List of Northwestern University buildings
Encyclopedia
This list of Northwestern University
buildings encompasses the two campuses in Evanston
and Chicago, Illinois. The Evanston campus has witnessed approximately 150 buildings rise on its 240 acre (0.9712464 km²) and the downtown Chicago
campus of approximately 25 acres (101,171.5 m²) is home to the schools of medicine
and law
.
. 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. The Deering Library served as Northwestern's main library until the completion of the University Library
in 1970.
. The library holds 4.6 million volumes, making it the 11th largest library at a private university. The building was designed in brutalist style by Walter Netsch
of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
. Construction started in 1966 and the library opened in 1970. The library succeeded the Charles Deering Library as the main library on campus. The Deering Library
was connected to the main library through construction, and continues to house the University's special collections. Until the building's completion in 1970, the Deering Library
, now connected to the University Library, served as the primary library for the Evanston campus.
, located on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University
. The observatory was originally constructed in 1888. In the summer of 1939, Dearborn Observatory had to be moved to make way for the construction of the Technological Institute
.
. Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science following a major gift from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. It is the main building for students and faculty in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
. The construction of the building started in 1939 when Walter P. Murphy, a wealthy inventor of railroad equipment, donated $6.737 million. Murphy meant for the Institute to offer a new kind of “cooperative” educational model for the field, where academic courses and practical application in industrial settings were closely integrated. When the construction of Tech was completed in 1942, Northwestern received an additional bequest of $28 million from Walter P. Murphy's estate to provide for an engineering school "second to none."
To make room for the new building, the Phi Kappa Psi
fraternity house
and the Dearborn Observatory were moved, and the original Patten Gymnasium
was demolished. Ground was broken
for the new building on April 1, 1940 and the building was dedicated on June 15–16, 1942. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird & Root
in the shape of two letter E's, placed back to back and joined by a central structure. When it was built it was the largest building on Northwestern's Evanston campus.
In 1961, construction began on two new wings, which were added to the eastern ends of the building, along with additions to the library and physics wing. The expansion, dedicated in October 1963, was prompted by a $3.4 million contract awarded by the Advanced Research Agency of the Department of Defense
. In 1973, a new entrance terrace was dedicated, and in 1999, a ten-year, $125 million renovation of the Technological institute was completed. This renovation, undertaken by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, included extensive reconstruction of the interior of the original 1940 structure, replacing the mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems, and reconfiguring the laboratory and research space.
Additional buildings have been constructed around the original Technological Institute, connected together by pedestrian bridges to create what has been called the "Technological Campus". Among them are the Seeley G. Mudd Library for Science and Engineering opened in 1977, the Center for Catalysis and Surface Science in 1986, and Cook Hall in 1989. More recent additions to the "Technological Campus" include Hogan Hall, the Pancoe Life Sciences Pavilion, the Center for Nanofabrication, and the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center.
campus. University Hall was actually the second building constructed on the Northwestern University campus. The building known as "Old College" was constructed as a temporary building in 1855, though it stood on campus until the 1970s. University Hall was designed in Victorian Gothic style by G. P. Randall, and is composed of Joliet limestone
- the same kind used to build the Chicago Water Tower
. The construction materials were transported to the Evanston
campus by lake boat and rail.
The cornerstone of the building was laid in 1868, and the structure was completed in 1869, at a total cost of $125,000. University Hall officially opened on September 8, 1869 and coincided with the inauguration of University President Erastus Otis Haven
. Speakers at the opening ceremony included Illinois Governor John M. Palmer
, and the new University President Haven, who called the structure, "the new and elegant University Building". The clock in the tower of University Hall was the gift of the Class of 1879; its movement was built by clockmaker Seth Thomas
. In 1966, a new electrified clock replaced the old works, which are now located in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
University Hall took over most university functions from Old College and contained classrooms housing all University classes, the library, a chemical lab, a chapel, two society rooms and a fourth-floor natural history museum. University Hall contained Northwestern's primary library until the construction of Lunt Library in the 1890s. Though it was succeeded by Fayerweather Hall as the university's main building in 1887, University Hall served a variety of functions. Over the years University Hall has been the home of the central administration, the engineering school, a cafeteria, and faculty offices. University Hall underwent a $5.2 million renovation and was rededicated in 1993. The building is currently home to Northwestern's English department.
organ, stained-glass windows, and a 151 feet (46 m) spire.
Fraternity.
