Charter Oak Schoolhouse
Appearance
Charter Oak Schoolhouse | |
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Nearest city | Schuline, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 38°5′21″N 89°47′38″W / 38.08917°N 89.79389°W |
Built | 1873 |
Architect | William M. Holcomb |
Architectural style | Octagon Mode |
NRHP reference No. | 78001181 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 11, 1978 |
The Charter Oak Schoolhouse is a historic octagonal school building in Schuline, Illinois, located on the Evansville/Schuline Road between Schuline and Walsh. Built in 1873, it served as a public primary school until 1953. The school was one of 53 octagonal schoolhouses built in the United States, of which only three survive. The building is now used as a museum by the Randolph County Historical Society and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Architecture
The
clapboard and rests on a concrete foundation. 53 octagonal schoolhouses were built in the United States, of which the school was the only one built in Illinois.[2] The school is one of three of these octagonal schoolhouses which is still standing.[3]
History
Built in 1873, the Charter Oak Schoolhouse was the third public school built at its location. The first school building was a simple log structure built in 1848. The second school building, a frame structure constructed in 1863, was destroyed by a
interpretive center of the history of the one-room schoolhouse.[2] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 11, 1978.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b Sculle, Keith A. (December 8, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Charter Oak Schoolhouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
- ^ a b "Charter Oak School". Archived from the original on February 22, 2012.