Lincoln Square
Cook County, IL
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Officially designated as Lincoln Square in 1925, the neighborhood located on the north side of Chicago, encompasses the smaller neighborhoods of Ravenswood Gardens, Ravenswood Manor, Bowmanville and Budlong Woods. It is bounded by Foster Avenue on the north, Montrose Avenue on the south, Ravenswood Avenue on the east and the Chicago River on the west.

Lincoln Square is historically known as a heavily German influenced neighborhood.

Rosehill Cemetery is located here at 5800 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60660, 773-561-5940

Notable Burials in Rose Hill Cemetery: Levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago Harvey Doolittle Colvin, Mayor of Chicago Charles G. Dawes, 30th Vice President of the U.S. Lulu Fellows Lyman J. Gage, banker Augustus Garrett, Mayor of Chicago John Charles Haines, Mayor of Chicago John D. Hertz, Yellow Cab founder, Hertz Rent-A-Car Charles J. Hull, Hull House Roswell B. Mason, Mayor of Chicago Oscar Mayer, meat packing business Isaac Lawrence Milliken, Mayor of Chicago Buckner Stith Morris, Mayor of Chicago John Blake Rice, Mayor of Chicago John A. Roche, Mayor of Chicago Julius Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck Charles H. Schwab, US Steel Richard Warren Sears, Sears, Roebuck John G. Shedd, Shedd Aquarium George Bell Swift, Mayor of Chicago A. Montgomery Ward, Montgomery Ward stores & catalogue	Gateway to Rose Hill Cemetery (Source: Wikepedia.com - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosehill_Cemetery)