Eighth Regiment Armory

The Eighth Regiment Armory, located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District of , , was the first armory in the United States built for an African-American military regiment, known as the "Fighting 8th".
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chicago Military Academy and Sunset Cafe.

School
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Chicago Military Academy-Bronzeville is a four-year military high school in the neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, in a building known as the Eighth Regiment Armory.

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The , also known as The Grand Terrace Cafe or simply Grand Terrace, was a jazz club in , operating during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.

Memorial
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Erected in 1927, the , is a bronze and granite sculptural monument, based on a concept by John A. Nyden, and sculpted by Leonard Crunelle. is situated 560 feet east of Eighth Regiment Armory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Douglas and Bronzeville.

Suburb
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is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States, located on the of Chicago. The community area stretches from 26th Street, south to Pershing Road along the Lake Shore, including parts of the Green Line, along…

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, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of on Chicago's South Side, just miles south of downtown. Gwendolyn Brooks published poetry in the Chicago Defender, Andrew Rube Foster created Negro League Baseball, and Louis Armstrong kept his trumpet singing at the Sunset Cafe to keep Al Capone off his back.

Suburb
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is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago. Bordered by 35th and 43rd Streets, Cottage Grove Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, the area was developed between 1872 and 1905.

Eighth Regiment Armory

Latitude
41.83069° or 41° 49′ 51″ north
Longitude
-87.6192° or 87° 37′ 9″ west
Open location code
86HJR9JJ+78
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10152102393
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q5349119
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