Shakespeare Garden
The Shakespeare Garden in Evanston, Illinois, United States, is a Shakespeare garden on the campus of Northwestern University. Planned in 1915 and built from 1916 to 1929, the garden was the first Shakespeare Garden in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Garden
- Description: garden on the campus of Northwestern University
- Also known as: “Shakespeare Garden (Evanston, Ill.)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dearborn Observatory and Northwestern University Library.
Dearborn Observatory
University building
The Dearborn Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. The observatory was originally constructed in 1888, through an agreement between the university and the Chicago Astronomical Society.
Northwestern University Library
Library
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Northwestern University Libraries is the main academic library system of Northwestern University. Northwestern Libraries host a total of 8,198,268 printed or electronic volumes.
Deering Library
Library
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Charles Deering Library is an academic library of Northwestern University, a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evanston and Evanston Lakeshore Historic District.
Evanston
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Evanston is a city in the North Shore region of Illinois along the shores of Lake Michigan. Evanston has many identities: college town, dining destination, cultural center and gateway to the wealthy North Shore, although the city itself is anything but homogeneous in regards to economic status, culture and race.
Evanston Lakeshore Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Evanston Lakeshore Historic District is a residential historic district in Evanston, Illinois. The district encompasses a section of southeast Evanston that was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Wilmette
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Wilmette is 16 miles north of Chicago. It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the North Shore. It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.
Shakespeare Garden
- Categories: park, public garden, formal garden, and recreation area
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.05685° or 42° 3′ 25″ northLongitude
-87.67598° or 87° 40′ 34″ westElevation
597 feet (182 metres)Open location code
86JJ384F+PJOpenStreetMap ID
way 42703456OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=garden
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In Other Languages
“Shakespeare Garden” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shakespeare Garden (parke sa Estados Unidos, Illinois)”
- Cebuano: “Shakespeare Garden”
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