EVANSTON - Northwestern University will once again open the doors of some of its prized architectural structures for Open House Chicago, a free public festival presented by the Chicago Architecture Foundation.
On Oct. 14 and 15, the seventh annual event will offer tours of more than 200 buildings in and around Chicago, including four locations on Northwestern’s Evanston campus: Alice Millar Chapel, Dearborn Observatory, Deering Library and Ryan Field, which is a new addition to the program this year.
Northwestern’s sites received about 3,800 visits during the 2016 festival.
“Northwestern is proud to once again partner with the Chicago Architecture Foundation to open our doors at a number of our architectural gems on campus,” said Alan Anderson, executive director of neighborhood and community relations at Northwestern. “This year we are excited to add Ryan Field to this list of impressive venues here in Evanston. We hope that the thousands of guests who visit see the amazing architecture but also learn the wonderful history of Northwestern and Evanston.”
Other Evanston locations participating in Open House Chicago include Sketchbook Brewing Co., the Evanston History Center, American Toby Jug Museum and a number of significant homes and churches.