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Dunbar High School

Dunbar Vocational High School is a 4–year high school located in the neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: public secondary school in Bronzeville, Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Dunbar Vocational Career Academy”, “Dunbar Vocational High School”, and “DVCA”
  • Address: 3000 South Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Chicago, IL 60616

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dunbar Park and Olivet Baptist Church.

Park
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is a park located at 300 East 31st Street in the community of , , Illinois. The 20-acre site was acquired in 1962, and transformed into between 1964 and 1966.

Church
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is a church located in Chicago, Illinois. The congregation first formed in 1861 through the merger of two African-American congregations. is situated 910 feet southeast of Dunbar High School.

Museum
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was an American record company established in 1950 in , specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records, founded in 1947. is situated 1 mile north of Dunbar High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Douglas and Armour Square.

Suburb
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, on the of , is one of Chicago's 77 community areas. The neighborhood is named for Stephen A. , Illinois politician and Abraham Lincoln's political foe, whose estate included a tract of land given to the federal government.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood on the city's , as well as a larger, officially defined community area, which also includes and the CHA housing project.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district in Chicago's community area. Motor Row includes buildings on between 2200 and 2500 south, directly west of convention center, and 1444, 1454, 1737, 1925, 2000 S.

Dunbar High School

Latitude
41.84024° or 41° 50′ 25″ north
Longitude
-87.61847° or 87° 37′ 7″ west
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
Operator
Chicago Public Schools
Named after
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Open location code
86HJR9RJ+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 185071181
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
4890350
Wiki­data ID
Q5314164
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Dunbar High School” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Դունբարի ավագ դպրոց (Բրոնզվիլ, Չիկագո)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dunbar Ali Peşə Məktəbi”
  • French: “Dunbar Vocational High School”
  • Irish: “Ardscoil Ghairmoideachais Dunbar”
  • Swedish: “Dunbar Vocational High School”

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