Soldiers’ Home

The Soldiers' Home is an historic Italianate style building in Chicago, , United States. Located at 739 E. 35th Street, the Home was built in a series of phases from 1864 to 1923, designed by William W.
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  • Type: Office building
  • Description: building in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Cardinal Meyer Center” and “Soldiers‘ Home”
  • Address: 3525 South Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stephen A. Douglas Tomb and Pilgrim Baptist Church.

Monument
The and Memorial or Stephen Douglas Monument Park is a memorial that includes the tomb of United States Senator Stephen A. Douglas. is situated 380 feet northwest of Soldiers’ Home.

Heritage site
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is a historic church at 3301 South Indiana Avenue in the neighborhood on the of , Illinois, United States. is situated 4,000 feet west of Soldiers’ Home.

Memorial
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Erected in 1927, the is a bronze and granite sculptural monument, based on a concept by John A. Nyden and sculpted by Leonard Crunelle. is situated 2,600 feet west of Soldiers’ Home.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oakland and Douglas.

Suburb
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is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago. Bordered by 35th and 43rd Streets, Cottage Grove Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, the area was developed between 1872 and 1905.

Suburb
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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…

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, 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.

Soldiers’ Home

Latitude
41.83089° or 41° 49′ 51″ north
Longitude
-87.60768° or 87° 36′ 28″ west
Named after
Albert Gregory Meyer
Open location code
86HJR9JR+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 210962528
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Wiki­data ID
Q14688089
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