Watterson Towers

Watterson Towers is a student residence hall at Illinois State University, and is said by the university to be one of the tallest dormitory buildings in the world at 298.5 feet.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: residence hall at Illinois State University
  • Also known as: Watterson Residence Hall

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Normal Theater and Uptown Station.

Movie theater
The , also known as the Normal Theatre, is a cinema located in the downtown area of of the United States of America, which is located in McLean County. is situated 560 feet northeast of Watterson Towers.

Railway station
is an intermodal transportation center in , . It is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, and is the major intercity rail station in north-central Illinois. is situated 960 feet east of Watterson Towers.

University building
, or Cook Hall, is a building that resembles a castle on the Quad of Illinois State University in . Cook Hall, named for the university's fourth president, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since the winter of 1986. is situated 1,300 feet west of Watterson Towers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Normal and Cedar Crest Addition Historic District.

Town
is a town in , United States. The population was 52,736 at the 2020 census. is the smaller of two principal cities of the metropolitan area, and is Illinois' seventh most populous community outside the .

Neighborhood
The is a residential subdivision and historic district in , . The subdivision is bounded roughly by Division Street to the south, Highland Avenue to the north, Fell Avenue to the west, and a local recreation trail, the Constitution Trail, to the east.

Neighborhood
The is a residential historic district in , . The district includes houses on White Place, North Clinton Boulevard, and the east side of Fell Avenue bordered to the south by Empire Street and Emerson Street to the north.

Watterson Towers

Latitude
40.50809° or 40° 30′ 29″ north
Longitude
-88.98785° or 88° 59′ 16″ west
Elevation
778 feet (237 metres)
Open location code
86GHG256+6V
Geo­Names ID
4915716
Wiki­data ID
Q7974952
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