United States Naval Training Station
Great Lakes, Illinois
Land donated, 1905,
by
The Commercial Club of Chicago,
Theodore Roosevelt, President,
Paul Morton, Secretary of the Navy,
F. A. Delano, President, Commercial Club, Chicago,
Graeme Stewart, Member, Commercial Club, Chicago.
Station Dedicated 1911.
William H. Taft, President,
George Von L. Meyer, Secretary of the Navy,
George C. Perkins, Chairman, Senate Naval Committee,
George E. Foss, Chairman, House Naval Committee,
Albert Ross, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., Commandant,
George A. McKay, Civil Engineer, U.S.N.
Clinton D. Thurber, Civil Engineer, U.S.N.
Jarvis Hunt, Architect.
Marker is on John Paul Jones Street, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
