# Heald Square

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Heald_Square
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Heald_Square.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heald_Square
> Source revision: 1322395403
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{short description|Square in Chicago}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox street
| name        = Heald Square
| other_name  = 
| image       = Chicago,Illinois,USA. - panoramio (32).jpg
| image_size  = 
| caption     = Heald Square in 2011
| coordinates = {{coord|41.88719|-87.626848}}
| map_caption = Location within Chicago
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 15
| former_names = 
| namesake    = 
| maint       = City of Chicago
| location    = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), U.S.
| postal_code = 
| north       = 
| east        = 
| south       = 
| west        = 
| completion_date = 
| designer    = 
| website     = 
}}

'''Heald Square''' is a [public square](/source/Town_square) in [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), United States. It is located at the corner of [East Wacker Drive](/source/Wacker_Drive) and North Wabash Drive, as the latter crosses the [Chicago River](/source/Chicago_River) via the [Irv Kupcinet Bridge](/source/Wabash_Avenue_Bridge), in the [Michigan–Wacker Historic District](/source/Michigan%E2%80%93Wacker_Historic_District) of Chicago's [Loop](/source/Chicago_Loop) [community area](/source/Community_areas_of_Chicago). The square is named for Captain [Nathan Heald](/source/Nathan_Heald), commander of [Fort Dearborn](/source/Fort_Dearborn) from 1810 to 1812.<ref name="CL2">{{cite web |year=2003 |title=Heald Square Monument |url=http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/landmarksweb/web/landmarkdetails.htm?lanId=1323 |access-date=May 22, 2007 |publisher=City of Chicago Dept. of Pl. and Devpmt., Landmarks Div.}}</ref>

The square's most prominent feature is the [Heald Square Monument](/source/Heald_Square_Monument), which depicts General [George Washington](/source/George_Washington) and the two principal financiers of the [American Revolution](/source/American_Revolution): [Robert Morris](/source/Robert_Morris_(merchant)) and [Haym Salomon](/source/Haym_Salomon).<ref name="CL2" /><ref>{{cite web |title=SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System |url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1GI9589767B69.2252&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100006~!202858~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!siartinventories&term=Walker%2C+Nellie+Verne%2C+1874-1973%2C+sculptor.&index=AUTHOR |access-date=March 18, 2015 |work=si.edu}}</ref>

== References ==
<references />

Category:Buildings and structures in Chicago

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Heald Square](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heald_Square) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heald_Square?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.