Pershing was a station

Metro station

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 on the Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago Transit Authority

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's South Side Main Line, which is now part of the Green Line. The station was located at Pershing Road and State Street in the Douglas

Douglas, Chicago

Douglas, located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois is one of 77 well-defined Chicago community areas. The neighborhood is named for Stephen A. Douglas, a famous Illinois politician, whose estate included a tract of land given to the federal government...

 neighborhood of Chicago

Chicago

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. Pershing was situated south of Tech-35th

35-Bronzeville-IIT (CTA)

35th–Bronzeville–IIT is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Douglas and serving the Green Line. It is situated at 16 E 35th Street, just east of State Street. It opened on June 6, 1892...

, which is now named 35-Bronzeville-IIT, and north of Indiana

Indiana (CTA)

Indiana is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in Chicago, Illinois and serving the Green Line. It is situated at 4003 S Indiana Avenue, two blocks east of State Street. It opened on August 15, 1892. Before the two lines closed, Indiana was a transfer station from the...

. Pershing opened on June 6, 1892 and closed on August 1, 1949.