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Description of KenwoodBrimming with the full range of 19th-Century architectural styles, including Queen Anne, Italianate, Classical Revival, Gothic Revival, and Tudor Revival, Kenwood is a repository of historic landmarks, mainly mansions named for their former owners.


Local Restaurants

Number in brackets after restaurant name indicates how well-known the restaurant is according to the WildOnions.org rating system: a scale of 1 to 10 where [1] is mainly known in its own neighborhood and [10] is famous throughout Chicagoland.

Restaurants in or near Kenwood:
C'est Si Bon [2]
Calypso Café [6]
Cedars Mediterranean Kitchen [4]
Cholie's Pizza [1]
Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop [8]
Far East Kitchen [1]
Far East Kitchen [2]
Giordano's [1]
Harold's Chicken Shack [1]
Jarunee Thai 55 Restaurant [1]
Joy Yee's Noodle Shop [1]
Kenny's Ribs and Chicken [2]
Kikuya Japanese Restaurant [2]
La Petite Folie [6]
Lake Shore Cafe [1]
Lucky Strike [1]
Maravilla's Mexican Restaurant [2]
Mellow Yellow [3]
Morry's Deli [3]
Nile Restaurant [3]
Noodles Etc [3]
Original Pancake House [4]
Orly's Cafe [1]
Piccolo Mondo [4]
Pizza Capri [5]
Rajun Cajun [3]
Ribs 'N' Bibs [6]
Snail (The) [1]
Taste of Jamaica (Nathan's Deli) [1]
Valois Cafeteria [4]


Landmarks Nearby A.C. Buttolph House
A.F. Collins House
Adolphus W. Green House
Albert Wolf House
Alonzo M Fuller House
B.A. Ulrich House
Barnes/Murison Houses
Benjamin H. Conkling House
Benjamin Marshall House
Beulah Hoesmith Public School
C A Spry House
C H Canby House
C.E. Matthews Residence
C.E. Woodruff Residence
C.H. Canby House
C.H. Hawkins House
C.M. Ludington House
C.W. Kirk House
Charles A. Goodyear House
Charles Antoine House
Charles E. Gill House
Charles H Starkweather House
Charles Hallgren House
Charles Listman House
Charles Scribner House
Christopher B. Bouton House
Cornelia Mclaury House
Cornell Baptist Church
D F Bremner House
D. Hawes House
D.O. Strong House
David Yondorf House
E J Edwards House
E. Schoenfeld House
E.A. Graff Residence
E.D. Kimball House
E.G. Chase House
E.J. Edwards House
Edward C Potter House
Edward C. Hale House
Eldredge M. Fowler House
Elijah Muhammad House
Elliot H. Phelps House
Elliot Phelps House
Enos Barton House
Enos M. Barton House
Ernest J Magerstadt House
Ernest J. Magerstadt House
Ezra Brainerd House
Ezra S Brainerd House
Frank Fuller House
Frank Stone House
Franklin Macveagh Co. Building
Fred A. Price House
George A. Tripp House
George Birkhoff Jr. House
George Blossom House
Gurnee Fellows House
Gustavus F. Swift Mansion
H. Ludington House
H.B. Leavitt House
H.J. Flood House
H.M. Wilcox House
H.M.S. Montgomery House
H.R. Tenney House
Harry D. Oppenheimer House
Homer H. Stillwell House
Hyde Park Athletic Club
J.C. Hutchins House
J.H. Witbeck House
J.J. Dau House
J.J. Lindman House
J.N. Barker House
J.W. Janney House
James J. Wait House
John B. Lord House
John Dunham House
Jonathan Kenicott House
Joseph H. Howard House
Joseph R. Putnam House
Joseph Schaffner House
Julius Rosenwald Residence
Julius Weil House
Kate B. Parish House
Kenwood District
Kenwood Evangelical Church
L.D. Kellogg House
Lester Frankenthal House
Lois Cook Johnson House
N.L. Barmore House
Nathan Manasse House
North Kenwood District
P. Becher House
Platt G. Gibbs House
Reynolds Fisher House
Richard Nash House
Robert Book Jr. House
Robert Mcdougal House
Robert Vierling House
S.A. Spry House
S.M. Moore House
Saint Ambrose School (site of)
Silas Moore House
St. Ambrose Church
St. James M.E. Church
Thomas E. Wilson House
Thomas Foster House
W.S. Reed House
W.V.B. Ames House
Walter G. Coolidge House
William Graig House
William Morris House
William O. Goodman House
William R. Page House
William T. Fenton House


Local Parks and Nature AreasBeech Park
Bessie Coleman Park
Butternut Playlot Park
Chamberlain Triangle Park
Cornell Park
Drexel Square
Elm Playlot Park
Forty-Ninth Street Beach
Gwendolyn Brooks Park
Holly Playlot Park
Honeysuckle Playlot Park
Houston Playground Park
Jessie 'Ma' Houston Playlot Park
Kennicott Park
Kenwood Community Park
Madison Park
Morgan Point
Nichols Park
Playlot 291
Spruce Playlot Park
Stout Park
Sumac Park
Sycamore Playlot Park
Willow Park


Local Schools Harvard Elementary School
King High School
North Kenwood/Oakland (Univ. Chgo)
Shakespeare Elementary School
Shoesmith Elementary School
Shoesmith


Places of Worship Cornell Baptist Church
Kenwood United Church of Christ
Masjid Al Faatir
Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist Church
Saint Ambrose Roman Catholic Church
Saint James United Methodist Church
St. Ambrose


Communities Also in this Area Bronzeville
Central Hyde Park
Douglas Community Area
East Hyde Park
East Woodlawn \ Jackson Park
Grand Boulevard Community Area
Groveland Park - Woodland Park - Lake Meadows
Hyde Park Community Area
Kenwood Neighborhood
North Bronzeville
North Hyde Park
North Kenwood
North Washington Park
Northeast Hyde Park
Northwest Kenwood
Oakenwald
Oakland Community Area
Oakland Neighborhood
South Hyde Park / North Woodlawn
The Gap
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Area
Washington Park Community Area






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