Chicago Park District
Curie Fieldhouse

Curie Fieldhouse

 

Curie Park

4949 S. Archer Ave. Chicago IL 60632

Hours: Park: 6am - 11pm,

Fieldhouse: M-F 6pm - 10pm, Sa-Su 8am - 4pm

Park Supervisor:
Vacant

(773) 284-7124

 
 
 

Description

Located in the Archer Heights Community, Curie Park totals 13.50 acres and is a school/park facility offering swimming, 3 gymnasiums, volleyball and meeting room. Outside, the park offers baseball fields and basketball courts and athletic fields for soccer or football.

Park-goers can play seasonal sports or swim at the facility. Afterschool programs are offered throughout the school year, and in the summer youth attend the Park District’s popular six-week day camp.

In addition to programs, Curie Park hosts fun special events throughout the year for the whole family.

SPRING PROGRAMS:

Register online or in-person for spring programs now. Spring programs run the week of April 1 through the week of June 3. 

SUMMER PROGRAMS:

Online registration for our park’s summer programs begins Monday, April 15 at 9 am, and in-person registration begins Saturday, April 20.  The standard 6-week summer camp program runs July 1 through August 9.  Most other summer programs run the week of June 17 through the week of August 19. 

 
 

FACILITIES

FACILITY TYPE ADDRESS DESCRIPTOR QTY NOTES
Baseball Field 4949 S. Archer Ave. 4
Basketball Court - Outdoor 4949 S. Archer Ave. 5
Fieldhouse 4949 S. Archer Ave. 1
Football / Soccer - Grass 4949 S. Archer Ave. 1
Gymnasiums 4949 S. Archer Ave. 3
Meeting/Event Space 4949 S. Archer Ave. 1
Swimming Pools - Indoor 4949 S. Archer Ave. 1 Spring Post-Season Pool Schedule
Tennis Courts 4949 S. Archer Ave. 5
Volleyball Courts- Outdoor 4949 S. Archer Ave. 5
Curie Park is among a number of sites within the city that are operated jointly by the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Board of Education. The Public Building Commission purchased the park property in 1971, in order to lease it to the park district for recreational purposes and to the board of education for a new high school. The property passed entirely into the hands of the school board in 1990, but the park district continues to use the fieldhouse and the playing fields. Both the park and the adjacent school are named for Nobel prize winner Marie Sklodlowska Curie (1867-1934). Born in 1867 in Warsaw Poland, Marie Sklodlowska studied physics at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1895, she married Pierre Curie (1859-1906) and the two became renowned throughout the scientific world for their work. Together, they discovered the element radium, and the element polonium, which Madame Curie named for her native land.

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