In Spring 2002, construction was completed on an addition to SPAC, the Combe Tennis Center. The Combe Tennis Center houses six indoor tennis courts, and was designed by Pollock Holzrichter Nicholas Ltd. of Chicago, in association with the Renaissance Design Group. The center was named for the late Ivan Combe
, a 1933 graduate and life trustee of the University.
in Evanston, Illinois
. The original arena, designed by George Washington Maher, opened in 1910 and was home to the Northwestern University
Wildcats
basketball
team
until 1940, when it was demolished and rebuilt farther north to make room for the construction of the Technological Institute
. It was used for twelve years before Welsh-Ryan Arena
opened in 1952. The current, ivy-lined building has the original doors and statues from the old gym. It currently is the home to the women's fencing
team, and occasionally hosts small concerts. It is named for James A. Patten
, former Evanston mayor, philanthropist, commodities broker, and NU board of trustees president.
The original 1,000-seat arena hosted the first NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship game in 1939.
in Evanston, Illinois
, United States
. It is primarily used for American football
, and is the home field of the Northwestern University
Wildcats
football
team. Ryan Field opened in 1926 and holds 49,256 people. The field is named after Patrick Ryan who was the chairman of the school's board of trustees. Prior to 1997, the stadium was named Dyche Stadium, for William A. Dyche, Class of 1882, former Evanston mayor and overseer of the building project.
The stadium originally consisted of two semi-circular grandstands on either sideline, with the west (home) sideline having a small, curved upper deck ending at twin concrete . Endzone seating was later added in the south endzone, and in 1952 McGaw Memorial Hall
was built in the north endzone.
Besides boasting modern amenities such as a new workout room, it is said that the reason the stands were built five feet up was to prevent Northwestern students from rushing the field and destroying goalposts. Such occurrences were common when the field was still known as Dyche Stadium and Northwestern had upset victories over storied programs such as the University of Michigan
in 1995. However, a stunning upset in 1996 over Michigan did not prevent students from clinging to the goalposts, nor did the walls prevent it again in 2005 after a double-overtime upset of then-#6 Ohio State University
. The stadium had an artificial turf surface from 1973 to 1996.
The Chicago Bears
hosted their first home game of the 1970 season
as an experiment due to the NFL demanding the Bears move out of Wrigley Field
because the seating capacity
was under 50,000. The Bears ended up moving to Soldier Field
.
The closest transit stations are Metra
commuter railroad's Central Street station
and Chicago Transit Authority
's Central
station on the Purple Line
.
Parts of the The Express
, an upcoming film about Ernie Davis
starring Dennis Quaid
, were filmed at Ryan Field.
in Evanston
, Illinois
. The current director is David Alan Robertson.
. The building is named in honor of Peter Christian Lutkin, who served as dean of the School of Music from 1883 to 1931.
of Communication
with the specific charge of producing, managing, funding and administering the performing arts
productions of the School of Communication, Department of Theatre
and Department of Performance Studies
, including programmatic responsibility for theatre
, music theatre and dance
. The Center adheres to and reflects the academic mission of the University
, the curricular needs of the Theatre
and Performance Studies departments, the educational priorities of Communication students and exists in service to the campus and the greater community of the Metropolitan Chicago
area.
Each year, as many as forty productions are mounted in the Theatre and Interpretation Center. Of those forty, approximately eight are main stage productions staged in the Ethel M. Barber Theater and the Josephine Louis Theater and are directed by faculty, third-year MFA
directing students, and guest artists. These productions include both classic and contemporary plays, dance performances and musical productions. In addition, the Theatre and Interpretation Center produces the annual Waa-Mu Show, an original student written and performed musical
and also the Summerfest which includes a two to three play series that is performed during the summer.
The center offers subscriptions for the entire season as well as for Summerfest. Currently there are over fifteen hundred subscribers who buy the season package. These patrons come from the University population as well as the neighboring communities.
. Named in honor of publisher, broadcaster, diplomat, and philanthropist Walter Annenberg
, the building was designed by Booth Hansen Associates. Clad in limestone and precast concrete panels, its exterior features were planned as a transition from the Gothic design of some adjacent buildings to the modern design of others. It houses classrooms equipped with the latest audiovisual and computer technologies.
article about renovations to Annie May Swift Hall Northwestern Magazine
Evans Scholars
The Evans Scholars House.
.
Lindgren Hall
Lindgren Hall.
campus of approximately 25 acres (101,171.5 m²), is home to the Feinberg School of Medicine
and Northwestern University School of Law
.
