Ironwood Park

Ironwood Park is a park in Calumet Township, Lake County, Indiana. Ironwood Park is situated nearby to New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, as well as near Williams Chapel Church of God.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Michael Jackson Childhood Home and Louis J. Bailey Branch Library.

Michael Jackson Childhood Home

Museum

Photo: Abi Skipp, CC BY 2.0.

The Michael Jackson Childhood Home, also known as the Jackson Family Home, is a historic house located at 2300 Jackson Street in Gary, Indiana, where American music artist Michael Jackson lived during his childhood, as well as his siblings and parents, members of the famous Jackson family. Michael Jackson Childhood Home is situated 1¼ miles west of Ironwood Park.

Louis J. Bailey Branch Library

Public building

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

The Louis J. Bailey Branch Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Gary, Indiana. It was built in 1918, and is a one-story, Colonial Revival style brick building on a raised basement. Louis J. Bailey Branch Library is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Ironwood Park.

Palace Theater

Theater building

Photo: Kevin Miller, CC BY 2.0.

The Palace Theater is a 1925 movie theater, now closed, located at 791 Broadway in Gary, Indiana, in the city's Emerson neighborhood. It was designed by the prominent movie palace architect John Eberson. Palace Theater is situated 1½ miles northwest of Ironwood Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pulaski and Midtown.

Pulaski

Quarter

Pulaski is a neighborhood in eastern Gary, Indiana. It is roughly triangular in shape, bounded on the south by the Borman Expressway, on the west by Maryland Street, and on the northeast by the Norfolk Southern railway.

Midtown

Quarter

Photo: Ianmacm, CC BY 3.0.

Midtown, also called Central, is a neighborhood in central Gary, Indiana. For many decades it was the only African-American neighborhood in the city. It is located south of Downtown West and north of Glen Park along Broadway, Gary's principal thoroughfare.

Emerson

Quarter

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Emerson, also called Downtown East, is a neighborhood in north-central Gary, Indiana. Emerson and Downtown West combine to form what is known as Downtown Gary. Emerson is situated 2 miles north of Ironwood Park.

Ironwood Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Calumet Township, Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.57426° or 41° 34′ 27″ north

Longitude

-87.32217° or 87° 19′ 20″ west

Operator

Gary

Open location code

86HJHMFH+P4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 447322225

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Highlights include New Hope Missionary Baptist Church and Williams Chapel Church of God.

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