John W. Griffiths Mansion
The John W. Griffiths Mansion is a historic house at 3806 S. Michigan Avenue in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois.Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: House
- Description: mansion in Chicago, Illinois
- Also known as: “Griffiths-Burroughs House”
- Address: 3806 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include South Side Community Art Center and Rate Field.
South Side Community Art Center
Arts center
Photo: Alanscottwalker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The South Side Community Art Center is a community art center in Chicago that opened in 1940 with support from the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in Illinois. South Side Community Art Center is situated 340 feet southeast of John W. Griffiths Mansion.
Rate Field
Stadium
Photo: Enoch Lai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rate Field is a baseball stadium on the South Side of Chicago, 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. Rate Field is situated 3,200 feet northwest of John W. Griffiths Mansion.
Wabash Avenue YMCA
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wabash Avenue YMCA is a Chicago Landmark located within the Chicago Landmark Black Metropolis-Bronzeville Historic District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bronzeville and Fuller Park.
Bronzeville
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of African-American History 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.
Fuller Park
Suburb
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.
Fuller Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Located on the city's South Side, it is 5 miles from the Loop. It is named for a small park also known as Fuller Park 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.
Douglas
Suburb
Photo: Jovianeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Douglas is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the South Side of Chicago. The Douglas community area stretches from 26th Street, south to Pershing Road along the Lake Shore, including parts of the Green Line, along…
John W. Griffiths Mansion
- Categories: mansion, heritage site, building, historic site, and residential building
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.82529° or 41° 49′ 31″ northLongitude
-87.62354° or 87° 37′ 25″ westOpen location code
86HJR9GG+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 210535068OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q85771771
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