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Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb

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Getty Tomb Graceland Sullivan front
Getty Tomb Graceland Sullivan front

The Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb, located in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, United States, was commissioned in 1890 by the lumber baron, Henry Harrison Getty, for his wife, Carrie Eliza. It was designed by the noted American architect, Louis Sullivan of the firm Adler & Sullivan. Getty became familiar with Sullivan's work from the architect's various Loop projects as well as from the mausoleum (also in Graceland) Sullivan designed for Getty's late partner, Martin Ryerson.

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Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb
West Montrose Avenue, Chicago Uptown

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West Montrose Avenue
60613 Chicago, Uptown
Illinois, United States
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Getty Tomb Graceland Sullivan front
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