Main
Main is an university building in Evanston, Cook, Illinois which is located on Sheridan Road. Main is situated nearby to the university Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, as well as near Howes Chapel.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.
Northwestern University Libraries
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 Libraries is situated 1,200 feet south of Main.
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 Main.
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.
Main
- Type: University building
- Address: 2121 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Evanston, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.05635° or 42° 3′ 23″ northLongitude
-87.67557° or 87° 40′ 32″ westOpen location code
86JJ384F+GQOpenStreetMap ID
way 249758351OpenStreetMap feature
building=university
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