Frances Willard House
The Frances Willard House is a historic house museum owned by the National WCTU and is a National Historic Landmark at 1730 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, Illinois.Photo: Thshriver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: House
- Description: historic house in Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Rest Cottage”
- Address: 1728 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Evanston Public Library and Woman’s Club of Evanston.
Evanston Public Library
Library
Evanston Public Library is both a public library facility and a city department in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Evanston Public Library is situated 390 feet southwest of Frances Willard House.
Woman’s Club of Evanston
House
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The Woman's Club of Evanston is a historic house in Evanston, Illinois and is the headquarters for the social club of the same name. It is located at 1702 Chicago Avenue. On November 9, 2006, the clubhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Woman’s Club of Evanston is situated 330 feet southwest of Frances Willard House.
Davis Street/Evanston station
Railway station
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Davis Street/Evanston is a commuter railroad station in downtown Evanston, Illinois. It is served by Metra's Union Pacific North Line with trains going south to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin. Davis Street/Evanston station is situated 1,600 feet west of Frances Willard House.
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 Frances Willard House.
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.
Frances Willard House
- Categories: single-family detached home, building, historic site, historic building, and residential building
- Location: Evanston, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.04894° or 42° 2′ 56″ northLongitude
-87.67878° or 87° 40′ 44″ westLevels
2Open location code
86JJ28XC+HFOpenStreetMap ID
way 213679120OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q5479012
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In Other Languages
From French to Swahili—“Frances Willard House” goes by many names.
- French: “Frances Willard House”
- Swahili: “Frances Willard House”
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