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Address 12300 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60655, USA Hours Closed now Friday8AM–6PMSaturday8AM–6PMSunday8AM–6PMMonday8AM–6PMTuesday8AM–6PMWednesday8AM–6PMThursday8AM–6PM Burials Bessie Coleman, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Sengstacke Abbott, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Walter Ball, Johnny "Man" Young Similar Oak Woods Cemetery, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Acacia Park Cemetery, Bohemian National Cemetery |
Lincoln Cemetery is a cemetery in Worth Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1911. Although not within the municipal boundaries of the city, the cemetery maintains a Chicago address at 12300 South Kedzie Avenue, sharing its zip code with the city's Mount Greenwood neighborhood whose southern border lies a mile north of the cemetery gate. The cemetery is noteworthy for the number of famous African-American Chicagoans buried there, among them several notable blues and jazz musicians.
Notable graves
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Lincoln Cemetery (Cook County) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA