Main Building

Main Building is an university building in Chicago, Cook, Illinois which is located on South Federal Street. Main Building is situated nearby to Park No. 474, as well as near the railway station Sox–35th station.

Type: University building
Also known as: “Armour Institute”
Address: 3300 South Federal Street, Chicago, IL 60616

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rate Field and Park No. 474.

Rate Field

Stadium

Photo: Enoch Lai, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rate Field is a baseball stadium on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home ballpark of the Chicago White Sox, one of the city's two Major League Baseball teams, and is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority. Rate Field is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Main Building.

Park No. 474

Park

Photo: Shotgunheist, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Park No. 474 is the smallest public park in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Douglas community on the South Side. The area of the park is officially listed as the minimum 0.01 acres, rounded up from 54 square feet. Park No. 474 is situated 650 feet northeast of Main Building.

Sox–35th station

Railway station

Photo: zol87, CC BY 3.0.

Sox–35th is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is situated at 142 West 35th Street in the Armour Square neighborhood. The station opened on September 28, 1969, along with the other eight stations on the Dan Ryan branch. Sox–35th station is situated 1,200 feet south of Main Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Armour Square and Douglas.

Armour Square

Suburb

Photo: lordcolus, CC BY 2.0.

Armour Square is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the city's South Side. It includes Chinatown and the CHA Wentworth Gardens housing project.

Douglas

Suburb

Photo: Jovianeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Douglas is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the South Side of Chicago. The Douglas community area stretches from 26th Street, south to Pershing Road along the Lake Shore, including parts of the Green Line, along…

Bridgeport

Suburb

Photo: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bridgeport is one of the 77 community areas in Chicago, on the city's South Side, bounded on the north by the South Branch of the Chicago River, on the west by Ashland Avenue, on the south by Pershing Road, on the east by the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, and on the northeast by the Dan Ryan Expressway.

Main Building

Categories: building and education
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.8343° or 41° 50′ 4″ north

Longitude

-87.62928° or 87° 37′ 45″ west

Elevation

597 feet (182 metres)

Open location code

86HJR9MC+P7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 157657421

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

GeoNames ID

4900895

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