Elizabeth Peabody School
The Elizabeth Peabody School is a historic school building at 1444 W. Augusta Boulevard in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The school opened in 1894 to serve the growing number of students in West Town, as immigration and changes to education laws had led to overcrowding at other neighborhood schools.Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: School building
- Description: school
- Also known as: “Peabody School Apartments”
- Address: 1434 West Augusta Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60642
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Polish Museum of America and Frontier.
Polish Museum of America
Museum
Photo: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Polish Museum of America is located in West Town, in what had been the historical Polish Downtown neighborhood of Chicago. It is home to numerous Polish artifacts, artwork, and embroidered folk costumes in its growing collection. Polish Museum of America is situated 900 feet east of Elizabeth Peabody School.
Frontier
Restaurant
Frontier is a restaurant in West Town, Chicago, Illinois, United States. It adopts a cosy setting and serves finger food as well as novelty food, such as cooked alligator meat. Frontier is run by chef Brian Jupiter and owned by Mark Domitrovich. Frontier is situated 470 feet northeast of Elizabeth Peabody School.
Noble Street College Prep
School
Noble Street College Prep of the Noble Network of Charter Schools, is a Level +1 public four-year charter high school located in the West Town neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. Noble Street College Prep is situated 400 feet east of Elizabeth Peabody School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ukrainian Village and Wicker Park.
Ukrainian Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ukrainian Village is a Chicago neighborhood located on the near west side of Chicago. Its boundaries are Division Street to the north, Grand Avenue to the south, Western Avenue to the west, and Damen Avenue to the east.
Wicker Park
Photo: Victorgrigas, Public domain.
Wicker Park is the vanguard of music, nightlife, and fashion in Chicago. This article also includes the sly, enjoyable Ukrainian Village, immediately south, and pieces of the greater West Town area.
Fulton Market District
Neighborhood
Fulton Market District is on the Near West Side of Chicago. In the 19th and 20th centuries, it served meat-packing, warehouse and industrial purposes, but has gentrified in the 21st century with corporate headquarters, tech industry, hotels, bars, restaurants, and retail.
Elizabeth Peabody School
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.90004° or 41° 54′ 0″ northLongitude
-87.66434° or 87° 39′ 52″ westLevels
3Named after
Elizabeth PeabodyOpen location code
86HJW82P+27OpenStreetMap ID
way 209847078OpenStreetMap feature
building=schoolWikidata ID
Q64746998
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