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Northwestern University. / 42.05583°N 87.67472°W / 42.05583; -87.67472. Northwestern University ( NU) is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest chartered university in Illinois.
The Charles Deering Library is a library located on the main Evanston campus of Northwestern University.The Deering Library presently houses the Government Publications Department and the Northwestern University Archives on the first floor, the Music Library on the second floor, and the Map Collection, the Art Reference Collection and the Special Collections Department on the third floor.
Designed by Charles Coolidge in the neoclassical style with a notable series of ionic columns flanking the entrance, and adorned with the names of various social science fields. Today Harris Hall houses the History Department's classrooms and administration. Annie May Swift Hall. Annie May Swift Hall. 1895.
The Block Museum of Art is a free public art museum located on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.The Block Museum was established in 1980 when Chicago art collectors Mary (daughter of Albert Lasker) and Leigh B. Block (former vice president of Inland Steel Company) donated funds to Northwestern University for the construction of an art exhibition venue.
This was realized in 1909, when the new College of Engineering was opened in Swift Hall. Operationally, the Engineering School until the mid-1920s was a department of the College of Liberal Arts. The major emphasis was on a broad general education with a particular stress on mathematics and science. In 1937, the Engineering School ran into ...
Henry Moore Bates (LL.B.), dean of the University of Michigan Law School and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Richard Ben-Veniste (L.L.M.), 9/11 Commission member; Duane Benton (B.A. 1972), Federal Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary ( Garrett) is a private seminary and graduate school of theology related to the United Methodist Church and is ecumenical in spirit. It is located in Evanston, Illinois, on the campus of Northwestern University. The seminary offers master's- and doctoral-level degrees, as well as certificate, micro ...
November 16, 1988. 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. The garden was designed by landscape architect Jens Jensen and was constructed by the ...