Clark University

Clark University is a private research university in , United States. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was known as the first all-graduate institution in the U.S.
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  • Type: University
  • Description: American private university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Also known as: “CU”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Peters Catholic Church and Woodland Street Historic District.

Church
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St. Peter's Catholic Church is a historic church building at 935 Main Street in . Built in 1884, the church is one of the city's finest and most ornate examples of Gothic Revival architecture. is situated 640 feet east of Clark University.

Historic site
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The is a historic housing district in the area of . It consists of 19 Victorian houses that either face or abut on Woodland Street, between Charlotte and Oberlin Streets. is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Clark University.

Park
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, also called Crystal Park, is a public park in the neighborhood of , . The 13-acre park was acquired by the city from 1887 to 1889, costing nearly 62,000 dollars. is situated 1,300 feet south of Clark University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beaver Street Historic District and Main South.

Neighborhood
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The is a residential historic district in the part of . It encompasses a collection of five well preserved Colonial Revival triple-deckers located at 31-39 Beaver Street, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in southern , . The area's eponymous feature is Main Street, the central roadway of the city. experienced rapid economic development from the 1890s until the 1950s.

Neighborhood
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The is an expansive residential area in northwestern . It is centered on Cedar and William Streets, and includes properties on adjacent streets.

Clark University

Latitude
42.25104° or 42° 15′ 4″ north
Longitude
-71.82313° or 71° 49′ 23″ west
Elevation
541 feet (165 metres)
Open location code
87JC752G+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358263153
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­university
Geo­Names ID
4933345
Wiki­data ID
Q1095773
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Clark University” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامعة كلارك”
  • Armenian: “Քլարկի համալսարան”
  • Asturian: “Universidá de Clark”
  • Azerbaijani: “Klark Universiteti”
  • Basque: “Clark Unibertsitatea”
  • Belarusian: “Універсітэт імя Дж. Г. Кларка”
  • Belarusian: “Універсітэт Кларка”
  • Catalan: “Universitat de Clark”
  • Chinese: “克拉克大学”
  • Chinese: “克拉克大學”
  • Chinese: “克莱克大学”
  • Chinese: “克萊克大學”
  • Chinese: “論元 (語言學)”
  • Chinese: “論元”
  • Czech: “Clark University”
  • Dagbani: “Clark University”
  • Dutch: “Clark University”
  • Esperanto: “Universitato Clark”
  • Estonian: “Clarki ülikool”
  • Estonian: “Clarki Ülikool”
  • Finnish: “Clark University”
  • Finnish: “Clarkin yliopisto”
  • French: “Université Clark”
  • Georgian: “კლარკის უნივერსიტეტი”
  • German: “Clark University”
  • Greek: “Πανεπιστήμιο Κλαρκ”
  • Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת קלארק”
  • Hungarian: “Clark University”
  • Irish: “Ollscoil Clark”
  • Italian: “Clark University”
  • Italian: “Università Clark”
  • Italian: “Università di Clark”
  • Japanese: “クラーク大学”
  • Korean: “클라크 대학교”
  • Latvian: “Klārka Universitāte”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Clark University”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Clark University”
  • Norwegian: “Clark University”
  • Persian: “دانشگاه کلارک”
  • Portuguese: “Universidade Clark”
  • Romanian: “Clark University”
  • Romanian: “Universitatea Clark”
  • Russian: “Университет Кларка”
  • Slovenian: “Clark University”
  • Slovenian: “CU”
  • Slovenian: “Univerza Clark”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کلارک بیلیم‌یوردو”
  • Spanish: “Universidad Clark”
  • Swedish: “Clark University”
  • Tagalog: “Pamantasang Clark”
  • Ukrainian: “Університет Кларка”
  • Urdu: “کلارک یونیورسٹی”
  • Welsh: “Prifysgol Clark”
  • Western Armenian: “Քլարք համալսարան”
  • Western Panjabi: “کلارک یونیورسٹی”

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