Ida B Wells Housing Project
District of Chicago
Illinois - United States

Shimer College

Shimer College is a very small, private, undergraduate liberal arts college in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Founded by Frances Wood Shimer in 1853 in the frontier town of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, it was a women's school for most of its first century. It joined with the University of Chicago (U. of C. ) in 1896, and became one of the first junior colleges in the country in 1907.

Located at 41.8319, -87.6258 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Liberal arts colleges, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Universities and colleges in Chicago, Illinois, Educational institutions established in 1853, Council of Independent Colleges, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities members, Shimer College

Camp Douglas (Chicago)

Camp Douglas, in Chicago, Illinois, was a Union Army prisoner-of-war camp for Confederate soldiers taken prisoner during the American Civil War. It was also a training and detention camp for Union soldiers. The Union Army first used the camp in 1861 as an organizational and training camp for volunteer regiments. It became a prisoner-of-war camp in early 1862. Later in 1862 the Union Army again used Camp Douglas as a training camp.

Located at 41.8275, -87.621 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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American Civil War prison camps, Defunct prisons in Illinois, Illinois in the American Civil War, History of Chicago, Illinois, American Civil War army posts

Old University of Chicago

The University of Chicago, now known as the Old University of Chicago (also called Chicago University), was a school founded by Baptists in Chicago in 1857. It eventually failed in 1886, and was succeeded by the present University of Chicago; its small number of alumni were later recognized by the current University of Chicago.

Located at 41.8317, -87.6114 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1857, 1886 disestablishments, Defunct universities and colleges in Illinois, Universities and colleges in Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, Demolished buildings and structures in the United States, Old University of Chicago

De La Salle Institute

De La Salle Institute is a Catholic, Lasallian, secondary school located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The school is currently housed on two separate campuses. The original school, now called the Institute Campus (Institute or Young Men's Campus) is for men. The newer Lourdes Hall Campus (Lourdes or Young Women's Campus) for women is located at 1040 W. 32nd Place. The school is considered a historic institution on Chicago's South Side.

Located at 41.8314, -87.6245 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Private high schools in Chicago, Illinois, Roman Catholic secondary schools in Illinois, Educational institutions established in 1889

35th–Bronzeville–IIT (CTA station)

35th–Bronzeville–IIT (formerly Tech–35th) is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Douglas and serving the Green Line. It is situated at 16 E 35th Street, just east of State Street. It opened on June 6, 1892. Currently, the station serves the historic neighborhood of Bronzeville as well as the Illinois Institute of Technology, and also U.S. Cellular Field, though the Red Line station of Sox–35th is closer.

Located at 41.8317, -87.6258 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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CTA Green Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1892

Indiana (CTA station)

Indiana is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in Chicago, Illinois and serving the Green Line. It is situated at 4003 S Indiana Avenue, two blocks east of State Street. It opened on August 15, 1892. Before the two lines closed, Indiana was a transfer station from the Englewood-Jackson Park Line to the Stock Yards and Kenwood branches of the CTA. Indiana is one of two stations on the 'L' that is built on an S-curve, with Sheridan on the Red Line being the other.

Located at 41.8217, -87.6214 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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CTA Green Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1892

43rd (CTA station)

43rd is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in Chicago, Illinois and serving the Green Line. It is situated at 314 E 43rd Street, three blocks east of State Street. It opened on August 15, 1892.

Located at 41.8165, -87.619 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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CTA Green Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1892

47th (CTA Green Line station)

47th is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in Chicago, Illinois and serving the Green Line. It is situated at 314 E 47th Street, three blocks east of State Street. It opened on August 15, 1892.

Located at 41.8094, -87.6191 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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CTA Green Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1892

Savoy Ballroom (Chicago)

The Savoy Ballroom in Chicago, United States was opened on Thanksgiving Eve, November 23, 1927 at 4733 South Parkway. Originally featuring primarily Jazz artists, including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Stan Kenton, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Gene Krupa, Woody Herman, the Savoy also hosted other activities, such as boxing, figure skating, and basketball exhibitions featuring the Savoy Big Five, who would later change their name to the Harlem Globetrotters.

Located at 41.8092, -87.6159 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Nightclubs in Chicago, Illinois

Burnham Park (Chicago)

Burnham Park is a public park in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The park, which lines along six miles (9.66 km) of Lake Michigan shoreline, connects Grant Park at 14th Street to Jackson Park at 56th Street. The 598 acres of parkland is owned and managed by Chicago Park District. It was named for urban planner and architect Daniel Burnham in 1927. Burnham was one of the designers of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

Located at 41.8353, -87.6072 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Parks in Chicago, Illinois, World's Fair sites, Works Progress Administration in Illinois, Beaches of Illinois, Urban public parks, Century of Progress

Al-Sadiq Mosque

The Al Sadiq Mosque (Wabash Mosque) was commissioned in 1922 in the Bronzeville neighborhood in city of Chicago. This mosque was funded with the money donated by African-American converts and Ahmadis in India.

Located at 41.8132, -87.6248 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Ahmadiyya mosques, Mosques in Illinois, Places of worship in Chicago, Illinois, Religious buildings completed in 1922, 20th-century mosques

Chicago Defender Building

The Chicago Defender Building is the former Jewish synagogue building that housed the Chicago Defender from 1920 until 1960. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 9, 1998. It is located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois at 3435 S. Indiana Ave.

