Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens is a memorial in Cook, Illinois. Jesse Owens is situated nearby to the sports venue Owens Park Fieldhouse, as well as near Chicago Vocational High School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chicago Vocational High School and Dinah Washington Park.

Chicago Vocational High School

School

Chicago Vocational High School is a public 4–year vocational high school located in the Avalon Park neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1941, the school is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district. Chicago Vocational High School is situated 1,400 feet north of Jesse Owens.

Dinah Washington Park

Park

Dinah Washington Park is a park located at 8215 S. Euclid Avenue in the South Chicago community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was named for singer and Chicago resident Dinah Washington. Dinah Washington Park is situated 3,800 feet north of Jesse Owens.

Bronzeville Children’s Museum

Museum

Photo: zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bronzeville Children's Museum is a museum in the Calumet Heights community area of the South Side of Chicago. It is the first and only African American children's museum in the United States. Bronzeville Children’s Museum is situated 1 mile southwest of Jesse Owens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calumet Heights and Pill Hill.

Calumet Heights

Suburb

Calumet Heights is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of the city. Calumet Heights is bounded by 87th Street on the north, South Chicago Avenue on the east, and railroad lines on the west and south.

Pill Hill

Neighborhood

Pill Hill is a neighborhood in the Calumet Heights community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its name refers to the many doctors who used to live in the neighborhood.

Avalon Park

Suburb

Photo: vxla, CC BY 2.0.

Avalon Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the south side of the city. The community area is named after its main park.

Jesse Owens

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.73533° or 41° 44′ 7″ north

Longitude

-87.5736° or 87° 34′ 25″ west

Open location code

86HJPCPG+4H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9815014562

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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