Pittsfield East School - Pittsfield, IL
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N 39° 36.567 W 090° 48.057
15S E 688784 N 4386721
Built c. 1861-1865 and has been placed 51st on the National Register of Historic Places.
Waymark Code: WMZGYP
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2018
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County of site: Pike County
Location of site: 400 E. Jefferson St., Pittsfield
Built: 1865
Architect: John M. Van Osdel
Architectural Style: Italianate - Lombard Romanesque
"Dr. H. F. Koeper of the Chicago Circle Campus of the University of Illinois has completed and architectural study of the 1862-1866 school building designed by John M. Van Osdel. The following is from Dr. Koeper's report:
The East School is the only building of Van Osdel's still standing which has not been altered. The red brick school building illustrates the Lombard Romanesque motifs (pilaster strips and corbelled detailing), much the same style used by James Renwick in the Smithsonian Institution. Van Osdel's design is grave rather than picturesque and reveals a classical sobriety which governed his designs. The building has a bracketed wood cornice and is topped with a two-stage clock tower." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
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