University Hall

University Hall is the oldest original building on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois, and the second building to have been constructed after Old College, which stood on campus until the 1970s.

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Type: University building
Description: building at Northwestern University
Address: 1897 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Deering Library and Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art.

Deering Library

Library

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Charles Deering Memorial 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. Deering Library is situated 520 feet north of University Hall.

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art

Arts center

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The Block Museum of Art is a free public art museum located on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The Block Museum was established in 1980 when Chicago art collectors Mary and Leigh B. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art is situated 890 feet east of University Hall.

Evanston Public Library

Library

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Evanston Public Library is both a public library facility and a city department in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Evanston Public Library is situated 1,700 feet southwest of University Hall.

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 northwest of University Hall.

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.

University Hall

Categories: building and education
Location: Evanston, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.05189° or 42° 3′ 7″ north

Longitude

-87.67597° or 87° 40′ 34″ west

Elevation

604 feet (184 metres)

Levels

Open location code

86JJ382F+QJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 33908928

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

GeoNames ID

4914506

Wikidata ID

Q7894713

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