Black Oak, Gary

#24 among attractions in Gary

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Black Oak is a neighborhood located on the far southwest side of Gary, Indiana. As of 2000, Black Oak had a population of 4,216, which was 84.7% white. It is Gary's only majority-white neighborhood, and the most recent neighborhood added to the city. Black Oak was annexed in 1976, under the administration of mayor Richard Hatcher. Prior to that, Black Oak had been an unincorporated area informally associated with nearby Hammond, and the area has Hammond telephone numbers. ()

Coordinates: 41°33'56"N, 87°23'48"W

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South Gary (Black Oak)Gary United States

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Black Oak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Village Shopping Center, Palace Theater, Cathedral of the Holy Angels, St. Augustine's Episcopal Church.

2.2 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Village Shopping Center, Gary
56 min walk • The Village Shopping Center is an enclosed shopping mall in Gary, Indiana. Built in 1955, it includes vacant anchors last occupied by Marshalls and US Factory Outlets.
3.8 miNE
Cinema, Palace
Palace Theater, Gary
97 min walk • 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.
3.4 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Cathedral of the Holy Angels, Gary
87 min walk • The Cathedral of the Holy Angels is a Catholic cathedral located in Gary, Indiana, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Gary, and the home of Holy Angels Parish.
2 miNE
Church
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, Gary
50 min walk • St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Gary, Indiana, is a historically black congregation and building in the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana.
2.8 miE
41°34'36"N • 87°20'38"W
Jackson family home, Gary
73 min walk • Historical place, Museum
3.3 miNE
Library
Louis J. Bailey Branch Library, Gary
83 min walk • 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.
3.1 miW
41°33'17"N • 87°27'20"W
Main Square Park, Highland
80 min walk • Park
2.7 miE
Colonial revival architecture
Theodore Roosevelt College and Career Academy, Gary
70 min walk • Theodore Roosevelt College and Career Academy, formerly known as Theodore Roosevelt High School and often referred to as Gary Roosevelt, was a charter school located in the Midtown neighborhood of Gary, Indiana, United States.
2 miNE
Neighbourhood
Tolleston, Gary
50 min walk • Tolleston is a neighborhood and former town in west-central Gary, Indiana. It is situated south of Ambridge, west of Midtown, east of Westside and north of Black Oak.
3.2 miNE
Neighbourhood
Ambridge Mann, Gary
81 min walk • Ambridge Mann, sometimes called Ambridge-Horace Mann or Horace Mann-Ambridge, is a neighborhood in northwestern Gary, Indiana. It is bounded by the Grand Calumet River on the north, by Grant Street on the east, by Chase Street on the west, and by the Norfolk Southern railroad on the south.
3.2 miNE
Neighbourhood, Gothic Revival architecture, Colonial revival architecture
West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District, Gary
82 min walk • West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District is a national historic district located at Gary, Indiana. The district encompasses 30 contributing buildings in a residential section of Gary.