Irish American Heritage Center

The Irish American Heritage Center is a non-profit organization located in Chicago that seeks to enhance the study of Irish culture with programming centered on Irish dance, literature, heritage, music, and Irish American cultural contributions to the United States.

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Type: Museum
Description: heritage center in Chicago, Illinois
Also known as: “Mayfair College”
Address: 4626 North Knox Avenue, Chicago, IL 60630

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mayfair Park and Mayfair station.

Mayfair Park

Park

Photo: Nick Number, CC BY 4.0.

Mayfair station

Railway station

Photo: Leah Jones, CC BY 2.0.

Mayfair is a Metra station located on the Milwaukee District North Line on the border between the Albany Park and Portage Park community areas of Chicago, Illinois. Mayfair station is situated 1,900 feet south of Irish American Heritage Center.

Mayfair Branch

Library

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Mayfair Branch is a library, which is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Irish American Heritage Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Irving Park and Jefferson Park.

Irving Park

Suburb

Photo: Thshriver, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Irving Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, and is located on the city's Northwest Side. It is bounded by the Chicago River on the east, the Milwaukee Road railroad tracks on the west, Addison Street on the south and…

Jefferson Park

Suburb

Photo: Zol87, CC BY 3.0.

Jefferson Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the northwest side of the city. It is also named after Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president and the Founding Father who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence.

Portage Park

Suburb

Photo: Orestek, Public domain.

Portage Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the northwest side of Chicago. Portage Park is bordered by the community areas of Jefferson Park and Forest Glen to the north, Dunning and the suburb of Harwood Heights to the west, Irving Park to the east and Belmont-Cragin to the south.

Irish American Heritage Center

Categories: building, tourism, commercial building, and tourist attraction
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.96532° or 41° 57′ 55″ north

Longitude

-87.74457° or 87° 44′ 40″ west

Levels

Open location code

86HJX784+45

OpenStreetMap ID

way 162462467

OpenStreetMap feature

building=commercial

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q15961479

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