Deering Library

Charles Deering Memorial Library is an academic library of Northwestern University, a private research university in . Deering served as the university's main library on the Evanston campus from 1933, when it was established, until the construction of the Northwestern University Main Library in 1970.
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  • Type: Library
  • Description: library at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois
  • Also known as: “Charles Deering Library” and “Charles Deering Memorial Library”
  • Address: 1937 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Shakespeare Garden.

Arts center
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The Block Museum of Art is a free public art museum located on the campus of Northwestern University in , . The Block Museum was established in 1980 when art collectors Mary and Leigh B. is situated 780 feet southeast of Deering Library.

Garden
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The in , United States, is a on the campus of Northwestern University. Planned in 1915 and built from 1916 to 1929, the garden was the first in the United States.

University building
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is the oldest original building on the Northwestern University campus in , and the second building to have been constructed after Old College, which stood on campus until the 1970s. is situated 520 feet south of Deering Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Evanston Lakeshore Historic District and Central Street.

Neighborhood
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The is a residential historic district in , . The district encompasses a section of southeast Evanston that was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Neighborhood
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is the principal east-west artery in the far north of and is a major thoroughfare in other northern and northwest suburbs of Chicago. is situated 2 miles west of Deering Library.

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is 16 miles north of . It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the . It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.

Deering Library

Latitude
42.05322° or 42° 3′ 12″ north
Longitude
-87.67527° or 87° 40′ 31″ west
Elevation
600 feet (183 metres)
Levels
3
Operator
Northwestern University Libraries
Named after
Charles Deering
Open location code
86JJ383F+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 214618504
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Geo­Names ID
4889676
Wiki­data ID
Q4499877
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Deering Library” goes by many names.

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