Chippiannock Cemetery

Chippiannock Cemetery
Celtic Cross near entrance, designed by Alexander Stirling Calder
Chippiannock Cemetery is located in Illinois
Chippiannock Cemetery
Chippiannock Cemetery is located in the United States
Chippiannock Cemetery
Location2901 Twelfth St.
Rock Island, Illinois
Coordinates41°28′54″N 90°34′40″W / 41.48167°N 90.57778°W / 41.48167; -90.57778
Area77 acres (31 ha)
Built1850
ArchitectAlmerin Hotchkiss
Architectural styleClassical Revival
Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.94000437[1]
Added to NRHPMay 06, 1994

Chippiannock Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on 12th Street and 31st Avenue in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. The word “Chippiannock” is a Native American term which means “place of the dead”.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Alma Gaul (June 14, 2015). "Chippiannock also is 'registered'; Riverside is candidate". Quad-City Times. Davenport, Iowa. Retrieved June 16, 2015.