Welles Park

Welles Park is a 15.84-acre community park located in the neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The park is one of the five parks created by the Lincoln Park Commission and is named after Gideon Welles.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in the United States of America
  • Address: 2333 West Sunnyside Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625

Places of Interest

Highlights include Conrad Sulzer Regional Library and Davis Theater.

Library
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is one of three regional libraries in the Chicago Public Library system in , in the U.S. state of . It was named for Conrad Sulzer, the first white settler in what became , whose family held multiple civic posts and established a foundation.

Movie theater
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The , originally known as the Pershing Theater, is a first run located in the of . Built in 1918, the theater has operated in different capacities in its history, showing silent films, German-language films, and various forms of stage performance.

Community center
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is a cultural organization located in the community area. Founded in in 1959, it seeks to preserve and promote German and German American culture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lincoln Square and Ravenswood.

Suburb
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is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States, located on the North Side of Chicago. It encompasses the smaller neighborhoods of Ravenswood, Ravenswood Gardens, Bowmanville, Budlong Woods, as well as itself.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood located on the North Side of the city of , Illinois. Lacking designation as one of Chicago's 77 well-defined community areas, it is mostly situated in the community area, with the portion east of Avenue and the Chicago & Northwestern/Union Pacific North Line railroad tracks being situated in the community area.

Suburb
is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States, located in the city's North Side. is bordered on the north by Montrose Avenue, on the south by Diversey Parkway, on the west by the and on the east by Ravenswood Avenue; it includes the neighborhoods of Northcenter, Roscoe Village, St.

Welles Park

Latitude
41.96226° or 41° 57′ 44″ north
Longitude
-87.68627° or 87° 41′ 11″ west
Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)
Operator
Chicago Park District
Named after
Gideon Welles
Open location code
86HJX867+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27862021
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
4915864
Wiki­data ID
Q49578226
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“Welles Park” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Welles Park (parke sa Estados Unidos, Illinois)”
  • Cebuano: “Welles Park”
  • Russian: “Welles Park”
  • Russian: “Уэллс-парк”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Welles Park Field House and Welles Park Swimming Pool.

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