Located at 41.8319, -87.6215 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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African American history in Chicago, Illinois, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois, Buildings and structures in Chicago, Illinois, Religious buildings completed in 1899, 19th-century synagogues, Historic district contributing properties, Jews and Judaism in Chicago, Illinois

Wendell Phillips Academy High School

Wendell Phillips Academy High School (commonly known as Phillips) is a public 4-year high school located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the southside of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is part of the Chicago Public Schools and is managed by the Academy for Urban School Leadership. It is named for the noted American abolitionist Wendell Phillips. It was the first predominantly black high school in Chicago.

Located at 41.8242, -87.6197 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Public Schools, Educational institutions established in 1904, Educational institutions established in 1875, School buildings completed in 1904, Public high schools in Chicago, Illinois

Harold Washington Cultural Center

Harold Washington Cultural Center is a performance facility located in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It was named after Chicago's first African-American Mayor Harold Washington and opened August 17, 2004 ten years after initial groundbreaking. In addition to the 1000 seat Com-Ed Theatre, the center offers a Digital Media Resource Center.

Located at 41.8093, -87.6161 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Chicago, Illinois

Calumet/Giles Prairie District

The Calumet/Giles Prairie District is a historic district in the South Side, Chicago community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built between 1870 to 1910 by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 13, 1988.

Located at 41.8338, -87.6194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Historic districts in Chicago, Illinois, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois

Eliel House

The Eliel House is a house at 4122 South Ellis Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1886 by Adler & Sullivan for Mathilde Eliel. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 2, 1991.

Located at 41.8193, -87.6027 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Houses completed in 1886, Houses in Chicago, Illinois, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois

Sunset Cafe

The Sunset Cafe, also known as The Grand Terrace Cafe, was a jazz club in Chicago, Illinois operating during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. It was one of the most important jazz clubs in America, especially during the period between 1917 and 1928 when Chicago became a creative capital of jazz innovation and again during the emergence of bebop in the early 1940s.

Located at 41.8309, -87.6186 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Commercial buildings completed in 1909, Buildings and structures in Chicago, Illinois, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois, Jazz clubs in the United States

Soldiers' Home

The Soldiers' Home is an Italianate style house in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The Soldiers' House is located at 739 E. 35th St. The house was built in a series of phases from 1864 to 1923 by William W. Boyington and other various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on April 16, 1996. The Soldiers' Home is the last surviving building with exact association to the Civil War. During the war the home served as a hospital for injured soldiers.

Located at 41.831, -87.6077 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1923, Houses in Chicago, Illinois, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois

Kenwood Astrophysical Observatory

The Kenwood Astrophysical Observatory was the personal observatory of George Ellery Hale, constructed by his father, William E. Hale, in 1890 at the family home in the Kenwood section of Chicago. It was here that the spectroheliograph, which Hale had invented while attending MIT, was first put to practical use; and it was here that Hale established the Astrophysical Journal.

Located at 41.8117, -87.6031 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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University of Chicago, Astronomical observatories in Illinois, Defunct astronomical observatories

First Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois)

The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1897, is an historic Neo-Classical style church located at 4017 S. Drexel Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by noted Chicago-based architect Solon Spencer Beman, who was renowned for the churches and other buildings that he designed in the United States. In 1923 an Aeolian-Skinner organ was installed in the church. On May 7, 1950, Grant Memorial AME Church bought the building and is its present owner.

Located at 41.821, -87.6045 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Religious buildings completed in 1897, 19th-century Christian Science church buildings, Churches in Chicago, Illinois, Former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings in Illinois, Solon Spencer Beman buildings

King College Prep High School

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. College Preparatory High School (commonly known as King College Prep) is a public 4-year selective enrollment magnet high school located in the Kenwood neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, USA. King is one of the Chicago Public School System's eight selective enrollment schools, which means that its approximately 900 students must apply for acceptance, based on academic achievement and test scores.

Located at 41.8138, -87.6029 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Public high schools in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Public Schools, Educational institutions established in 1971

Regal Theater, South Side (Chicago)

The Regal Theater, located in the heart of Bronzeville on Chicago's south side, was an important night club and music venue in Chicago. Part of the Balaban and Katz chain, the lavishly decorated venue, with plush carpeting and velvet drapes featured some of the most celebrated black entertainers in America. The Regal also featured motion pictures and live stage shows.

Located at 41.8092, -87.6158 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Jazz clubs in the United States, Music venues in Chicago, Illinois, Defunct jazz clubs

Chicago Military Academy

Chicago Military Academy-Bronzeville is a public 4-year military high school located in the Bronzeville neighborhood located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The Academy includes a mandatory Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) instructional component in addition to a four-year college preparatory curriculum.

Located at 41.8305, -87.619 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Chicago Public Schools, Public high schools in Chicago, Illinois, Educational institutions established in 1915, Military high schools in the United States

Dunbar Vocational High School

Dunbar Vocational High School Address 3000 S. King Drive.

Located at 41.84, -87.6182 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Chicago Public Schools, Educational institutions established in 1942, Public high schools in Chicago, Illinois

Ida B. Wells Homes

Ida B. Wells Homes was a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was bordered by Dr. Martin Luther King Drive on the west, Cottage Grove Avenue to the east, 37th Street to the north, and 39th Street (Pershing Road) to the south. The Ida B. Wells Homes consisted of rowhouses and mid- and high-rise apartment buildings and were constructed for African Americans in 1939–41.

Located at 41.826, -87.612 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Residential buildings completed in 1941, Residential buildings completed in 1961, Residential buildings completed in 1970, Demolished buildings and structures in the United States, Populated places in Illinois with African American majority populations, Public housing in Chicago, Illinois, Urban decay in the United States, Buildings and structures demolished in 2011