Harold Washington Cultural Center
Harold Washington Cultural Center is a performance facility located in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago's South Side. It was named after Chicago's first African-American Mayor Harold Washington and opened in August 2004, ten years after initial groundbreaking.Photo: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Theater building
- Description: theater in Chicago
- Address: 4701 South Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Chicago, IL 60615
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 47th station and Robert S. Abbott House.
47th station
Metro station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
47th is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's "L" system, located in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois and serving the Green Line. 47th station is situated 850 feet west of Harold Washington Cultural Center.
Robert S. Abbott House
House
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Robert S. Abbott House is a historic house in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1900, it was the home of Robert S. Abbott, founder and publisher of the Chicago Defender, the most-circulated African-American newspaper in the nation, from 1926 up until his death in 1940. Robert S. Abbott House is situated 550 feet southwest of Harold Washington Cultural Center.
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church is a historic church at 4501 S. Vincennes Avenue in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1899, the building was originally a synagogue for the Isaiah Temple congregation. Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Harold Washington Cultural Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Boulevard and North Kenwood District.
Grand Boulevard
Suburb
Photo: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grand Boulevard is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago. The boulevard from which it takes its name is now Martin Luther King Jr.
North Kenwood District
Neighborhood
The North Kenwood District is a historic district within the Kenwood community area of South Side, Chicago, Illinois.
Kenwood
Suburb
Photo: Monika Bonckute, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kenwood is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of the city. Its boundaries are 43rd Street, 51st Street, Cottage Grove Avenue, and the lake.
Harold Washington Cultural Center
- Categories: fixed construction, building, commercial building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.80911° or 41° 48′ 33″ northLongitude
-87.61577° or 87° 36′ 57″ westLevels
2Named after
Harold WashingtonOpen location code
86HJR95M+JMOpenStreetMap ID
way 210915174OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialWikidata ID
Q5662681
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In Other Languages
“Harold Washington Cultural Center” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Harold Washington Cultural Center”
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