Emerson High School
Emerson High School was a public high school of the Gary Community School Corporation, located in a historic facility in Gary, Indiana, United States. In 1981, Emerson closed as a high school.Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
- 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 U.S. Steel Yard and Gary Land Company Building.
U.S. Steel Yard
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
U.S. Steel Yard is an open-air baseball stadium located in Gary, Indiana, next to I-90 in the city's Emerson neighborhood. It is home to the Gary SouthShore RailCats, a professional baseball team and member of the American Association. U.S. Steel Yard is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Emerson High School.
Gary Land Company Building
Museum
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Gary Land Company Building, also known as Gary's First Town Hall, is a historic building located at Gary, Indiana. It was built in 1906, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, balloon frame building with a cross-gable roof. Gary Land Company Building is situated 3,000 feet northwest of Emerson High School.
Palace Theater
Theater building
Photo: Kevin Miller, CC BY 2.0.
The Palace Theater is a 1925 movie theater, now closed, located at 791 Broadway in Gary, Indiana, in the city's Emerson neighborhood. It was designed by the prominent movie palace architect John Eberson. Palace Theater is situated 2,800 feet west of Emerson High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Emerson and Gary.
Emerson
Quarter
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Emerson, also called Downtown East, is a neighborhood in north-central Gary, Indiana. Emerson and Downtown West combine to form what is known as Downtown Gary.
Gary
Photo: Marc Tarlock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana. 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".
Downtown West
Quarter
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downtown West, is a neighborhood in north-central Gary, Indiana. Emerson and Downtown West 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
- Categories: high school and industry
- Location: Calumet Township, Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.59937° or 41° 35′ 58″ northLongitude
-87.32703° or 87° 19′ 37″ westInception
1909Named after
Ralph Waldo EmersonOpen location code
86HJHMXF+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 203530561OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfieldWikidata ID
Q21015968
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- Turkish: “Emerson Lisesi”
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