Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. The observatory was originally constructed in 1888, through an agreement between the university and the Chicago Astronomical Society.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: astronomical observatory
- Description: astronomical observatory in Evanston, Illinois
- Also known as: “2131 Tech Drive”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shakespeare Garden and Northwestern University Library.
Shakespeare Garden
Garden
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The Shakespeare Garden in Evanston, Illinois, United States, is a Shakespeare garden on the campus of Northwestern University. Planned in 1915 and built from 1916 to 1929, the garden was the first Shakespeare Garden in the United States.
Northwestern University Library
Library
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Northwestern University Libraries is the main academic library system of Northwestern University. Northwestern Libraries host a total of 8,198,268 printed or electronic volumes. Northwestern University Library is situated 1,200 feet south of Dearborn Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evanston Lakeshore Historic District and Wilmette.
Evanston Lakeshore Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Evanston Lakeshore Historic District is a residential historic district in Evanston, Illinois. The district encompasses a section of southeast Evanston that was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Wilmette
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Wilmette is 16 miles north of Chicago. It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the North Shore. It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.
Kenilworth
Village
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Kenilworth is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 15 miles north of downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,514. Kenilworth is situated 3 miles northwest of Dearborn Observatory.
Dearborn Observatory
- Category: university building
- Location: Evanston, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Dearborn Observatory” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Dearborn Observatorium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد ديربورن”
- German: “Dearborn Observatory”
- Japanese: “2131 テック ドライヴ”
- Japanese: “ディアボーン天文台”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dearborn Observatory”
- Norwegian: “Dearborn Observatory”
- Portuguese: “Observatório Astronômico”
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