Northwestern University
Life Span: 1852-1871
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Chicago Tribune, January 12, 1855
A GOOD CHANCE PLACE
To buy for a country seat in a grove by near the Lake shore, with the conveniences of a Railroad, and only eleven miles from Chicago.
We are offering for sale, on very liberal terms terms, a large quantity of Lots and Lands in and near the newly laid out Village of Evanston.
The town of Evanston lies on the shore of Lake Michigan, eleven miles north of Chicago communicating with the city by means of the Chicago, and Milwaukee Railroad, on which the cars will be running as far as Evanston by the 1st or 15th of October; also, by means of a plank road now in process of construction, and ultimately by boats on the lake. Evanston was recently laid out by the Trustees of the North-western University.
The University is located on the lake shore, in a beautiful grove, near the centre of the town. Its endowment is progressing rapidly, and has already reached $200,000, aside from scholars in sales, the latter having already reached nearly $100,000. It is the intention of the Trustees to have an endowment of $300,000, and there is not a doubt but that they will realize that amount within the next three years. The erection of the University Buildings will be commenced in the spring. A large Building for a Biblical Institution is now in process of completion and will be opened for the admission of students by the 1st of December next. The site of Evanston, for beauty and healthfulness, is not surpassed by any village in the West. There is a large settlement in the vicinity, and during the present sickly season there has not been a case of cholera and only one death, from one disease, within two miles of the town.
Its gentile elevation above the surrounding country fits numerous forest trees, its lake breezes and lake views, make it both for beauty and health, all that the most fastidious could desire.
It is designed to make Evanston a literary centre for the Northwest, and as soon as arrangements can be made for Primary and Academic Schools, parents will find everything desirable for the education of their children, and on a scale unsurpassed in the counting of more than one hundred and fifty lots have already been purchased for improvement, and the erection of several dwellings and houses commenced. A large lot of lumber has been received from the Lake, and will be sold at a slight advance above Chicago prices. A plat of Evanston may be seen at our office, No. 45 Clark street, Chicago, Illinois, where we respectfully invite all persons wishing to make purchases in that direction to call and learn our prices and terms.
F. R. Benson & Co.
Real Estate Agents, 45 Clark st., Chicago.
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