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.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
- Type: School
- Description: high school in Illinois, United States
- 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″ northLongitude
-88.24532° or 88° 14′ 43″ westElevation
748 feet (228 metres)Operator
Elgin Area School District U46Open location code
86JH2QH3+CVOpenStreetMap ID
way 188277148OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolGeoNames ID
4890878Wikidata ID
Q5360031
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