Birchwood
Birchwood is a locality in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Birchwood is situated nearby to the locality Dolands Addition, as well as near Howard District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Emil Bach House and Jarvis station.
Emil Bach House
House
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The Emil Bach House is a Prairie style house at 7415 North Sheridan Road in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the house was built for Emil Bach, a German immigrant who had cofounded the Bach Brick Company.
Jarvis station
Metro station
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Jarvis is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line, located at 1523 W. Jarvis Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The style of the station is typical for the intermediate Red Line stops between Howard and Wilson – a narrow platform in the…
Howard station
Metro station
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Howard is an 'L' station in Chicago, Illinois on the North Side Main Line. It is the northern terminus of the Red Line and the southeastern terminus of the Yellow Line; it also serves the Purple Line, for which it is the southern terminus at non-rush hour times on weekdays and all day on weekends.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rogers Park and Evanston Lakeshore Historic District.
Rogers Park
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Rogers Park is the northern border of Chicago — the wild-eyed inheritor of uninhibited lakefront, swamps become beaches, and the beauty of Chicago bricks.
Evanston Lakeshore Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Evanston Lakeshore Historic District is a residential historic district in Evanston, Illinois. The district encompasses a section of southeast Evanston that was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Evanston Lakeshore Historic District is situated 1½ miles north of Birchwood.
West Ridge
Suburb
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West Ridge is one of 77 Chicago community areas. It is a middle-class neighborhood located on the far North Side of the City of Chicago. It is located in the 50th ward and the 40th ward. West Ridge is situated 2 miles southwest of Birchwood.
Birchwood
- Type: Locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.0167° or 42° 1′ 0″ northLongitude
-87.66534° or 87° 39′ 55″ westElevation
597 feet (182 metres)Open location code
86JJ288M+MVGeoNames ID
4884951
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