. It is one of the buildings used by the Feinberg School of Medicine; originally it also housed the university's dental school.
.
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
buildings encompasses the two campuses in Evanston
Evanston, Illinois
Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
and Chicago, Illinois. The Evanston campus has witnessed approximately 150 buildings rise on its 240 acre (0.9712464 km²) and the downtown Chicago
Near North Side, Chicago
The Near North Side is one of 77 well-defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located north and east of the Chicago River, just north of the central business district . To its east is Lake Michigan and its northern boundary is the 19th-century city limit of Chicago,...
campus of approximately 25 acres (101,171.5 m²) is home to the schools of medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois and situated near Lake Michigan and the Magnificent Mile, is one of Northwestern University's 11 schools and colleges...
and law
Northwestern University School of Law
The Northwestern University School of Law is a private American law school in Chicago, Illinois. The law school was founded in 1859 as the Union College of Law of the Old University of Chicago. The first law school established in Chicago, it became jointly controlled by Northwestern University in...
.
Charles Deering Library
The Charles Deering Library is a library located on the main Evanston campus of Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
. The Deering Library presently houses the Government Publications Department and the Northwestern University Archives
Northwestern University Archives
The Northwestern University Archives, established in 1935, holds thousands of cubic feet of material pertaining to every aspect of the history of its host institution, Northwestern University...
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. The Deering Library served as Northwestern's main library until the completion of the University Library
Northwestern University Library
The Northwestern University Library is the principal library for the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. The library holds 4.6 million volumes, making it the 11th largest library at a private university. The building was designed in brutalist style by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings and...
in 1970.
Seeley G. Mudd Science and Engineering Library
The Seeley G. Mudd Science and Engineering LibraryUniversity Library
The Northwestern University Library is the principal library for the Evanston campus of Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
. The library holds 4.6 million volumes, making it the 11th largest library at a private university. The building was designed in brutalist style by Walter Netsch
Walter Netsch
Walter Netsch was an American architect based in Chicago. He was most closely associated with the brutalist style of architecture, as well as the firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. His signature aesthetic is known as Field Theory and is based on rotating squares into complex shapes...
of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP is an American architectural and engineering firm that was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. They opened their first branch in New York City, New York in 1937. SOM is one of the largest...
. Construction started in 1966 and the library opened in 1970. The library succeeded the Charles Deering Library as the main library on campus. The Deering Library
Deering Library
Charles Deering Library is located on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Deering Library 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,...
was connected to the main library through construction, and continues to house the University's special collections. Until the building's completion in 1970, the Deering Library
Deering Library
Charles Deering Library is located on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Deering Library 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,...
, now connected to the University Library, served as the primary library for the Evanston campus.
Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is an observatoryObservatory
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed...
, located on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
. The observatory was originally constructed in 1888. In the summer of 1939, Dearborn Observatory had to be moved to make way for the construction of the Technological Institute
Technological Institute
The Technological Institute, more commonly known as "Tech", is a landmark building at Northwestern University built from 1940 to 1942.It is the main building for students and faculty in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. The school of engineering itself was called...
.
Technological Institute
The Technological Institute, more commonly known as "Tech", is a landmark building at Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
. Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science following a major gift from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. It is the main building for students and faculty in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Established in 1909, the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science is one of eleven schools at Northwestern University. Most engineering classes are held in the Technological Institute, which students often refer to as "Tech." In October 2005, another building called the Ford...
. The construction of the building started in 1939 when Walter P. Murphy, a wealthy inventor of railroad equipment, donated $6.737 million. Murphy meant for the Institute to offer a new kind of “cooperative” educational model for the field, where academic courses and practical application in industrial settings were closely integrated. When the construction of Tech was completed in 1942, Northwestern received an additional bequest of $28 million from Walter P. Murphy's estate to provide for an engineering school "second to none."
To make room for the new building, the Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Kappa Psi is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on February 19, 1852. There are over a hundred chapters and colonies at accredited four year colleges and universities throughout the United States. More than 112,000 men have been...
fraternity house
Fraternity and sorority houses
North American fraternity and sorority housing refers largely to the houses or housing areas that fraternity and sorority members live and work together in...
and the Dearborn Observatory were moved, and the original Patten Gymnasium
Patten Gymnasium
Patten Gymnasium is a multi-purpose gymnasium in Evanston, Illinois. The original building, designed by George Washington Maher, opened in 1910 and was home to the Northwestern University Wildcats Basketball Team until 1940, when it was demolished and rebuilt farther north to make room for the...
was demolished. Ground was broken
Groundbreaking
Groundbreaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of construction for a building or other project. Such ceremonies are often attended by dignitaries such as politicians and...
for the new building on April 1, 1940 and the building was dedicated on June 15–16, 1942. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird & Root
Holabird & Roche
The architectural firm of Holabird & Root was founded in Chicago in 1880. Over the years, the firm's designs have changed many times — from the Chicago School to Art Deco to Modern Architecture to Sustainable Architecture.-History:...
in the shape of two letter E's, placed back to back and joined by a central structure. When it was built it was the largest building on Northwestern's Evanston campus.
