National Register of Historic Places

St. Thomas Catholic High School for Boys

Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Listed
October 4, 2018
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
100002826

About this property

St. Thomas Catholic High School for Boys is a former Catholic high school building at 921 W. State Street in Rockford, Illinois. The Diocese of Rockford opened the school along with a corresponding girls' school in 1929 to address rising enrollment. Rockford architect Wybe Jelles Van der Meer designed the school in the Gothic Revival style, which was commonly used for Catholic churches and schools. The school's design borrows elements from several subtypes of Gothic Revival, including Tudor Gothic and Collegiate Gothic. It includes a gable roof with a side gable at its eastern end, multicolored brick striping on the first floor, dormers on the north and south sides of the roof, a stone entrance bay with a turret, and trefoil arches and windows. The school closed in 1963 and has since been used as an office building by several Catholic organizations. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 4, 2018.

Location

921 W State
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
42.27471, -89.10234

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

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

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When was St. Thomas Catholic High School for Boys listed on the National Register?

St. Thomas Catholic High School for Boys was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 4, 2018.

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St. Thomas Catholic High School for Boys is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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