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Cottage Grove Heights is a part of Pullman.
Quiet and small, this south side residential neighborhood holds strong community ties and block after block of modest ranches, providing comfortable living for families of all sizes. Green lawns go as far as the eye can see in Cottage Grove Heights, which favors private houses over multi-unit buildings. Most folks here enjoy all the perks of owning their own home like backyard barbecues and planting flower gardens in the spring.
Cottage Grove Heights was settled and incorporated into Chicago thanks in part to the railroad—specifically, the rail car building industry.
During the 1800s, George Pullman, the creator of the Pullman Palace Car (the comfortable sleeping and parlor cars for passenger trains), built a plant south of the city to manufacture his cars. So what if this Pullman guy put up a factory, you say? Well, we’d say the same thing if that had been all.
However, in addition to the large plant, Pullman built an entire company town that provided a place for his employees and their families to live—talk about short commute times! This planned community, aptly named Pullman, was heralded as an enormous success and garnered a number of "world’s best town" awards. Eventually, poor wages and high (company controlled) rents led to worker strikes, which then led to the government stepping in and selling the town of Pullman to Chicago in 1898. Even after the land became part of the city, the Pullman area was considered a very nice place to live. As a result, smaller residential enclaves sprung up around it, such as Cottage Grove Heights.
The Cottage Grove Heights neighborhood was named after Cottage Grove Avenue, which forms the western border of the community. The road was a former Native American trail that was dubbed Cottage Grove Avenue by Charles Cleaver. Cleaver was a wealthy factory owner who was in the smelly soap and lard-rendering business, which was (at the time) luckily located in a remote territory south of Cottage Grove Heights. As part of his numerous land holdings, Cleaver named Cottage Grove Avenue after the grove of trees that surrounded a cottage on his property.
Today Cottage Grove Heights remains pretty much what it was in its inception—a quiet residential neighborhood with tight neighborly ties and a reasonably diverse makeup. Commercial developments have been pretty sparse in the area, but it does provide a pleasant place to live, with easy access to other parts of the city.
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School | Type | Level | Grade(s) | Rating |
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Bennett Elementary School 10115 South Prairie Ave |
Public | Preschool - Middle | PK-8 | |
Avalon Park Elementary School 8045 South Kenwood Ave |
Public | Preschool - Middle | PK-8 | |
Kipling Elementary School 9351 South Lowe Ave |
Public | Elementary - Middle | K-8 | |
Neil Elementary School 8555 South Michigan Ave |
Public | Preschool - Middle | PK-8 | |
St Helena Of The Cross 10115 South Parnell Avenue |
Private | Preschool - Middle | PK-8 | |
Resurrection Lutheran School 9349 South Wentworth Avenue |
Private | Preschool - Elementary | PK-6 | |
Banner Academy South High School 2330 East 99th Street |
Private | High | 9-12 | |
Milburn Alternative School 321 East 84th St |
Public | Middle - High | 7-12 | |
Black Magnet Elementary School 9101 South Euclid Ave |
Public | Elementary - Middle | K-8 | |
Burnham Elementary Inclusive Academy 9928 South Crandon Ave |
Public | Preschool - Middle | PK-8 | |
St. John de la Salle School 10212 S. Vernon |
Private | Preschool - Middle | PK-8 | |
Rescue Missionary Christian School 7740 South Eberhhart (former St. Dorothy School) |
Private | Preschool - Middle | PK-8 | |
Sanders Academy of Excellence 115 15th S Prairie Ave |
Private | Preschool - Middle | PK-8 | |
Butler College Prep 821 E. 103rd St. |
Charter | High | 9 | |
John Amos George College Preparatory 8736 South Blackstone Avenue |
Private | Preschool - High | PK-12 | |
Together In Love Academy 10237 South State Street |
Private | Preschool - Middle | PK-8 | |
Greater Pleasant Valley College Preparatory 910 East 83rd Street |
Private | Preschool - High | PK-12 | |
Greater Mt Avery Prep 10558 South Wentworth Avenue |
Private | Elementary - High | 1, 4, 7, 11 | |
Ashe Elementary School 8505 South Ingleside Ave |
Public | Elementary - Middle | K-8 | |
Schmid Elementary School 9755 South Greenwood Ave |
Public | Preschool - Middle | PK-8 |
School data provided by GreatSchools.School service boundaries are intended to be used as reference only. To verify enrollment eligibility for a property, contact the school directly. GreatSchools Ratings provided by GreatSchools.org.
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