Emerson High School

Emerson High School was a high school of the Gary Community School Corporation, located in a historic facility in , United States. In 1981, Emerson closed as a high school.
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  • Type: Brownfield land
  • Description: former high school in Gary, Indiana
  • Also known as: “Gary High School” and “Ralph Waldo Emerson School”
  • Address: 716 East 7th Avenue, Gary, IN

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Steel Yard and Gary Land Company Building.

Stadium
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is an open-air baseball stadium in , located next to Interstate 90 in the city's Emerson neighborhood. It is the home ballpark of the Gary SouthShore RailCats, a professional baseball team in the American Association of Professional Baseball, an official Major League Baseball Partner League. is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Emerson High School.

Museum
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, also known as Gary's First Town Hall, is a historic building located at . It was built in 1906, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, balloon frame building with a cross-gable roof. is situated 3,000 feet northwest of Emerson High School.

Theater building
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The is a 1925 , now closed, located at 791 Broadway in , in the city's Emerson neighborhood. It was designed by the prominent movie palace architect John Eberson. is situated 2,800 feet west of Emerson High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Emerson and Gary.

Quarter
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, also called Downtown East, is a neighborhood in north-central . and Downtown West combine to form what is known as Downtown Gary.

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is a city in , . It is perhaps best known as the birthplace of the legendary pop star Michael Jackson. Founded in 1906 as a company town for U.S. Steel, it thrived in the 1950s and early 60s and earned the nickname "The Magic City".

Quarter
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, is a neighborhood in north-central . Emerson and combine to form what is known as Downtown Gary. It was part of the original plat built by the United States Steel Corporation.

Emerson High School

Latitude
41.59937° or 41° 35′ 58″ north
Longitude
-87.32703° or 87° 19′ 37″ west
Inception
1909
Operator
Gary Community School Corporation
Named after
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Open location code
86HJHMXF+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 203530561
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­brownfield
Wiki­data ID
Q21015968
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In Other Languages

“Emerson High School” goes by many names.
  • Turkish: “Emerson Lisesi”

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