Where was the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?

In a garage at 2122 North Clark Street in Chicago's Lincoln Park, on 14 February 1929. The building was demolished in 1967 and the spot is now an open lot.

Can you visit the St. Valentine's Day Massacre site?

You can stand near it — the original garage is gone, replaced by a fenced lawn beside a retirement home. Gangster tours stop nearby and tell the story.

Who was responsible for the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?

No one was ever convicted, but it's widely blamed on Al Capone's Outfit targeting Bugs Moran's North Side Gang. Moran himself wasn't there.

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The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: what happened and where

Short answer: on 14 February 1929, seven men connected to Bugs Moran’s North Side Gang were lined up and shot dead in a garage at 2122 North Clark Street in Lincoln Park. The killers, some dressed as police, were never convicted, but the hit is widely blamed on Al Capone’s Outfit. The garage was demolished in 1967; the site is now an open lot.

What happened

Gunmen entered the SMC Cartage Company garage, lined seven men against a wall and killed them with machine guns and shotguns. Because some of the attackers wore police uniforms, the victims appear to have believed it was a raid. It was the bloodiest moment of Chicago’s Prohibition gang wars and turned national opinion hard against organized crime.

The site today

The garage at 2122 N Clark Street was torn down in 1967, and the spot is now a fenced lawn beside a retirement home — there’s no building to enter, but tours stop nearby to tell the story. The original wall has its own strange afterlife: its bricks were bought, exhibited and sold off by collectors.

Who did it?

No one was ever convicted. The massacre was widely attributed to Capone’s Outfit targeting Moran, though Moran himself wasn’t present. Hear the full story on a gangster tour or read about Al Capone’s Chicago.

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