Evanston Civic Center
Marywood Academy | |
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Location | 2100 Ridge Ave., Evanston, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 42°3′24″N 87°41′14″W / 42.05667°N 87.68722°W |
Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
Built | 1900 |
Architect | Schlacks, Henry |
Architectural style | Georgian Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 06000007[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 9, 2006 |
The Evanston Civic Center, historically known as Marywood Academy, is a historic building located at 2100 Ridge Avenue in Evanston, Illinois. The building was built in 1900 as Visitation Academy to serve as a girls' Catholic school led by the Visitation Sisters. Architect Henry J. Schlacks gave the building a Georgian Revival design that featured a tripartite massing with a base, middle, and cornice; limestone quoins and belt courses; and Doric pilasters and an architrave molding around the entrance. The Sisters of Providence purchased the school in 1915 and renamed it Marywood Academy; the school operated as Marywood Academy until 1970, reaching a peak enrollment of 532 in the 1964–65 school year. The building was later sold to the City of Evanston and now serves as the city's civic center.[2]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 9, 2006.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Gardner, Barbara (August 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Marywood Academy" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-03. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
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- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- Georgian Revival architecture in Illinois
- Government buildings completed in 1900
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois
- Buildings and structures in Evanston, Illinois
- Cook County, Illinois Registered Historic Place stubs