page_title: Matthew Laflin
section_title: Honors and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Matthew Laflin / Biography / Honors and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Matthew Laflin Memorial Building in Chicago; former home of the Chicago Academy of Sciences; now used as by the Lincoln Park Zoo for administrative purposes
context_page_description: Matthew Laflin was an American manufacturer of gunpowder, businessman, philanthropist, and an early pioneer of Chicago, Illinois.
context_section_description: In 1892, Laflin made a lasting contribution to Chicago by donating $75,000 toward the building of a structure to house the Chicago Academy of Sciences, a scholarly society formed to promote the scientific investigation of natural history. As a result of Laflin's gift, the Academy of Sciences was granted a plot of land in Lincoln Park; the Lincoln Park Board of Commissioners then donated $25,000 in public funds to assure adequate financing for the project.
  The building opened as the Matthew Laflin Memorial on Oct. 31, 1894, and housed the academy until 1995 when it moved to a new building. The building reverted to the Chicago Park District, which rehabbed it into Lincoln Park Zoo administrative offices.
  Laflin Street in Chicago runs 1500 West from 356 North to 12258 South, it is named in his honor.
caption: Matthew Laflin Memorial Building in Chicago
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