Hutchinson Commons

Hutchinson Commons at the University of Chicago is a dining hall and lounge for university students and professors. It was modeled, nearly identically, on the hall of Christ Church, one of Oxford University's constituent colleges.

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Type: University building
Description: building on the University of Chicago campus
Also known as: “Edgar Johnson Goodspeed House” and “Hutchinson Court”
Address: 1131-1135 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Robie House and Regenstein Library.

Robie House

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The Frederick C. Robie House is a historic house museum on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Robie House is situated 930 feet southeast of Hutchinson Commons.

Regenstein Library

Library

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The Joseph Regenstein Library, colloquially The Reg, is the primary library of the University of Chicago. Part of the University of Chicago Library system, it is located on the university’s Hyde Park campus on the South Side of Chicago. Regenstein Library is situated 470 feet northwest of Hutchinson Commons.

Joe and Rika Mansueto Library

Library

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The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library is a storage library of the University of Chicago. Part of the University of Chicago Library system, it has a capacity of 3.5 million volumes under an elliptical dome. Joe and Rika Mansueto Library is situated 620 feet northwest of Hutchinson Commons.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hyde Park and Woodlawn.

Hyde Park

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Hyde Park is one of Chicago's most famous neighborhoods, most certainly so on the South Side, located along the south lakefront. Having played host to the White City, the University of Chicago, President Obama, the setting for Richard Wright's Native Son, and…

Woodlawn

Suburb

Woodlawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles south of the Loop. The community area is bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King Drive to the west and 67th Street to the south, and a small area that lies south of 67th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and South Chicago Avenue.

Washington Park

Suburb

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Washington Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago The community area includes the 372 acre park of the same name, stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.