Patten Gymnasium
Patten Gymnasium is the name of two multi-purpose gymnasiums in Evanston, Illinois, United States, on the campus of Northwestern University. The original building, designed by George Washington Maher, opened in 1909 and was home to the Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team until 1940, when it was demolished to make room for the construction of the Technological Institute.Photo: Paradoxsociety, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Sports venue
- Description: multipurpose gymnasium in Illinois, United States
- Address: 2407 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grosse Point Light and Shakespeare Garden.
Grosse Point Light
Lighthouse
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The historic Grosse Point Light is located in Evanston, Illinois. Following several shipping disasters near Evanston, residents successfully lobbied the federal government for a lighthouse. Grosse Point Light is situated 1,000 feet north of Patten Gymnasium.
Shakespeare Garden
Garden
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Former Roycemore School building
University building
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The former Roycemore School building is a Northwestern University building that is included on the National Register of Historic Places. The structure had formerly housed the Roycemore School for nearly a century, from its 1915 opening until 2012. Former Roycemore School building is situated 660 feet west of Patten Gymnasium.
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 Patten Gymnasium.
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.
Patten Gymnasium
- Categories: gym, university building, historic landmark, building, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Evanston, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.06113° or 42° 3′ 40″ northLongitude
-87.67662° or 87° 40′ 36″ westOperator
Northwestern UniversityOpen location code
86JJ386F+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 42703697OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=sports_centreWikidata ID
Q7148346
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In Other Languages
“Patten Gymnasium” goes by many names.
- Hausa: “Dakin motsa jiki na Patten”
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