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1 Evanston E Block Sculpture Garden
40 Arts Circle. Tel (847) 491-4000.
Evanston, on the shores of Lake Michigan, 14 miles (22 km) Open 10am–5pm Tue, Sat & Sun;
north of Chicago, offers stunning beaches, charming 10am–8pm Wed–Fri.
boutiques and restaurants, and exciting museums, art The Block Museum’s sculpture
galleries, and theater. Originally known as Ridgeville, it began garden showcases 20th-century
sculpture. Among the garden’s
as a community of farmers from New England, and Irish and treasures are two large, bronze
German immigrants. In 1850, a group of Chicago Methodists abstract sculptures by British
bought a large tract of lakefront land, opening Northwestern artist Barbara Hepworth
University five years later. Ridgeville changed its name to (1903–1975) and an intriguing
Evanston in 1857 to honor John Evans, one of the university’s movable bronze sculpture
by Spanish artist Joan Miró
founders. By the 1870s, wealthy Chicagoans, in search of (1893–1983).
cleaner neighborhoods, were moving to Evanston. Many of
their mansions still stand. E Mary and Leigh Block
Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle. Tel (847) 491-4000.
Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sun,
10am–8pm Wed & Fri. 7 8
call for details. Lectures, films,
concerts. ∑ blockmuseum.
northwestern.edu
Artwork from the 14th century
onward and thematic historical
displays are featured at this art
museum of Northwestern
University, one of the US’s top
university museums. Major
exhibits also often stop here.
P Grosse Point Light Station
Charles Gates Dawes House, overlooking Lake Michigan 2601 Sheridan Rd. Tel (847) 328-6961.
Closed hol weekends. & 8
Exploring Evanston Northwestern University. mandatory: Jun–Sep: 2, 3, 4pm Sat,
Many of Evanston’s attractions Sheppard sold the mansion in Sun. ∑ grossepointlighthouse.net
are concentrated in the historic 1909 to Charles Gates Dawes, This lighthouse was built in 1873
downtown around Grove Street who went on to become US in response to one of the worst
and Sherman Avenue, an area vice-president under Calvin maritime disasters on the Great
easily explored on foot. Other Coolidge. The restored Lakes – the 1860 sinking of the
interesting districts include those 25-room house, home to the paddle wheeler Lady Elgin, in
at Central Street, and at Chicago Evanston Historical Society, which nearly 300 people died.
Avenue and Dempster Street. showcases the period 1925–9. During the summer, visitors
The large lakefront university can climb to the top of the
campus, the buildings of which P Frances Willard House lighthouse for wonderful views
reflect widely varied architectural 1730 Chicago Ave. Tel (847) 328-7500. of the town and lake.
styles, provides greenspace ideal Open 1–4pm 1st & 3rd Sun of month A maritime museum is on
for strolling. Or you can saunter or by appt. Closed major hols. & 8 the lower floor. Plants native
along Forest Avenue to see the mandatory. = ∑ franceswillard to Illinois are grown in the
historic mansions built for house.org
Chicago’s wealthy. Pioneering suffragist and
Woman’s Christian Temp erance
P Charles Gates Dawes Union (WCTU) activist Frances
House and Evanston Willard lived here from 1865
History Center until her death in 1898.
225 Greenwood St. Tel (847) 475-3410. This quaint, Gothic Revival style
Open 1–4pm Thu–Sun. Closed major (see p28) house, built by Willard’s
public hols. & (children under 6 free). father in 1865, is now a museum
8 mandatory. 7 ∑ evanston devoted to Willard’s life and the
historycenter.org history of the WCTU. The world’s
This massive Chateauesque oldest voluntary, non-sectarian
mansion was designed in 1894 women’s organization, the WCTU
by Henry Edwards-Ficken for is best known for its campaign Grosse Point Light Station, guiding ships
Robert Sheppard, treasurer of against alcohol. since 1873

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