West Pullman Elementary School
- Architects
- W. August Fiedler William Bryce Mundie John C. Christensen
- Year
- 1894
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Chicago, IL
West Pullman Elementary School went up in 1894 to serve a fast-growing corner of the South Side, feasible in part because the land itself had been donated to the school district, cutting the project's cost. School board architect W. August Fiedler designed the Romanesque Revival building, faced in red brick with rounded arched windows and ornamental brickwork; it closed in 2013 during a wave of Chicago public school closings.
the building
1900 addition. William Bryce Mundie doubled the school's capacity with a 1900 addition, introducing Classical Revival touches — terra cotta decoration and a bracketed cornice — atop Fiedler's original Romanesque design. A third addition in 1923 by John C. Christensen matched the earlier two sections.
the style
The original building is Romanesque Revival, with round-arched windows and patterned brickwork typical of school board architect Fiedler's work; the 1900 addition folded in Classical Revival ornament, giving the composite building a mixed-style history across its three building campaigns.
More on Neoclassicalthe architect
W. August Fiedler served as Chicago's school board architect in the 1890s; William Bryce Mundie designed the 1900 addition, and John C. Christensen added a matching third section in 1923.
significance
Added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 2018, after closing in 2013 as part of a citywide wave of Chicago Public Schools closures.
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