the eternal residents of the cemetery. The tour stops at the plots of many famous Chicago figures, including many from the novel, Devil in the White City. A bit morbid, perhaps, but the cemetery tour is also a chance to see beautiful architecture and monuments designed by noted sculptors and architects.
The Graceland Cemetery tour is available on Sundays through October at 2 pm.
The Graceland Second Look tour is available on Sunday, October 29th at 1:30 pm. It explores an older part of the cemetery, including some Victorian monuments and graves of early Chicago notables.
Both tours meet inside the cemetery entrance, at the northeast corner of Clark Street and Irving Park Road. Parking is available inside the cemetery.
Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and students. Reservations are not required.
