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John Crerar Library

The John Crerar Library is the academic research library for biological, medical, and physical sciences at the . The library, originally founded in 1894 and opened to the public on April 1, 1897, was named after John Crerar, who donated the funds and made his fortune in the railroad supply business.
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  • Type: Library
  • Description: research library at the University of Chicago
  • Address: 5730 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include University of Chicago Medical Center and Joe and Rika Mansueto Library.

Hospital
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The , branded as UChicago Medicine, is a nationally ranked academic medical center located in on the .

Library
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The is a storage library of the University of Chicago Library. It has a capacity of 3.5 million volumes under an elliptical dome. It was designed by Helmut Jahn, and was named after alumni Joe Mansueto and Rika Mansueto. is situated 750 feet northeast of John Crerar Library.

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The Frederick C. is a historic house museum on the campus in the neighborhood of , Illinois, United States. is situated 1,900 feet east of John Crerar Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hyde Park and Woodlawn.

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is one of '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…

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is a neighborhood on the of Chicago, Illinois, near the shore of 8.5 miles south of . It is one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas, bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King…

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is a community area on the of which includes the 372 acre of the same name, stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.

John Crerar Library

Latitude
41.79053° or 41° 47′ 26″ north
Longitude
-87.60282° or 87° 36′ 10″ west
Elevation
591 feet (180 metres)
Operator
The University of Chicago Library
Named after
John Crerar
Open location code
86HJQ9RW+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 152284260
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
4897917
Wiki­data ID
Q615173
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“John Crerar Library” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “John Crerar Library”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Джона Крерара”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca John Crerar”
  • Swedish: “John Crerar Library”

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