In 1961, construction began on two new wings, which were added to the eastern ends of the building, along with additions to the library and physics wing. The expansion, dedicated in October 1963, was prompted by a $3.4 million contract awarded by the Advanced Research Agency of the Department of Defense
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military...
. In 1973, a new entrance terrace was dedicated, and in 1999, a ten-year, $125 million renovation of the Technological institute was completed. This renovation, undertaken by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, included extensive reconstruction of the interior of the original 1940 structure, replacing the mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems, and reconfiguring the laboratory and research space.
Additional buildings have been constructed around the original Technological Institute, connected together by pedestrian bridges to create what has been called the "Technological Campus". Among them are the Seeley G. Mudd Library for Science and Engineering opened in 1977, the Center for Catalysis and Surface Science in 1986, and Cook Hall in 1989. More recent additions to the "Technological Campus" include Hogan Hall, the Pancoe Life Sciences Pavilion, the Center for Nanofabrication, and the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center.
- The history of the Technological Institute from 1939 to 1969
- Information on the building from the Northwestern University archives
University Hall
University Hall is the oldest original building on the Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
campus. University Hall was actually the second building constructed on the Northwestern University campus. The building known as "Old College" was constructed as a temporary building in 1855, though it stood on campus until the 1970s. University Hall was designed in Victorian Gothic style by G. P. Randall, and is composed of Joliet limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
- the same kind used to build the Chicago Water Tower
Chicago Water Tower
The Chicago Water Tower is a contributing property in the Old Chicago Water Tower District landmark district. It is located at 806 North Michigan Avenue along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois...
. The construction materials were transported to the Evanston
Evanston, Illinois
Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
campus by lake boat and rail.
The cornerstone of the building was laid in 1868, and the structure was completed in 1869, at a total cost of $125,000. University Hall officially opened on September 8, 1869 and coincided with the inauguration of University President Erastus Otis Haven
Erastus Otis Haven
Erastus Otis Haven was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1880, and the president of several universities.-Biography:...
. Speakers at the opening ceremony included Illinois Governor John M. Palmer
John M. Palmer (politician)
John McAuley Palmer , was an Illinois resident, an American Civil War General who fought for the Union, the 15th Governor of Illinois, and presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party in the 1896 election on a platform to defend the gold standard, free trade, and limited...
, and the new University President Haven, who called the structure, "the new and elegant University Building". The clock in the tower of University Hall was the gift of the Class of 1879; its movement was built by clockmaker Seth Thomas
Seth Thomas (clockmaker)
Seth Thomas was an American clock maker and a pioneer of mass production at his Seth Thomas Clock Company.-Biography:Thomas was born in Wolcott, Connecticut, in 1785. He started in the clock business in 1807, working for clockmaker Eli Terry...
. In 1966, a new electrified clock replaced the old works, which are now located in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
University Hall took over most university functions from Old College and contained classrooms housing all University classes, the library, a chemical lab, a chapel, two society rooms and a fourth-floor natural history museum. University Hall contained Northwestern's primary library until the construction of Lunt Library in the 1890s. Though it was succeeded by Fayerweather Hall as the university's main building in 1887, University Hall served a variety of functions. Over the years University Hall has been the home of the central administration, the engineering school, a cafeteria, and faculty offices. University Hall underwent a $5.2 million renovation and was rededicated in 1993. The building is currently home to Northwestern's English department.
Alice Millar Chapel
The Alice S. Millar Chapel and Religious Center was funded by Foster and Mary G. McGaw, and was named in honor of Mr. McGaw’s mother, Alice S. Millar McGaw. The chapel was designed by Jensen and Halstead of Chicago. It is home to a 100-rank Aeolian-SkinnerAeolian-Skinner
Æolian-Skinner Organ Company, Inc. — Æolian-Skinner of Boston, Massachusetts was an important American builder of a large number of notable pipe organs from its inception as the Skinner Organ Company in 1901 until its closure in 1972. Key figures were Ernest M. Skinner , Arthur Hudson Marks ,...
organ, stained-glass windows, and a 151 feet (46 m) spire.
