Carl von Linne

Linné Statue

Relocated March 1976 to Hyde Park

Honoring: Carl von Linné

Artist: Chicago replica by Carl Johan Dyfverman (1844 – 1892)

Date: May 23, 1891

Benefactor: Swedes of Chicago

Location: Once located on the southeast corner of Fullerton Avenue and Stockton Drive. The statue of Carl Von Linne stood very close to the curb after Fullerton Avenue was extended to Lakeshore Drive some 50 years after the monument was first erected.