Chicago Bee Building

The Chicago Bee Building is a historic building on Chicago's . It originally housed the Chicago Bee, a newspaper serving the African Americans of Chicago.
  • Type: Heritage site
  • Description: building in Illinois, United States
  • Address: 3647 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60653

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rate Field and Hygienic Manufacturing Company.

Stadium
is a baseball on the of , Illinois. It is the home ballpark of the Chicago White Sox, one of the city's two Major League Baseball teams, and is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority. is situated 2,200 feet west of Chicago Bee Building.

Apartment building
, also known as Overton Hygienic Company, was a cosmetics company established by Anthony Overton. It was one of the United States's largest producers of African-American cosmetics. is situated 330 feet north of Chicago Bee Building.

Railway station
Photo: zol87, CC BY 3.0.
Sox–35th is an station on the 's Red Line. It is situated at 142 West 35th Street in the neighborhood. The station opened on September 28, 1969, along with the other eight stations on the Dan Ryan branch. is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Chicago Bee Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bronzeville and Douglas.

, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of on Chicago's South Side, just miles south of downtown. Gwendolyn Brooks published poetry in the Chicago Defender, Andrew Rube Foster created Negro League Baseball, and Louis Armstrong kept his trumpet singing at the Sunset Cafe to keep Al Capone off his back.

Suburb
is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States, located on the of Chicago. The community area stretches from 26th Street, south to Pershing Road along the Lake Shore, including parts of the Green Line, along…

Suburb
is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States. Located on the city's South Side, it is 5 miles from the . It is named for a small park also known as within the neighborhood, which is in turn named for Melville Weston Fuller, a Chicago attorney who was the Chief Justice of the United States between 1888 and 1910.

Chicago Bee Building

Latitude
41.82807° or 41° 49′ 41″ north
Longitude
-87.62608° or 87° 37′ 34″ west
Named after
Chicago Bee
Open location code
86HJR9HF+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 210533137
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­apartments
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Wiki­data ID
Q5095503
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In Other Languages

“Chicago Bee Building” goes by many names.
  • Russian: Чикаго-Би-билдинг

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chicago Bee Branch and Stateway Park.

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