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
The Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.Levere Memorial Temple
The Levere Memorial Temple, headquarters of Sigma Alpha EpsilonSigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the only one founded in the Antebellum South...
Fraternity.
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
The Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.Blomquist Recreation Center
The Blomquist Recreation Center.Boat House
The Boat HouseByron S. Coon Sports Center
The Byron S. Coon Sports Center.Henry Crown Sports Pavilion/Norris Aquatic Center
The Dellora A. and Lester J. Norris Aquatics Center and Henry Crown Sports Pavilion, commonly known as SPAC, is the main athletic and recreational building on campus. Among SPAC's facilities are an Olympic-size swimming and diving pool, and courts that can be used for basketball, volleyball, and various racquet sports.In Spring 2002, construction was completed on an addition to SPAC, the Combe Tennis Center. The Combe Tennis Center houses six indoor tennis courts, and was designed by Pollock Holzrichter Nicholas Ltd. of Chicago, in association with the Renaissance Design Group. The center was named for the late Ivan Combe
Ivan Combe
Ivan DeBlois Combe was the inventor of personal-care products, most notably Clearasil and Odor Eaters. In 1949 he established his eponymous company Combe Incorporated in White Plains, New York....
, a 1933 graduate and life trustee of the University.
Lakeside Fields
Lakeside Fields.Nicolet Football Center
The Nicolet Football Center.Patten Gymnasium
Patten Gymnasium is a 5,500-seat multi-purpose arenaArena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
in Evanston, Illinois
Evanston, Illinois
Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
. The original arena, designed by George Washington Maher, opened in 1910 and was home to the Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
Wildcats
Northwestern Wildcats
The Northwestern Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Northwestern University, a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and the only private university in the conference. Northwestern has eight men's and eleven women's Division I sports teams. The mascot is Willie the Wildcat...
basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team
Team
A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. Teams are especially appropriate for conducting tasks that are high in complexity and have many interdependent subtasks.A group in itself does not necessarily constitute a team...
until 1940, when it was demolished and rebuilt farther north to make room for the construction of the Technological Institute
Technological Institute
The Technological Institute, more commonly known as "Tech", is a landmark building at Northwestern University built from 1940 to 1942.It is the main building for students and faculty in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. The school of engineering itself was called...
. It was used for twelve years before Welsh-Ryan Arena
Welsh-Ryan Arena
Welsh-Ryan Arena is an 8,117-seat multi-purpose arena in Evanston, Illinois. The arena opened in 1952 as McGaw Memorial Hall. It is home to the Northwestern University Wildcats basketball, volleyball and wrestling teams. It is located to the north of Ryan Field on the athletic campus, and also...
opened in 1952. The current, ivy-lined building has the original doors and statues from the old gym. It currently is the home to the women's fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
team, and occasionally hosts small concerts. It is named for James A. Patten
James A. Patten
James A. Patten was an American financier and grain merchant, born at Freeland Corners, Illinois He attended the common schools and was early a clerk, a farmer, and an employee in the Illinois State department of grain inspection , whence he learned the details and operation of the grain...
, former Evanston mayor, philanthropist, commodities broker, and NU board of trustees president.
The original 1,000-seat arena hosted the first NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship game in 1939.
Rocky Miller Park
Rocky Miller ParkRyan Field
Ryan Field is a stadiumStadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Evanston, Illinois
Evanston, Illinois
Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is primarily used for American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, and is the home field of the Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
Wildcats
Northwestern Wildcats
The Northwestern Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Northwestern University, a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and the only private university in the conference. Northwestern has eight men's and eleven women's Division I sports teams. The mascot is Willie the Wildcat...
football
Northwestern Wildcats football
The Northwestern Wildcats football team, representing Northwestern University, is a NCAA Division I team and member of the Big Ten Conference, with evidence of organization in 1876...
team. Ryan Field opened in 1926 and holds 49,256 people. The field is named after Patrick Ryan who was the chairman of the school's board of trustees. Prior to 1997, the stadium was named Dyche Stadium, for William A. Dyche, Class of 1882, former Evanston mayor and overseer of the building project.
