Kenwood, Chicago

Coordinates: 41°48.6′N 87°36.0′W / 41.8100°N 87.6000°W / 41.8100; -87.6000
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Kenwood
Neighborhoods
List
Area
 • Total1.09 sq mi (2.82 km2)
Population
 (2020)
ZIP Codes
parts of 60615 and 60653
Median household income 2020$52,336[1]
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

Kenwood, one of

Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District. In recent years, Kenwood has received national attention as the home of former U.S. President Barack Obama
.

Description

Kenwood was settled in the 1850s by wealthy Chicagoans seeking respite from the increasing congestion of the city. The first of these residents was John A. Kennicott, who built his home near the Illinois Central Railroad at 48th Street. He named the home Kenwood after his ancestral land in Scotland, and when the Illinois Central Railroad built a small depot near 47th Street, they named the station Kenwood as well. Shortly afterwards, the name Kenwood began to be applied to the whole area.[2]

The southeastern portion of Kenwood contains the

Chicago Landmark Powhatan Apartments and the National Register of Historic Places Narragansett. The 1902 Blackstone Library is another well-known landmark in the neighborhood. It continues to be part of the Chicago Public Library system. The recently reopened Hyde Park Art Center, located on Cornell Avenue just north of 51st Street and East Hyde Park Boulevard, is Chicago's oldest alternative exhibition space,[citation needed
] with an on-site school and studio.

The Hyde Park community area is to the south of Kenwood and the southern half of Kenwood (south of 47th Street) is sometimes referred to as Hyde Park-Kenwood.[3]

In the 1890s, the Kenwood Astrophysical Observatory, established by astronomer George Ellery Hale, was located in Kenwood close to the new (at that time) University of Chicago.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
193026,942—
194029,6119.9%
195035,70520.6%
196041,53316.3%
197026,890−35.3%
198021,974−18.3%
199018,178−17.3%
200018,3631.0%
201017,841−2.8%
202019,1167.1%
[1][4]

Politics

As with much of the South Side, the Kenwood community area has supported the

2012 presidential election, Kenwood cast 8,712 votes for Barack Obama and cast 331 votes for Mitt Romney (95.63% to 3.63%).[6]

Schools

The public schools in Kenwood are

King College Prep High School
, Ariel Community Academy, William C. Reavis Math and Science Specialty School and Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School. Private Schools in Kenwood include the Ancona Montessori School, Cambridge School of Chicago, Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School, and Hales Franciscan High School.

Notable residents

The infamous murderers

Bobby Franks
, were all residents of Kenwood.

Gallery

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Community Data Snapshot - Kenwood" (PDF). cmap.illinois.gov. MetroPulse. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "Encyclopedia of Chicago - Kenwood". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  3. ^ "Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference".
  4. ^ Paral, Rob. "Chicago Community Areas Historical Data". Archived from the original on March 18, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  5. DNAInfo. Archived from the original
    on September 24, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  6. DNAInfo. Archived from the original
    on February 3, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  7. ^ "Sey Hersh on his rough-and-tumble Chicago past: 'At some point I realized I was in a tyranny' | Bleader". www.chicagoreader.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2018.
  8. ISBN 9781612344751
    . Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  9. ISBN 9781512708981
    . Retrieved January 23, 2021.

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