Charles Warrington Earle School
- Architects
- William August Fiedler William Bryce Mundie
- Year
- 1897
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- Chicago, IL
Charles Warrington Earle School opened in 1897 in West Englewood, one of dozens of schools Chicago built to keep pace with compulsory-education laws and a surge of European immigration. School board architect William August Fiedler designed the Renaissance Revival building along Progressive Era lines, emphasizing better layout, lighting, and ventilation than earlier schoolhouses.
the building
Outgrowing its design. Built for 600 students, the school was overwhelmed by West Englewood's rapid settlement, and the school board doubled its size with a 1900 addition designed by William Bryce Mundie.
the style
Fiedler's Renaissance Revival design was standard for Progressive Era Chicago schools, prioritizing functional improvements — light, air, and circulation — over architectural display.
More on Renaissance Revivalthe architect
William August Fiedler worked as a Chicago school board architect in the 1890s; William Bryce Mundie designed the school's 1900 addition.
significance
The school served students for more than a century before closing in 2013 alongside more than fifty other Chicago public schools, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 2021.
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