Roosevelt Junior High School (Decatur, Illinois)
Roosevelt Junior High School | |
| Location | 701 W. Grand Ave., Decatur, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 39°51′23″N 88°57′54″W / 39.85639°N 88.96500°W |
| Area | 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) |
| Built | 1917-21 |
| Built by | Kravel, H.B. |
| Architect | Brooks, Bramhall & Dague |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000462[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 9, 2002 |
Roosevelt Junior High School is a historic school located in Decatur, Illinois, United States. Built from 1917 to 1921, the school was the second exclusive middle school in the city after the now-closed Centennial Junior High School. Decatur architectural firm Brooks, Bramhall & Dague designed the school in the Collegiate Gothic style, a popular choice for educational buildings at the time. The three-story building is built from red brick and features terracotta trim designed to resemble stone. The front entrance is designed to resemble a castle's keep, with octagonal turrets on either side and the extensive use of terracotta to form arches, piers and spandrels. The rest of the building features buttresses and Gothic arches throughout, and a battlement surrounds the edge of the roof. The school operated continuously from its opening until 2000.[2] In recent years, the building has been converted to an apartment complex.[3]
The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2002.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Baldwin, Susan M.; Bills, Cindi (January 15, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Roosevelt Junior High School" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- ^ https://www.decaturtribune.com/2022/08/17/city-beat-lots-of-memories-in-those-old-school-buildings/