Building name:

Ground Floor Use: Residential Apartments

Upper Floor Use: Residential Apartments

Current Occupant: Residential Apartments

Zoning: R-8

Number of Stories: 2

Property Index Number: 1116404048

Within Local District?: No

Local Dist Contrib/Non-Contrib?: C

Local Landmark?: No

Year: No

Local Landmark Eligible?: Potentially Eligible

Criteria: A, H

NR District Contrib/Non-Contrib: C

Within District?: No

NR Landmark?: No

Year: No

NR Eligible?: No

Criteria: No

Alternate Address?: No

Category: Building

Condition: Good

Integrity: Moderate alterations

Current Use: Education - school

Historic Use: Education - school

Secondary Structure: Education - school

NR Second: Education - school

Architectural Classification: Colonial Revival

Details: Colonial Revival

Other Year: 2013

Date source: Illinois Digital Archives/Assessor

Wall Material (Current): Brick

Wall Material 2 (Current): Brick

Plan: Rectangular

No of Stories: 2.5

Roof Type: Combination

Roof Material: Asphalt - shingle

Foundation: Parged

Porch: Front entry

Window Material: Aluminum/vinyl

Window Material 2: Aluminum/vinyl

Window Type: Double Hung

Window Configuration: 8/12

Significance: Built in 1939, this Colonial-Revival-style school building replaced the original Central School built in 1886. Although the building was slightly altered when converted to apartments in 2013, it still retains many of its historic elements, including roofline, cornice, fenestration patterns, and center entry with classical portico.

Historic Features: U-shaped massing and multi-gable roofline; parapeted gable at west facade; symmetrical front facade with regular fenestration; center entry protected by classical porch; cupola

Alterations: Replacement windows in original openings;balconies added to east facade and east and west facades of north wings; sliding doors with transoms in enlarged window openings at these balconies

Old Address (city dir.year: Replacement windows in original openings;balconies added to east facade and east and west facades of north wings; sliding doors with transoms in enlarged window openings at these balconies

Building Moved?: Replacement windows in original openings;balconies added to east facade and east and west facades of north wings; sliding doors with transoms in enlarged window openings at these balconies

Moved From: Replacement windows in original openings;balconies added to east facade and east and west facades of north wings; sliding doors with transoms in enlarged window openings at these balconies

Original Owner: Replacement windows in original openings;balconies added to east facade and east and west facades of north wings; sliding doors with transoms in enlarged window openings at these balconies

Original Architect: Replacement windows in original openings;balconies added to east facade and east and west facades of north wings; sliding doors with transoms in enlarged window openings at these balconies

Architect Source: Replacement windows in original openings;balconies added to east facade and east and west facades of north wings; sliding doors with transoms in enlarged window openings at these balconies

Builder: Replacement windows in original openings;balconies added to east facade and east and west facades of north wings; sliding doors with transoms in enlarged window openings at these balconies

Surveyor: LR

Surveyor Organization: Ramsey Historic Consultants

Survey Date: May-June 2016

Survey Area: Downtown Libertyville

Old Address: Downtown Libertyville

Date of Construction: Downtown Libertyville

Moving Permit #: Downtown Libertyville

Date Moved: Downtown Libertyville

Building Permit #: Downtown Libertyville

Date: Downtown Libertyville

Building Permit Description: Downtown Libertyville

Cost: Downtown Libertyville

Original Owner Occupied?: Downtown Libertyville

Exterior Alteration Permits: Downtown Libertyville

Other Permit Information: Downtown Libertyville

COA Info: Downtown Libertyville

Historic Info: From Illinois Digital Archives (info from Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library): "Located on School Street, Central School was originally built in 1886. Beginning in 1898 high school classes met on the second floor until they met in their own building on Brainerd and Park Avenues in 1917. The original Central School was razed in the summer of 1939 , replaced by the new school pictured here."

Other Sources: Historic photograph of 1939 school building at Illinois Digital Archives (in collection of the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and Cook Memorial Public Library): http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/cookmemo11/id/1295/rec/9 Sanborn Maps: 1948 (Sheet 3)

Historic Info Compiler: LR

Volunteer: LR