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Lyman Trumbull Elementary School
Trumbull School, ca. 1920. Courtesy of Edgewater Historical Society. Lyman Trumbull Elementary School 5200 North Ashland Avenue Historical profile by Julia S. Bachrach At the end of the 2012-2013...
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Wendell Phillips Academy High School
Wendell Phillips High School, ca. 1940. Courtesy of Bill Latoza. Wendell Phillips Academy High School 244 East Pershing Boulevard Historical profile by Elizabeth A. Patterson An imposing building by...
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Alexander von Humboldt Elementary School
The 1896 Humboldt School designed by W. August Fiedler. Courtesy of Bill Latoza. Alexander von Humboldt Elementary School 2622 West Hirsch Avenue Historical profile by Julia S. Bachrach and Bill Latoza...
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Jacob Riis School
Named for one of the nation’s most famous photojournalists and social reformers, Jacob Riis School was located at 1111 South Throop Avenue. It was designed by Chicago school architect Arthur Hussander...
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Walter Scott Elementary School
Located at 6435 South Blackstone Avenue, Walter Scott School opened in 1896. Designed by W. August Fiedler, the building had seventeen rooms and an assembly hall. By the mid-1990s, the school had been...
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Ariel Community Academy and North Kenwood Oakland Charter Elementary School...
Ariel Community Academy North Kenwood Oakland Charter Elementary School 1110 East 46th Street Historical profile by Julia S. Bachrach Ariel Community Academy, Chicago, IL, c.1880s. Flanders &...
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Isabelle O’Keeffe Elementary School
O’Keeffe School, ca. 1935. Courtesy of Bill Latoza. Isabelle C. O’Keeffe Elementary School 6940 Merrill Avenue Historical profile by Elizabeth A. Patterson O’Keeffe Elementary School honors Isabelle...
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George D. Tesch (1891–?)
George D. Tesch served as a Chicago Board of Education staff architect for many years. Born in New Jersey, Tesch practiced architecture in Ohio for a few years before arriving in Chicago. Hired by the...
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Richard Yates School
Richard Yates School 1839 North Richmond Historical profile by Julia S. Bachrach Yates School, ca. 1900. Courtesy of Bill Latoza. In 1896, when construction began on a new school that would be located...
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Haven School
15th Street and Wabash Avenue Historical profile by Elizabeth A. Patterson The second Haven School, erected in 1884 and demolished in 1974, was designed by John J. Flanders. Archives, Chicago Board of...
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Ravenswood Elementary School
Ravenswood School, 1915. Chicago Public Library, Sulzer Regional Library. http://digital.chipublib.org/cdm/ref/collection/rvw/id/2505 Ravenswood Elementary School 4332 North Paulina Street Historical...
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Jose De Diego Elementary Community Academy
Tuley High School (Jose De Diego Elementary School), ca. 1955. Courtesy of Chicago Board of Education Archives. Jose De Diego Elementary Community Academy 1313 North Claremont Avenue Historical profile...
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Alfred Nobel Elementary School
Nobel School, ca. 1930. Courtesy of Chicago Board of Education Archives. Nobel School 4127 W. Hirsch Street Historical profile by Julia S. Bachrach In 1909, The American School Board Journal described...
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Grover Cleveland School
Grover Cleveland School. Courtesy of Chicago Board of Education Archives. Grover Cleveland School 3121 West Byron Historical profile by Julia S. Bachrach Grover Cleveland School is considered one of...
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