Poinsettia Apartments
The Poinsettia Apartments are an apartment hotel at 5528 S. Hyde Park Boulevard in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1929, the building was the last of several apartment hotels built in Hyde Park during a period of residential development in the late 1910s and 1920s.Photo: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Apartment building
- Description: apartment building in Chicago, United States of America
- Address: 5528 South Hyde Park Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60637
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Science and Industry Chicago and Pioneer Zephyr.
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 1,400 feet south of Poinsettia Apartments.
Pioneer Zephyr
Locomotive
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Pioneer Zephyr is a diesel-powered trainset built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, commonly known as the Burlington Route. Pioneer Zephyr is situated 1,100 feet south of Poinsettia Apartments.
55th/56th/57th Street station
Railway station
55th–56th–57th Street is a commuter rail station in Hyde Park, Chicago that serves the Metra Electric Line north to Millennium Station and south to University Park, Blue Island, and South Chicago; and the South Shore Line to Gary and South Bend, Indiana. 55th/56th/57th Street station is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Poinsettia Apartments.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hyde Park and Indian Village.
Hyde Park
Photo: Urbanrules, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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…
Indian Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Monika Bonckute, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Indian Village is the small southeast corner of Kenwood, a community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is bounded by Lake Shore Drive to the east, Burnham Park to the north, 51st Street to the south, Harold Washington Park to the southeast, and the Illinois Central Railroad tracks used by the South Shore and Metra Electric Lines to the west.
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.
Poinsettia Apartments
- Categories: heritage site, building, historic site, and residential building
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.79434° or 41° 47′ 40″ northLongitude
-87.58439° or 87° 35′ 4″ westInception
1929Levels
12Open location code
86HJQCV8+P6OpenStreetMap ID
way 144479772OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartmentsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q85793793
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