Robert S. Abbott House
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: House
- Description: former home of Robert Sengstacke Abbot
- Address: 4742 South Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Chicago, IL 60615
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harold Washington Cultural Center and 47th station.
Harold Washington Cultural Center
Theater building
Photo: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Harold Washington Cultural Center is situated 550 feet northeast of 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 690 feet northwest of Robert S. Abbott House.
Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church is situated 900 feet south of Robert S. Abbott House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Boulevard and Kenwood.
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.
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.
North Kenwood District
Neighborhood
The North Kenwood District is a historic district within the Kenwood community area of South Side, Chicago, Illinois.
Robert S. Abbott House
- Categories: building, historic site, historic house, and residential building
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.80798° or 41° 48′ 29″ northLongitude
-87.61713° or 87° 37′ 2″ westLevels
3Open location code
86HJR95M+54OpenStreetMap ID
way 210915317OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=houseWikidata ID
Q7349443
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Robert S. Abbott House” goes by many names.
- French: “Robert S. Abbott House”
- Russian: “Дом Роберта С. Эббота”
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