Showmen's Rest, Berwyn

Name: Showmen's Rest
Address: Berwyn, United States

#1 among attractions in Berwyn

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Showmen's Rest in Forest Park, Illinois, is a 750 plot section of Woodlawn Cemetery mostly for circus performers owned by the Showmen's League of America The first performers and show workers that were buried there are in a mass grave from when between 56 and 61 employees of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus were interred. They were killed in the Hammond circus train wreck on June 22, 1918, at Hessville, Indiana, when an empty Michigan Central Railroad troop train from Detroit, Michigan, to Chicago, Illinois, plowed into their circus train. The engineer of the troop train, Alonzo Sargent, had fallen asleep. Among the dead were Arthur Dierckx and Max Nietzborn of the "Great Dierckx Brothers" strong man act and Jennie Ward Todd of "The Flying Wards". ()

Coordinates: 41°51'2"N, 87°49'7"W

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Forest ParkBerwyn United States

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Day trips

Showmen's Rest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Brookfield Zoo, Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, North Riverside Park Mall, Horse Show Fountain.

1.5 miSW
Sprawling zoo with thousands of animals
Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield
40 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Brookfield, Illinois, the Brookfield Zoo stands as a premier destination for wildlife enthusiasts and families alike. This sprawling zoo covers an area of 216 acres and is home to over 2,000 animals, representing some 450 species.
1.3 miN
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Oak Park
35 min walk • The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument is a funeral monument sculpture located at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
0.5 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
North Riverside Park Mall, Berwyn
12 min walk • North Riverside Park Mall is a shopping mall located in North Riverside, Illinois. It is owned by The Feil Organization and the mall's anchor stores are JCPenney and Round 1 Entertainment.
2.9 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Frank Lloyd Wright
Horse Show Fountain, Oak Park
75 min walk • The Horse Show Fountain, also known as the Wright-Bock Fountain, is located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States.
1.4 miN
Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago
36 min walk • Forest Home Cemetery is at 863 S. DesPlaines Ave, Forest Park, Illinois, adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, straddling the Des Plaines River in Cook County, just west of Chicago.
2.1 miNE
Botanical garden, Garden, Park
Oak Park Conservatory, Oak Park
53 min walk • Oak Park Conservatory is a conservatory and botanical garden located at 615 Garfield Street in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. It is open daily with restricted hours; admission is free, but a donation is suggested.
2.1 miS
Tower
Hofmann Tower, Chicago
53 min walk • Hofmann Tower is the name of a tower in Lyons, Illinois. It was built in 1908 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978.
2 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum
Berwyn Route 66 Museum, Berwyn
52 min walk • The Berwyn Route 66 Museum was a small not-for-profit facility, located in Berwyn, Illinois, that documented the history of the former U.S. Route 66.
1.8 miN
Village, Area
Forest Park, Oak Park
47 min walk • Forest Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, United States. The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census.
1.2 miS
Village, Area
Riverside, Berwyn
30 min walk • Riverside is a suburban village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. A significant portion of the village is in the Riverside Landscape Architecture District, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970. The population of the village was 8,875 at the 2010 census.
~1840 ftSE
Village, Area
North Riverside, Berwyn
9 min walk • North Riverside is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 6,672.