Elgin High School

Elgin High School, or EHS, is a public four-year high school located in Elgin, Illinois, an American city 40 mi. northwest of Chicago. It is part of Elgin Area School District U46, which also includes Bartlett High School, Larkin High School, South Elgin High School, and Streamwood High School.

Type: School
Description: high school in Illinois, United States
Address: 1200 Maroon Drive, Elgin, IL 60120

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Elgin National Watch Company Observatory and Elgin Public Museum.

Elgin National Watch Company Observatory

Observatory

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

The Elgin National Watch Company Observatory is a historic building in Elgin, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It was built in 1910 to serve the Elgin National Watch Company two blocks to the west. Elgin National Watch Company Observatory is situated 1½ miles west of Elgin High School.

Elgin Public Museum

Museum

The Elgin Public Museum of Natural History and Anthropology is a natural history museum located in Elgin, Illinois. The museum, now over a hundred years old, is located within the 108-acre Lords Park. Elgin Public Museum is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Elgin High School.

National Street/Elgin station

Railway station

Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

National Street is one of three stations on Metra's Milwaukee District West Line in Elgin, Illinois. The station is 36.0 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line. National Street/Elgin station is situated 1½ miles west of Elgin High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elgin Historic District and Elgin.

Elgin Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

The Elgin Historic District is a set of 697 buildings in Elgin, Illinois. Of these, 429 contribute to the district's historical integrity. The district is the oldest portion of the city, and contains mostly residences and churches.

Elgin

Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Elgin is a city in Chicagoland known for its Victorian architecture and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra.

South Elgin

Town

South Elgin is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 23,865. In 2007, Money magazine named South Elgin as 82nd of 100 entries in its "America's Best Places to Live" edition and again in 2011 as 98th of 100 entries. South Elgin is situated 3½ miles southwest of Elgin High School.

Elgin High School

Categories: high school and education
Location: Hanover Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.02857° or 42° 1′ 43″ north

Longitude

-88.24532° or 88° 14′ 43″ west

Elevation

748 feet (228 metres)

Operator

Elgin Area School District U46

Open location code

86JH2QH3+CV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 188277148

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

GeoNames ID

4890878

Wikidata ID

Q5360031

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