Forestville
Forestville is a historic site in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Forestville is situated nearby to Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, as well as near Armstrong Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church and Harold Washington Cultural Center.
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church is a historic church at 4501 S. Vincennes Avenue in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1899, the building was originally a synagogue for the Isaiah Temple congregation. Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church is situated 450 feet west of Forestville.
Harold Washington Cultural Center
Theater building
Photo: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harold Washington Cultural Center is a performance facility located in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago's South Side. It was named after Chicago's first African-American Mayor Harold Washington and opened in August 2004, ten years after initial groundbreaking. Harold Washington Cultural Center is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Forestville.
47th station
Metro station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
47th is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's "L" system, located in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois and serving the Green Line. 47th station is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Forestville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Boulevard and North Kenwood District.
Grand Boulevard
Suburb
Photo: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grand Boulevard is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago. The boulevard from which it takes its name is now Martin Luther King Jr.
North Kenwood District
Neighborhood
The North Kenwood District is a historic district within the Kenwood community area of South Side, Chicago, Illinois.
Kenwood
Suburb
Photo: Monika Bonckute, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kenwood is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of the city. Its boundaries are 43rd Street, 51st Street, Cottage Grove Avenue, and the lake.
Forestville
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.81253° or 41° 48′ 45″ northLongitude
-87.61199° or 87° 36′ 43″ westElevation
600 feet (183 metres)Open location code
86HJR97Q+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 153755746OpenStreetMap feature
historic=place
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