Dexter Graves – Eternal Silence

* One of the first 500 Chicagoans 1831 * Built the Mansion House Hotel * Hosted Chicago’s first public performances * Fire-eating, ventriloquism, magic (vaudeville) *Wanted the most imposing monument money could buy * “Eternal Silence” by sculptor Lorado Taft (Fine Arts Building) *Keys are left as a way to “lock up” or ward off the curses