Garfield Avenue Elementary School

Garfield Avenue Elementary School is a school in Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin. Garfield Avenue Elementary School is situated nearby to America’s Black Holocaust Museum, as well as near Chief Lippert Fire Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include America’s Black Holocaust Museum and Chief Lippert Fire Station.

America’s Black Holocaust Museum

Museum

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America's Black Holocaust Museum is dedicated to the history of the Black Holocaust in America. The museum was founded in 1988 by James Cameron, who became well known after surviving a lynching in 1930.

Chief Lippert Fire Station

Fire station

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The Chief Lippert Fire Station, also known as Chemical Engine House No. 1, is a historic fire station built in 1876, two miles north of Milwaukee's central business district. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Chief Lippert Fire Station is situated 990 feet west of Garfield Avenue Elementary School.

North Third Street Historic District

Historic site

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The North Third Street Historic District is a somewhat intact business district on the near north side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a wide range of surviving buildings dating back to 1854. North Third Street Historic District is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Garfield Avenue Elementary School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borchert Field and Downtown Milwaukee.

Borchert Field

Quarter

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Borchert Field, known at various times as Athletic Park, Brewer Field, and Borchert's Orchard, was a baseball park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The home field for several professional baseball clubs from 1888 through 1952, it also hosted two football teams: the Milwaukee Badgers from 1922 to 1926 and the Green Bay Packers in 1933.

Downtown Milwaukee

Suburb

Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Downtown Milwaukee is the central business district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The economic and symbolic center of the city and the Milwaukee metropolitan area, it is Milwaukee's oldest district and home to many of the region's cultural, financial educational and historical landmarks including Milwaukee City Hall, Fiserv Forum and the Milwaukee Art Museum.

East Side

Suburb

The East Side is a district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin consisting of several neighborhoods encompassing an area just north of Downtown Milwaukee to the village of Shorewood, bordered by the Milwaukee River to the west and Lake Michigan to the east.

Garfield Avenue Elementary School

Type: School
Also known as: “Garfield Avenue School”
Category: education
Location: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.05974° or 43° 3′ 35″ north

Longitude

-87.9162° or 87° 54′ 58″ west

Elevation

686 feet (209 metres)

Open location code

86MJ335M+VG

GeoNames ID

5254059

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