Elizabeth Peabody Public School
- Architect
- W. August Feidler, Architect for the Board of Ed
- Year
- 1894
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- Chicago, IL
The Elizabeth Peabody School at 1438-1454 W. Augusta Boulevard opened in 1894 to relieve overcrowding in West Town, where immigration and new education laws had swelled enrollment at existing schools. W. August Fiedler, chief architect of the Chicago Board of Education, designed it as one of his first buildings in that role, and it served students continuously until closing in 2013.
the building
A hybrid school design. Fiedler's design combines the standardized, utilitarian form Chicago had used for school buildings since the 1870s with decorative elements borrowed from the Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque styles.
the style
The building's Romanesque Revival detailing came from Fiedler's Richardsonian Romanesque influences layered onto an otherwise standardized 1870s Chicago school plan, a hybrid that marked one of his first designs as the Board of Education's chief architect.
More on Romanesque Revivalthe architect
W. August Fiedler served as chief architect for the Chicago Board of Education, and the Peabody School was among the first buildings he produced after taking that role.
significance
The school is a Chicago Landmark (L-338), designated December 14, 2016, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in December 2017.
nearby
- Polish Museum of America
- Holy Trinity Church
- Polish National Alliance Building
- Holy Innocents Church
- John Lathrop Motley Public school
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Church