North Park University
North Park University is a private Christian university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1891 by the Evangelical Covenant Church.Photo: Rputera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: School
- Description: Private university in Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “North Park College”, “North Park College and Theological Seminary”, and “Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant College and Seminary”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Main and Albany Park Library.
Old Main
University building
Photo: Rputera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Old Main is a historic building on the campus of North Park University in Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1893–94, it is the oldest building at the university, which was known as Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant College at the time.
Albany Park Library
Library
Photo: Daniel X. O’Neil, CC BY 2.0.
Albany Park Library is a branch of the Chicago Public Library located at 3401 W. Foster Ave. in the North Park neighborhood of Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. Albany Park Library is situated 1,300 feet west of North Park University.
Von Steuben Metropolitan High School
School
Photo: Vidal 1077, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Von Steuben Metropolitan High School is a public four-year high school that provides magnet college prep program with regular and honors courses and scholars program offering only honors and Advanced Placement classes, located on the border of the North Park and Albany Park neighborhoods on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Von Steuben Metropolitan High School is situated 1,200 feet southwest of North Park University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Albany Park and North Lincoln.
Albany Park
Suburb
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Albany Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Located on the Northwest Side of Chicago with the North Branch of the Chicago River forming its east and north boundaries, it includes the ethnically diverse Albany Park neighborhood, with one of the highest percentages of foreign-born residents of any Chicago neighborhood.
North Lincoln
Photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY 2.0.
North Lincoln is a collection of neighborhoods on the north side of Chicago through which Lincoln Avenue wanders, remembering treasures and curiosities of the last century in Chicago life, moving along, and forgetting them all over again.
North Park
Suburb
Photo: Dersh, Public domain.
North Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is bordered by the North Shore Channel on the east, the Chicago River's North Branch and Foster Avenue on the south, it reaches as far as Cicero Avenue on the west and Devon Avenue on the north.
North Park University
- Categories: private not-for-profit educational institution, church college, and education
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“North Park University” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “北帕克大學”
- Finnish: “North Park -yliopisto”
- French: “North Park University”
- French: “Université North Park”
- Hebrew: “אוניבררסיטת נורת‘ פארק”
- Japanese: “ノースパーク大学”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “North Park University”
- Swedish: “North Park University”
- Welsh: “Prifysgol y Parc”
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