Shakespeare Garden (Evanston, Ill.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Shakespeare Garden (Evanston, Ill.)
Coordinates
-87.6761 -87.6761 42.0567 42.0567 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Gardens Illinois
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q14688082
Library of congress: sh2002002787
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: NUCMC data from Evanston Historical Society (Evanston, Ill.) for Garden Club of Evanston (Evanston, Ill.). Shakespeare Garden records, 1927-1990(Shakespeare Garden, Evanston, Ill.; est. 1915; located on the campus of Northwestern University)
  • Northwestern Univ. WWW Home page, Sept. 24, 2002(Shakespeare Garden, Evanston, Ill.)

Wikipedia description:

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 Garden Club of Evanston, which still maintains the area. In 1988, the garden was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

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