unsold and melted down by the mint. Rovelstad's pioneer statue was not installed until 2001. In popular culture In film Scenes from the film Four Friends (1981) were shot in the west side neighborhood just above the Woodruff and Edwards foundry. Part of the comedy film Dennis the Menace (1993) was set in Elgin. The Elgin Mental Health Center appears in the movie Primal Fear (1996). A scene in the suspense/thriller film Contagion (2011) was filmed in Elgin's Sherman Hospital. Parts of the horror film Plastic (2011) were shot in Elgin. A scene in the film A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) was shot in Elgin's Bluff City Cemetery. Purge Feed footage depicts Elgin in The Purge (2013). In television The exterior of the home in the television series Grace Under Fire was on Elgin's east side at 445 DuPage Street. In "Unearthed", an episode of the television series Prison Break, Dr. Sara Tancredi stayed at a motel in Elgin. The television series Roseanne was set in the fictional town of Lanford but was modeled after Elgin. At one point, Jackie attends a trucking school in Elgin. In the episode "Crime and Punishment", Roseanne offers to take Jackie to the hospital in Elgin. Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas featured the Elgin Police Department's community policing strategies in its episode "Energy Problems, Millennial Problems, Community Policing Problems" which aired on April 27, 2018. The NBC series Superstore mentions Elgin. References External links Elgin Area Historical Society Historic Elgin 1835 establishments in Illinois Chicago metropolitan area Cities in Illinois Cities in Cook County, Illinois Cities in Kane County, Illinois Populated places established in 1835 Majority-minority cities and towns in Cook County, Illinois Majority-minority cities and towns in Kane County, Illinois