Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a school in , , . Northwestern University is situated nearby to the university building , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shakespeare Garden and 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.

Library
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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. is situated 890 feet south of Northwestern University.

University building
The is an astronomical observatory located on the campus of Northwestern University. The observatory was originally constructed in 1888, through an agreement between the university and the Chicago Astronomical Society. is situated 430 feet north of Northwestern University.

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 Northwestern University.

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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.

Northwestern University

Latitude
42.05559° or 42° 3′ 20″ north
Longitude
-87.6745° or 87° 40′ 28″ west
Elevation
587 feet (179 metres)
Open location code
86JJ384G+66
Geo­Names ID
4904176
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Northwestern University” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامعة نورث وسترن”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal-Qərb Universiteti”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночна-Заходні ўніверсітэт”
  • Bengali: “নর্থওয়েস্টার্ন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়”
  • Bulgarian: “Северозападен университет”
  • Catalan: “Universitat Northwestern”
  • Chinese: “西北大学”
  • Czech: “Severozápadní univerzita”
  • Dutch: “Northwestern-universiteit”
  • Finnish: “Northwestern-yliopisto”
  • French: “Université Northwestern”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოდასავლეთის უნივერსიტეტი”
  • Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת נורתווסטרן”
  • Hindi: “नॉर्थवेस्टर्न विश्वविद्यालय”
  • Icelandic: “Northwestern-háskóli”
  • Indonesian: “Universitas Northwestern”
  • Italian: “Università Northwestern”
  • Japanese: “ノースウェスタン大学”
  • Korean: “노스웨스턴 대학교”
  • Persian: “دانشگاه نورت‌وسترن”
  • Portuguese: “Universidade Northwestern”
  • Russian: “Северо-Западный университет”
  • Spanish: “Universidad Northwestern”
  • Thai: “มหาวิทยาลัยนอร์ทเวสเทิร์น”
  • Turkish: “Northwestern Üniversitesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Північно-Західний університет”
  • Western Panjabi: “نارتھویسٹرن یونیورسٹی”

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