Coonley, Avery, School
National Register of Historic Places

Coonley, Avery, School

Downers Grove, Du Page County, Illinois
Listed
August 7, 2007
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
07000477

About this property

The Avery Coonley School (ACS), commonly called Avery Coonley, is an independent, coeducational day school serving academically gifted students in preschool through eighth grade (approximately ages 3 to 14), and is located in Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois. The school was founded in 1906 to promote the progressive educational theories developed by John Dewey and other turn-of-the-20th-century philosophers, and was a nationally recognized model for progressive education well into the 1940s. From 1943 to 1965, Avery Coonley was part of the National College of Education (now National Louis University), serving as a living laboratory for teacher training. The school moved to Downers Grove in 1916 and became the Avery Coonley School in 1929, with a new 10.45-acre (4.23 ha) campus designed in the Prairie and Arts and Crafts styles, landscaped by Jens Jensen. Avery Coonley was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Location

1400 Maple Ave.
Downers Grove, Du Page County, Illinois
41.78901, -88.01988

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ARCHITECTUREEDUCATIONLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Coonley, Avery, School listed on the National Register?

Coonley, Avery, School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 7, 2007.

What type of historic resource is Coonley, Avery, School?

Coonley, Avery, School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Coonley, Avery, School is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1906.

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