Penn Elementary School
Penn Elementary School is a school in Chicago, Cook, Illinois which is located on South Avers Avenue. Penn Elementary School is situated nearby to the suburb North Lawndale, as well as near the metro station Pulaski station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: School
- Also known as: “Penn School” and “William Penn Elementary School”
- Address: 1616 South Avers Avenue, Chicago, IL 60623
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pulaski station and Central Park station.
Pulaski station
Metro station
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Pulaski is an 'L' station on the CTA's Pink Line, located in the North Lawndale neighborhood. Pulaski opened on June 16, 1902, as part of the Douglas Park branch of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad. Pulaski station is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Penn Elementary School.
Central Park station
Metro station
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Central Park is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Pink Line and the North Lawndale neighborhood. The station opened on December 9, 1951, as a replacement for the closed Drake, Lawndale, and Homan stations. Central Park station is situated 2,500 feet southeast of Penn Elementary School.
Central Park Theater
Theater building
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Central Park Theater is a historic theater building at 3531-39 W. Roosevelt Road in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1917, the theater was the first in the Balaban and Katz chain. Central Park Theater is situated 3,400 feet northeast of Penn Elementary School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Lawndale and K-Town Historic District.
North Lawndale
Suburb
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North Lawndale is one of the 77 community areas of the city of Chicago, Illinois, located on its West Side. The area contains the K-Town Historic District, the Foundation for Homan Square, the Homan Square interrogation facility, and the greatest concentration of greystones in the city.
K-Town Historic District
Neighborhood
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The K-Town Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in the North Lawndale community area in Chicago, Illinois.
South Lawndale
Suburb
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South Lawndale is a community area on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. Over 80% of the residents are of Mexican descent and the community is home to the largest foreign-born Mexican population in Chicago.
Penn Elementary School
- Category: education
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.85835° or 41° 51′ 30″ northLongitude
-87.72183° or 87° 43′ 19″ westElevation
600 feet (183 metres)Operator
Chicago Public SchoolsNamed after
William PennOpen location code
86HJV75H+87OpenStreetMap ID
way 235656566OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolGeoNames ID
4905640
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