Southern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University is a school in Carbondale Township, Jackson, Illinois. Southern Illinois University is situated nearby to the university building Faner Hall, as well as near the sports venue Davies Gym.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Banterra Center and Davies Gym.

Banterra Center

Stadium

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Banterra Center is an 8,284-seat multi-purpose arena, on the campus of Southern Illinois University, in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Construction on the arena began in the spring of 1962 and took nearly two years to complete. Banterra Center is situated 1,800 feet south of Southern Illinois University.

Davies Gym

Sports venue

Davies Gym is the home of the Southern Illinois Salukis women's volleyball team and former home of all indoor sports at SIU. Upon completion of the SIU Arena in 1964, men's programs moved to the new facility. Davies Gym is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Southern Illinois University.

Faner Hall

University building

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Faner Hall is a building on the campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Carbondale, Illinois. It is named after Robert D. Faner, a former English professor at the university. Faner Hall is situated 800 feet north of Southern Illinois University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carbondale.

Carbondale

Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.

Carbondale is a small city of about 25,000 in Southern about 14 miles east of the Mississippi River at roughly the southern edge of the plains, and the northern limit of the Shawnee hills.

Southern Illinois University

Type: School
Also known as: “Southern Illinois Normal University”
Category: education
Location: Carbondale Township, Jackson, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.71311° or 37° 42′ 47″ north

Longitude

-89.21869° or 89° 13′ 7″ west

Elevation

456 feet (139 metres)

Open location code

869GPQ7J+6G

GeoNames ID

4250396

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