Beginning Street Number
154

End Street Number

STREET # SUFFIX

Street Name
School Street

PIN
Local
Within Local District?
No

Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?
C

Local Landmark?
No

Year

Local Landmark Eligible?
Potentially Eligible

Criteria
A, H

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Photo Id:
School154(2)
Building Details
Building name
 
Ground Floor Use
Residential Apartments 
Upper Floor Use
Residential Apartments 
Current Occupant
 
Zoning
R-8 
Number of Stories
2 
Property Index Number
1116404048 
National Register
NR District Contrib/Non-Contrib
C 
Within District?
No 
NR Landmark?
No 
Year
 
NR Eligible?
No 
Criteria
 
Alternate Address?
 
General Information
Category
Building 
Condition
Good 
Integrity
Moderate alterations 
Current Use
Education - school 
Historic Use
Education - school 
Secondary Structure
 
NR Second
 
Architectural Description
Architectural Classification
Colonial Revival 
Details
 
Other Year
2013 
Date source
Illinois Digital Archives/Assessor 
Wall Material (Current)
Brick 
Wall Material 2 (Current)
 
Plan
Rectangular 
No of Stories
2.5 
Roof Type
Combination 
Roof Material
Asphalt - shingle 
Foundation
Parged 
Porch
Front entry 
Window Material
Aluminum/vinyl 
Window Material 2
 
Window Type
Double Hung 
Window Configuration
8/12 
Significance
Built in 1939, this Colonial-Revival-style school building replaced the original Central School built in 1886. Although the building was slightly altered when converted to apartments in 2013, it still retains many of its historic elements, including roofline, cornice, fenestration patterns, and center entry with classical portico. 
Historic Features
U-shaped massing and multi-gable roofline; parapeted gable at west facade; symmetrical front facade with regular fenestration; center entry protected by classical porch; cupola 
Alterations
Replacement windows in original openings;balconies added to east facade and east and west facades of north wings; sliding doors with transoms in enlarged window openings at these balconies 
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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Photo Id:
School154(3)


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Photo Id:
School154(5)


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Photo Id:
School154(6)


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Photo Id:
School154


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Photo Id:
SchoolSt154(CentralSchool,1950s)


Historic Information
Old Address (city dir.year
Building Moved?
Moved From
Original Owner
Original Architect
Architect Source
Builder
Surveyor
LR
Surveyor Organization
Ramsey Historic Consultants
Survey Date
May-June 2016
Survey Area
Downtown Libertyville
Permit/Historic Information
Old Address
Date of Construction
Permit Moving Information
Moving Permit #
Date Moved
Original Permit Information
Building Permit #
Date
Building Permit Description
Cost
Original Owner Occupied?
Exterior Alteration Permits
Other Permit Information
COA Info
Historic Info
From Illinois Digital Archives (info from Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library): "Located on School Street, Central School was originally built in 1886. Beginning in 1898 high school classes met on the second floor until they met in their own building on Brainerd and Park Avenues in 1917. The original Central School was razed in the summer of 1939 , replaced by the new school pictured here."
Other Sources
Historic photograph of 1939 school building at Illinois Digital Archives (in collection of the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library): http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/1295/rec/9 Sanborn Maps: 1948 (Sheet 3)
Historic Info Compiler
LR
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