The stadium originally consisted of two semi-circular grandstands on either sideline, with the west (home) sideline having a small, curved upper deck ending at twin concrete . Endzone seating was later added in the south endzone, and in 1952 McGaw Memorial Hall
Welsh-Ryan Arena
Welsh-Ryan Arena is an 8,117-seat multi-purpose arena in Evanston, Illinois. The arena opened in 1952 as McGaw Memorial Hall. It is home to the Northwestern University Wildcats basketball, volleyball and wrestling teams. It is located to the north of Ryan Field on the athletic campus, and also...
was built in the north endzone.
Besides boasting modern amenities such as a new workout room, it is said that the reason the stands were built five feet up was to prevent Northwestern students from rushing the field and destroying goalposts. Such occurrences were common when the field was still known as Dyche Stadium and Northwestern had upset victories over storied programs such as the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
in 1995. However, a stunning upset in 1996 over Michigan did not prevent students from clinging to the goalposts, nor did the walls prevent it again in 2005 after a double-overtime upset of then-#6 Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
. The stadium had an artificial turf surface from 1973 to 1996.
The Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
hosted their first home game of the 1970 season
1970 NFL season
The 1970 NFL season was the 51st regular season of the National Football League, and the first one after the AFL-NFL Merger.The merger forced a realignment between the combined league's clubs. Because there were 16 NFL teams and 10 AFL teams, three teams needed to transfer to balance the two new...
as an experiment due to the NFL demanding the Bears move out of Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales...
because the seating capacity
Seating capacity
Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...
was under 50,000. The Bears ended up moving to Soldier Field
Soldier Field
Soldier Field is located on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in the Near South Side. It is home to the NFL's Chicago Bears...
.
The closest transit stations are Metra
Metra
Metra is the commuter rail division of the Illinois Regional Transportation Authority. The system serves Chicago and its metropolitan area through 240 stations on 11 different rail lines. Throughout the 21st century, Metra has been the second busiest commuter rail system in the United States by...
commuter railroad's Central Street station
Evanston Central Street (Metra)
Evanston Central Street is the northernmost of the three commuter railroad stations in Evanston, Illinois, USA. It is an elevated station at Green Bay Road and Central Street, surrounded by a neighborhood of stores, restaurants and multi-story apartment buildings...
and Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA, is the operator of mass transit within the City of Chicago, Illinois and some of its surrounding suburbs....
's Central
Central (CTA Purple Line)
Central is a Purple Line station of the Chicago Transit Authority 'L' system. Located at 1024 Central Street in Evanston, Illinois , the elevated platform sits above Central Street, half a block west of Ridge Avenue...
station on the Purple Line
Purple Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
The Purple Line of the Chicago Transit Authority is a branch line on the northernmost section of the Chicago 'L' rapid transit network. Normally, it extends south from the Wilmette terminal at Linden Avenue, passing through Evanston to Howard Street, on Chicago's northern city limits...
.
Parts of the The Express
The Express
The Express is a 2008 American sports film produced by John Davis and directed by Gary Fleder. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Charles Leavitt from a book titled Ernie Davis: The Elmira Express, authored by Robert C. Gallagher...
, an upcoming film about Ernie Davis
Ernie Davis
Ernest "Ernie" Davis was an American football running back and the first African-American athlete to win the Heisman Trophy. Wearing number 44, Davis competed collegiately for Syracuse University before being drafted by the Washington Redskins, then almost immediately traded to the Cleveland...
starring Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid
Dennis William Quaid is an American actor known for his comedic and dramatic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the 1980s, his career rebounded in the 1990s after he overcame an addiction to drugs and an eating disorder...
, were filmed at Ryan Field.
- http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/architecture/building.php?bid=20
- http://www.collegegridirons.com/bigten/RyanField.htm
- http://football.ballparks.com/NCAA/Big10/Northwestern/
McGaw Memorial Hall/Shirley Welsh-Ryan Arena
The McGaw Memorial Hall/Shirley Welsh-Ryan Arena.Trienens Hall
Trienens Hall.Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of the Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
in Evanston
Evanston, Illinois
Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. The current director is David Alan Robertson.
Cahn Auditorium
Cahn Auditorium is an auditorium utilized for various performances and productions throughout the school year. With over 1,000 seats and an orchestra pit, it is the highest-capacity performance space on campus. The annual Waa-Mu Show, one of the best-known college productions in the country, is staged here. The auditorium was named for Bertram Cahn, a former civic leader, businessman, donor, trustee, and alumnus.Lutkin Memorial Hall
Lutkin Memorial Hall is a 400-seat auditorium, and is currently primarily used for student recitals. The stage is paneled in carved oak, and the building is in the simplified Gothic styleGothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
. The building is named in honor of Peter Christian Lutkin, who served as dean of the School of Music from 1883 to 1931.
