Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Evanston

EVANSTON, a city in Cook co., Ill.; on Lake Michigan and on the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroads; 12 miles N. of Chicago. It includes the villages of Rogers Park and South Evanston; is delightfully laid out; and has gas and electric light plants; electric and elevated railroads to Chicago; Holly system of waterworks, weekly newspapers, National bank. It is the seat of Northwestern University (M. E.) founded in 1851, largely endowed and of high repute, with a library and a museum. It is the seat also of the Garrett Biblical Institute, Winchell Academy, and of the Evanston College for Women, founded in 1871. The Dearbon Observatory was transferred here from Chicago in 1888, and dedicated the following year as a department of Northwestern University. Pop. (1910) 24,978; (1920) 37,215.