The First Automobile Race in America
The First Automobile Race in America is a memorial in Cook, Illinois. The First Automobile Race in America is situated nearby to the park Woman’s Garden, as well as near Obama Presidential Center Museum.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barack Obama Presidential Center and Museum of Science and Industry Chicago.
Barack Obama Presidential Center
Community center
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The Barack Obama Presidential Center is a museum, library, and education project in Chicago to commemorate the presidency of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. Barack Obama Presidential Center is situated 480 feet south of The First Automobile Race in America.
Museum of Science and Industry Chicago
Museum
The Museum of Science and Industry is a private, non-profit science museum located in Jackson Park, the Hyde Park neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois. It is adjacent to Lake Michigan and the University of Chicago campus. Museum of Science and Industry Chicago is situated 1,600 feet northeast of The First Automobile Race in America.
59th/60th Street/University of Chicago station
Railway station
Photo: LHOON, CC BY-SA 3.0.
59th Street/University of Chicago is a railway station that serves the Metra Electric Line in Chicago, Illinois. The station is on 59th street, originally the University of Chicago's southern border, and the Midway Plaisance. 59th/60th Street/University of Chicago station is situated 1,000 feet west of The First Automobile Race in America.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hyde Park and Woodlawn.
Hyde Park
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Hyde Park is one of Chicago's most famous neighborhoods, most certainly so on the South Side, located along the south lakefront. Having played host to the White City, the University of Chicago, President Obama, the setting for Richard Wright's Native Son, and…
Woodlawn
Suburb
Woodlawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles south of the Loop. The community area is bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King Drive to the west and 67th Street to the south, and a small area that lies south of 67th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and South Chicago Avenue.
Jackson Park Highlands District
Neighborhood
The Jackson Park Highlands District is a historic district in the South Shore community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The district was built in 1905 by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 25, 1989.
The First Automobile Race in America
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “This Jackson Park location marks the start and finish of the first automobile race in America. On Thanksgiving Day, 1895, six cars - four gasoline powered and two electric - raced fifty-four miles to Evanston and back...”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.78664° or 41° 47′ 12″ northLongitude
-87.5854° or 87° 35′ 7″ westOpen location code
86HJQCP7+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 5098345469OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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