Marjorie Ward Marshall Dance Center
The Marjorie Ward Marshall Dance Center.Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall is used for various musical performances at Northwestern. Albert Pick Jr. and Charles G. Staiger funded the project. The hall was named for Corinne Frada Pick, Pick’s wife, and Pauline Pick Staiger, his sister and Staiger’s late wife. The building was constructed mostly from precast concrete and glass. The auditorium has a sound-reflecting system of 30 plastic dishes to enhance the acoustics of the room.Regenstein Hall of Music
The Regenstein Hall of Music was funded by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation of Chicago. It is home to a 200-seat master-class lecture hall, musical practice facilities, and teaching studios.Theatre and Interpretation Center
The Theatre and Interpretation Center exists as an operational and administrative component of the SchoolSchool
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
of Communication
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
with the specific charge of producing, managing, funding and administering the performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
productions of the School of Communication, Department of Theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and Department of Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance studies have been growing as an academic field since the 1960s. Performance studies believe in the social act of Doing as it takes performance itself as the object of inquiry.The process of defining it becomes a practice in performance studies itself...
, including programmatic responsibility for theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, music theatre and dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
. The Center adheres to and reflects the academic mission of the University
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
, the curricular needs of the Theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and Performance Studies departments, the educational priorities of Communication students and exists in service to the campus and the greater community of the Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
area.
Each year, as many as forty productions are mounted in the Theatre and Interpretation Center. Of those forty, approximately eight are main stage productions staged in the Ethel M. Barber Theater and the Josephine Louis Theater and are directed by faculty, third-year MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
directing students, and guest artists. These productions include both classic and contemporary plays, dance performances and musical productions. In addition, the Theatre and Interpretation Center produces the annual Waa-Mu Show, an original student written and performed musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
and also the Summerfest which includes a two to three play series that is performed during the summer.
The center offers subscriptions for the entire season as well as for Summerfest. Currently there are over fifteen hundred subscribers who buy the season package. These patrons come from the University population as well as the neighboring communities.
Central Utility Plant
The Central Utility Plant.John Evans Alumni Center
The John Evans Alumni Center.Norris University Center
The Norris University Center.Shakespeare Garden
The Shakespeare Garden.Allison Hall
Allison HallAndersen Hall
Anderson HallWalter Annenberg Hall
Walter Annenberg Hall is home to the School of Education and Social PolicyNorthwestern University School of Education and Social Policy
Established in 1926, the School of Education and Social Policy or SESP is the smallest of the eight undergraduate and graduate institutions at Northwestern University...
. Named in honor of publisher, broadcaster, diplomat, and philanthropist Walter Annenberg
Walter Annenberg
Walter Hubert Annenberg was an American publisher, philanthropist, and diplomat.-Early life:Walter Annenberg was born to a Jewish family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on March 13, 1908. He was the son of Sarah and Moses "Moe" Annenberg, who published The Daily Racing Form and purchased The Philadelphia...
, the building was designed by Booth Hansen Associates. Clad in limestone and precast concrete panels, its exterior features were planned as a transition from the Gothic design of some adjacent buildings to the modern design of others. It houses classrooms equipped with the latest audiovisual and computer technologies.
Annie May Swift Hall
Annie May Swift Hall, and anarticle about renovations to Annie May Swift Hall Northwestern Magazine
Ayers College of Commerce & Industry
The Ayers College of Commerce & IndustryBrentano Hall
The Brentano HallCanterbury House
The Canterbury House.Catalysis Center
The Catalysis Center.Chambers Hall
Chambers Hall.College of Cultural & Community Studies
The College of Cultural & Community Studies.Cook Hall
Cook Hall, named for William A. "Bill" Cook and his wife Gayle.CRESAP Laboratory
The CRESAP Laboratory.Crowe Hall
Crowe Hall.Deering Meadow
Deering Meadow.Donald P. Jacobs Center
The Donald P. Jacobs Center.Engelhart Hall
Engelhart Hall.Evans ScholarsChick EvansCharles E. "Chick" Evans, Jr. was a leading amateur golfer of the 1910s and 1920s. Evans was the first amateur to win the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in one year, a feat he achieved in 1916. Evans went on to win the U.S. Amateur in 1920, while finishing runner-up three times...
