Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School is a school in North Township, Lake County, Indiana which is located on 116th Street. Benjamin Franklin Elementary School is situated nearby to the hamlet Robertsdale, as well as near George Rogers Clark Middle - High School.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: School
- Also known as: “Franklin School”
- Address: 1000 116th Street, Hammond, IN 46394
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hammond–Whiting station and Hoosier Theater Building.
Hammond–Whiting station
Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hammond–Whiting station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Hammond, Indiana. The station is along the former Pennsylvania Railroad Fort Wayne Line, now owned by Norfolk Southern Railway. Hammond–Whiting station is situated 2,700 feet north of Benjamin Franklin Elementary School.
Hoosier Theater Building
Movie theater
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Hoosier Theater Building is a historic theatre and attached commercial / residential building located at Whiting, Indiana. It was built in 1924, and is a three-story, rectangular, brown brick building. Hoosier Theater Building is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Benjamin Franklin Elementary School.
George Rogers Clark Middle - High School
School
Clark High School was a public secondary school located in Whiting, Indiana. Clark served students in grades 6–12 in the School City of Hammond. Following the 2020–2021 school year, the school closed due to the consolidation of Hammond schools. George Rogers Clark Middle - High School is situated 2,200 feet south of Benjamin Franklin Elementary School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Robertsdale and Whiting.
Robertsdale
Hamlet
Robertsdale is a neighborhood in northernmost Hammond, Indiana, north of 129th Street and south of Lake Michigan. It is bounded to the south by Pulaski Park, to the west by the Chicago neighborhood of East Side, to the north by Lake Michigan, and to the east by the cities of Whiting and East Chicago.
Whiting
Town
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Whiting is a city located in the Chicago Metropolitan Area in Lake County, Indiana, which was founded in 1889. The city is located on the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
Marktown
Neighborhood
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Marktown is an urban planned worker community in East Chicago, Indiana, United States, built during the Progressive Era in 1917 from marshland to provide a complete community for workers at The Mark Manufacturing Company. Marktown is situated 2½ miles southeast of Benjamin Franklin Elementary School.
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
- Category: education
- Location: North Township, Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.68392° or 41° 41′ 2″ northLongitude
-87.50374° or 87° 30′ 14″ westElevation
584 feet (178 metres)Operator
School City of HammondNamed after
Benjamin FranklinOpen location code
86HJMFMW+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1227911194OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolGeoNames ID
4917977
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