Truman College

Truman College is a college building in , , which is located on West Wilson Avenue. Truman College is situated nearby to the metro station , as well as near .
  • Type: College building
  • Address: 1145 West Wilson Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wilson station and Buddhist Temple of Chicago.

Metro station
Photo: Jacob G., CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wilson is an station on the 's North Side Main Line, located at 4620 North Broadway in the neighborhood of , . It is served at all times by the Red Line and by the Purple Line on weekdays at rush hour.

Buddhist temple
The was founded in October 1944 by Gyomay Kubose, a minister of the Higashi Honganji branch of the Jōdo Shinshū sect, along with several laypeople who had been released from the Japanese American internment camps. is situated 900 feet north of Truman College.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is situated 1,100 feet east of Truman College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uptown Chicago and Uptown Square Historic District.

Photo: pdomara, CC BY 2.0.
Uptown is a scruffy, jazz-inflected neighborhood on the north side of . Within its boundaries, off to the side of the action, are the residential areas of Sheridan Park and Buena Park, and an exciting Southeast Asian community based around Argyle Street.

Neighborhood
The is a commercial historic district encompassing parts of Broadway and Lawrence Avenue in the neighborhood of , .

Neighborhood
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic district in , Illinois. The historic district covers an area of about 41 acres along Argyle Street from Broadway to Sheridan Road, extending north to Winona Street in some areas and south toward Ainslie Street in others.

Truman College

Latitude
41.96453° or 41° 57′ 52″ north
Longitude
-87.659° or 87° 39′ 32″ west
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
Levels
3
Operator
City of Chicago Colleges
Open location code
86HJX87R+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 33972062
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­college
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
4914119
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“Truman College” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “杜魯門學院”
  • Hebrew: “מכללת טרומן”
  • Japanese: “トルーマン大学”
  • Russian: “Колледж Трумэна”

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