National Register of Historic Places

Charles Warrington Earle School

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Listed
March 15, 2021
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
100006227

About this property

The Charles Warrington Earle School is a historic school building at 6121 S. Hermitage Avenue in the West Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Opened in 1897, the school was one of many built to serve Chicago's growing student population in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a result of compulsory education laws and an influx of European immigrants to the city. School board architect William August Fiedler designed the Renaissance Revival school; his plan was typical of Progressive Era school designs, which focused on improving the layout, lighting, and ventilation of schools. Though the school was built to serve six hundred students, settlement in West Englewood outpaced its capacity, and in 1900 the school board doubled the school's size with an addition. The school served Chicago students for over a century before closing along with over fifty other public schools in 2013. The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 2021.

Location

6121 South Hermitage Ave.
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
41.78260, -87.66732

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Charles Warrington Earle School listed on the National Register?

Charles Warrington Earle School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 2021.

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Charles Warrington Earle School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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