District 121 Schmuhl School - New Lenox, IL - One-Room Schoolhouses on Waymarking.com

Built in 1933 on the southeast corner of Schoolhouse Road and US Route 30, this brick building was constructed to replace the original one-room schoolhouse.

The schoolhouse continued to serve in its educational capacity until 1996 - mostly as a Kindergarten classroom. The school district deemed the property as surplus and wanted to sell for commerical development along the busy US Route 30 highway.

In 1999, the New Lenox Area Historical Society and the Forest Preserve District of Will County worked together to move (click to see photo of school on girders) the building across the street into the Hickory Creek Preserve. The New Lenox Area Historical Society is in the process of rehabilitating the schoolhouse to reflect its original 1932 design.

Original or Re-creation?: Re-located Original Year the school first opened.: 09/01/1933 Year the school closed.: 06/01/1996 Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no Address: NE corner of Schoolhouse Road and US Route 30 New Lenox, IL USA 60451 Web Address (if available): [Web Link] Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: Not Listed

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Date Logged Log   08/25/2010 Artthur visited it