House
The Evans Scholars House.The Family Institute at Northwestern University
The Family Institute.Fisk Hall
Initially housing Northwestern's preparatory school, which closed in 1917, Fisk Hall was named for the school's principal, Herbert F. Fisk, at the request of donor William DeeringWilliam Deering
William Deering was an American businessman and philanthropist.He inherited a woolen mill in Maine, but made his fortune in later life with the Deering Harvester Company.-Life:Deering was born April 25, 1826 in South Paris, Maine...
.
Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
The Ford Motor Company Engineering Design CenterThe Foster-Walker Complex
The Foster-Walker Complex.Frances Searle Building
The Frances Searle Building.Harris Hall
Harris Hall.Hogan Building
The Hogan Building.The Illinois Technology Enterprise Center
The Illinois Technology Enterprise Center.James L. Allen Center
The James L. Allen Center.John J. Louis Hall
The John J. Louis Hall.Kresge Hall
Kresge Hall.Lindgren HallJohn R. LindgrenJohn R. Lindgren was an American Banking executive.John Richard Lindgren was born in Chicago, Illinois, the only son of Charles Magnus Lindgren, a Swedish born ships captain and vessel-owner of Chicago. With Helge Alexander Haugan, Lindgren established the banking firm of Haugan & Lindgren in 1879...
Lindgren Hall.Locy Hall
Locy Hall.Lunt Hall
Lunt Hall.McManus Living-Learning Center
The McManus Living-Learning Center.Pancoe–Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Life Sciences Pavilion
The Pancoe–Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Life Sciences Pavilion.Parkes Hall
Parkes Hall.Rebecca Crown Center
The Rebecca Crown Center.Ryan Hall
Ryan Hall.Scott Hall
Scott Hall.Searle Hall
Searle Hall.Shanley Hall
Shanley Hall.Swift Hall
Funds for Swift Hall's construction were primarily donated by Jonathan Swift whose family had made a fortune in the meat packing industry. The building was designed by prominent Prairie Style architect George Maher around 1908.The McCormick Tribune Center
The McCormick Tribune Center.Chicago campus
The downtown ChicagoNear North Side, Chicago
The Near North Side is one of 77 well-defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located north and east of the Chicago River, just north of the central business district . To its east is Lake Michigan and its northern boundary is the 19th-century city limit of Chicago,...
campus of approximately 25 acres (101,171.5 m²), is home to the Feinberg School of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois and situated near Lake Michigan and the Magnificent Mile, is one of Northwestern University's 11 schools and colleges...
and Northwestern University School of Law
Northwestern University School of Law
The Northwestern University School of Law is a private American law school in Chicago, Illinois. The law school was founded in 1859 as the Union College of Law of the Old University of Chicago. The first law school established in Chicago, it became jointly controlled by Northwestern University in...
.
Abbott Hall
Abbott Hall has served as a dormitory and the University Gate is located here.Arthur Rubloff Building
The Arthur Rubloff Building houses a state of the art law library, auditorium and law school facilities.Feinberg Pavilion
The Feinberg Pavilion.Galter Pavilion
The Galter Pavilion.Health Sciences Building
The Health Sciences Building.Heating Plant
The Heating Plant.Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
The Jesse Brown VA Medical Center.Lake Shore Center
The Lake Shore Center started as an exclusive men's club and then served as a dorm; it is now being redeveloped and is no longer used by the University. In the summer of 2005, it closed.Levy Mayer Hall
Levy Mayer Hall is part of the original 1920's University, collegiate gothic style, campus. It is also the original Law School, and still houses many of its finest classrooms and lecture halls. It forms part of the Law School cloisterCloister
A cloister is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth...
McGaw Pavilion
The McGaw Pavilion.Medical Science Building
The Medical Science Building.Montgomery Ward Memorial Building
The Montgomery Ward Memorial Building (known as the Ward Building) at was built in the 1920s as part of the University's original downtown Chicago collegiate gothic style campus. It was constructed using a gift of $3 million (equivalent to $ million as of 2008) from Elizabeth J. Ward the widow of Montgomery WardAaron Montgomery Ward
Aaron Montgomery Ward was an American businessman notable for the invention of mail order.The mail-order industry was started by Aaron Montgomery Ward in 1872 in Chicago...
. It is one of the buildings used by the Feinberg School of Medicine; originally it also housed the university's dental school.
Morton Medical Research Building
The Morton Medical Research Building.Olson Pavilion
The Olson Pavilion.Prentice Women's Hospital and Maternity Center
Prentice Women's Hospital.Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.Robert McCormick Hall
Robert McCormick Hall forms part of the Law School cloisterCloister
A cloister is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth...
.