Forest Park Fire Department
Forest Park Fire Department is a fire station in Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois which is located on Des Plaines Avenue and Wilcox Street. Forest Park Fire Department is situated nearby to the metro station Forest Park station, as well as near the memorial Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forest Park station and Forest Home Cemetery.
Forest Park station
Metro station
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Forest Park is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the village of Forest Park, Illinois and serving the Blue Line. Before the Congress Line was built, it served as terminal for the Garfield Line. Forest Park station is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Forest Park Fire Department.
Forest Home Cemetery
Cemetery
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Forest Home Cemetery is a cemetery located at 863 S. Des Plaines Ave, Forest Park, Illinois, United States. Located adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, it straddles the Des Plaines River in Cook County, just west of Chicago. Forest Home Cemetery is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Forest Park Fire Department.
Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument
Memorial
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The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument is a funeral monument and sculpture located at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Dedicated in 1893, it commemorates the defendants involved in labor unrest who were blamed, convicted, and executed for the still unsolved bombing during the Haymarket Affair. Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Forest Park Fire Department.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forest Park and River Forest.
Forest Park
Village
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Forest Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. The Forest Park terminal on the CTA Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the Eisenhower Expressway at Des Plaines Avenue.
River Forest
Village
River Forest is a suburban village adjacent to Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,717. Two universities make their home in River Forest, Dominican University and Concordia University Chicago.
Maywood
Town
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Maywood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was founded on April 6, 1869, and organized October 22, 1881. The population was 23,512 at the 2020 census.
Forest Park Fire Department
- Type: Fire station
- Address: 7625 Des Plaines Avenue and Wilcox Street, Forest Park, IL 60130
- Categories: building and public building
- Location: Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.877° or 41° 52′ 37″ northLongitude
-87.81497° or 87° 48′ 54″ westElevation
627 feet (191 metres)Operator
Village of Forest ParkOpen location code
86HJV5GP+R2OpenStreetMap ID
way 424474470OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fire_stationOpenStreetMap feature
building=publicGeoNames ID
8116249
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