Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes is a memorial in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Langston Hughes is situated nearby to the fire station Chicago Fire Department Engine Comnpany 19, as well as near Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch Library.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pilgrim Baptist Church and Victory Monument.
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Heritage site
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Pilgrim Baptist Church is a historic church at 3301 South Indiana Avenue in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Pilgrim Baptist Church is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Langston Hughes.
Victory Monument
Memorial
Photo: Jovianeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Erected in 1927, the Victory Monument, is a bronze and granite sculptural monument, based on a concept by John A. Nyden, and sculpted by Leonard Crunelle. Victory Monument is situated 690 feet south of Langston Hughes.
Rate Field
Stadium
Photo: Enoch Lai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rate Field is a baseball stadium on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home ballpark of the Chicago White Sox, one of the city's two Major League Baseball teams, and is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority. Rate Field is situated 1 mile west of Langston Hughes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douglas and Bronzeville.
Douglas
Suburb
Photo: Jovianeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Douglas is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the South Side of Chicago. The Douglas community area stretches from 26th Street, south to Pershing Road along the Lake Shore, including parts of the Green Line, along…
Bronzeville
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of African-American History 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.
Oakland
Suburb
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Oakland is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago 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 Oakland area was developed between 1872 and 1905.
Langston Hughes
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.83261° or 41° 49′ 57″ northLongitude
-87.6175° or 87° 37′ 3″ westOpen location code
86HJR9MJ+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 12941687930OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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