Cole Porter

Historical marker location:

3311 North Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois

( Marker is on North Halsted Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2014

The Legacy Walk.

The state of Illinois played a crucial role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to freedom in the 19th century. Many abolitionists in Illinois provided safe houses for escaping slaves, and Chicago was a key hub on the Underground Railroad.