Douglas Station
Douglas Station is in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Douglas Station is situated nearby to the office building Soldiers’ Home, as well as near the monument Stephen A. Douglas Tomb.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Soldiers’ Home and Stephen A. Douglas Tomb.
Soldiers’ Home
Office building
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The Soldiers' Home is an historic Italianate style building in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located at 739 E. 35th Street, the Home was built in a series of phases from 1864 to 1923, designed by William W. Soldiers’ Home is situated 480 feet northwest of Douglas Station.
Stephen A. Douglas Tomb
Monument
The Stephen A. Douglas Tomb and Memorial or Stephen Douglas Monument Park is a memorial that includes the tomb of United States Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Stephen A. Douglas Tomb is situated 860 feet northwest of Douglas Station.
The Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument
Monument
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The Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument is a bronze and marble public sculpture by artist Richard Hunt. Located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, the sculpture takes its name from a quote by civil rights activist and investigative journalist Ida B. The Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Douglas Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oakland and Bronzeville.
Oakland
Suburb
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Oakland, located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. Bordered by 35th and 43rd Streets, Cottage Grove Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, the Oakland area was developed between 1872 and 1905.
Bronzeville
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Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of African-American History on Chicago's South Side, just miles south of downtown. Gwendolyn Brooks published poetry in the Chicago Defender, Andrew Rube Foster created Negro League Baseball, and Louis Armstrong kept his trumpet singing at the Sunset Cafe to keep Al Capone off his back.
Douglas
Suburb
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Douglas, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of Chicago's 77 community areas. The neighborhood is named for Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois politician and Abraham Lincoln's political foe, whose estate included a tract of land given to the federal government.
Douglas Station
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.82976° or 41° 49′ 47″ northLongitude
-87.60672° or 87° 36′ 24″ westElevation
600 feet (183 metres)Open location code
86HJR9HV+W8GeoNames ID
4890106
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