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Roswell B. Mason

CTL-P-1109 · Person · 19th century Chicago

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Combined Graph record U-03008 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-1109. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Former mayor of Chicago; named Woodlawn ("Woodlawn Park")

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Former mayor of Chicago; named Woodlawn ("Woodlawn Park")

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Woodlawn was christened by Colonel R. B. Mason, former Mayor of Chicago, who bought up the site of the suburb; he called it 'Woodlawn Park,' a name that survived in the railroad station (Chicago Tribune, Mar. 4, 1900, Woodlawn section).

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