Northwestern Technological Institute
The Northwestern Technological Institute is a landmark building at Northwestern University. Built from 1940 to 1942, it is the main building for students and faculty in the Northwestern University School of Engineering.- Type: University building
- Description: building at Northwestern University
- Also known as: “Northwestern University Technological Institute”, “Tech Institute”, and “Technological Institute”
- Address: 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shakespeare Garden and Dearborn Observatory.
Shakespeare Garden
Garden
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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.
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. Dearborn Observatory is situated 470 feet southeast of Northwestern Technological Institute.
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. Northwestern University Library is situated 1,700 feet south of Northwestern Technological Institute.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evanston Lakeshore Historic District and Central Street.
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.
Central Street
Neighborhood
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Central Street is the principal east-west artery in the far north of Evanston, Illinois and is a major thoroughfare in other northern and northwest suburbs of Chicago. Central Street is situated 2 miles west of Northwestern Technological Institute.
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.
Northwestern Technological Institute
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Evanston, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.05782° or 42° 3′ 28″ northLongitude
-87.67586° or 87° 40′ 33″ westElevation
600 feet (183 metres)Open location code
86JJ385F+4MOpenStreetMap ID
way 35598594OpenStreetMap feature
building=university
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In Other Languages
“Northwestern Technological Institute” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Instituto Tecnológico Universidade Northwestern”
- Portuguese: “Instituto Tecnológico”
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