Oakton Historic District
The Oakton Historic District is a residential historic district in south central Evanston, Illinois.
The Oakton Historic District is a residential historic district in south central Evanston, Illinois. The district includes 203 contributing buildings, most of which were developed between 1913 and 1940. Development on Evanston's lakeshore began in the mid-nineteenth century, but the land that became the district was part of a large farm owned by the Mulford family at the time; once the family had sold most of its land, the area was platted in 1890. Most of the residences in the district are single-family houses, a product of Evanston's early zoning laws. The houses reflect the popular architectural trends of the early twentieth century; the Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, and American Craftsman styles are most common.
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Worth seeing in and around Oakton Historic District
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851, it is the oldest chartered university in Illinois.
3.6 km · private university in Evanston, Illinois, U.S. · Wikipedia - 02Leather Archives and Museum
The Leather Archives & Museum is a community archives, library, and museum located in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Founded by Chuck Renslow and Tony DeBlase in 1991, its mission is making “leather, kink, BDSM, and fetish accessible through research, preservation, education and community engagement." Renslow and DeBlase founded the museum to combat the loss and suppression of leather and fetish community history during the AIDS crisis.
3.4 km · archives and museum of the Leather subculture · Wikipedia - 03Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. The observatory was originally constructed in 1888, through an agreement between the university and the Chicago Astronomical Society.
3.6 km · astronomical observatory in Evanston, Illinois · Wikipedia - 04North Shore Channel
The North Shore Channel is a 7.7 mile long canal built between 1907 and 1910 to increase the flow of North Branch of the Chicago River so that it would empty into the South Branch and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Its water is generally taken from Lake Michigan to flow into the canal at Wilmette Harbor.
2.5 km · canal in Illinois, United States of America · Wikipedia - 05Northwestern University Libraries
Northwestern University Libraries is the academic library system of Northwestern University. Northwestern Libraries host a total of 8,198,268 printed or electronic volumes.
3.3 km · academic and research library system · Wikipedia - 06The Block Museum of Art
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 and Leigh B. Block donated funds to Northwestern University for the construction of an art exhibition venue.
3.3 km · museum in Evanston, Illinois · Wikipedia - 07Deering Library
Charles Deering Memorial Library is an academic library of Northwestern University, a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Deering served as the university's main library on the Evanston campus from 1933, when it was established, until the construction of the Northwestern University Main Library in 1970.
3.3 km · library at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois · Wikipedia - 08Gerber/Hart Library
The Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, founded in 1981, is the largest circulating library of gay and lesbian titles in the Midwestern United States. Located in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, it houses over 14,000 volumes, 800 periodical titles, and 100 items in the archival collection.
3.1 km · library in Chicago, United States, United States · Wikipedia - 09Indian Boundary Park
Indian Boundary Park is a 13-acre urban park in the West Ridge neighborhood of North Side, Chicago, Illinois.
1.8 km · park in Chicago, Illinois · Wikipedia - 10Joseph J. Gentile Arena
The Joseph J. Gentile Arena, formerly known as the Joseph J. Gentile Center or "The Joe", is a 4,486-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. The arena opened in 1996.
3.6 km · sports venue at Loyola University Chicago · Wikipedia
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Getting to Oakton Historic District
- Airports
- Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 19 km · Chicago Midway (MDW), 27 km · General Mitchell (MKE), 104 km
- Stations
- Noyes, 3.7 km · Foster, 3.2 km · Evanston Davis Street, 2.5 km · Evanston Main Street, 1.1 km
- Milwaukee → Oakton Historic DistrictTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Oakton Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inChicago Executive Airport: A second designated reliever airport, it is an increasingly popular airport for chartered flights based in Wheeling and Prospect Heights.
- Get inWaukegan Regional Airport: A third designated reliever airport, the Waukegan Regional Airport receives chartered flights.
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Next door to Oakton Historic District
Oakton Historic District is 20 km from Chicago, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Rogers Parkneighborhood in Chicago2.2 km
- West Ridgecommunity area in Chicago, Illinois2.8 km
- Rogers Park Manor Bungalow Historic Districthistoric district in Chicago2.2 km
- Evanston Lakeshore Historic Districthistoric district in Illinois, United States1.7 km
- Evanston Ridge Historic Districthistoric district in Illinois, United States2 km