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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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South Side School (Geneseo, Illinois)

The South Side School in Geneseo, Illinois was built in 1889. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

It replaced "The American House" that served as a boarding house for out-of-town visitors from 1854. The South Side School was designed by architect John W. Ross and was built by Volk Construction Co. It was demolished, controversially, in 1979.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Full text of "Geneseo centennial history : 1836-1936"". archive.org. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  3. ^ Stone, Mary Ida (1981). Geneseo, Illinois: The First 150 Years Sesquicentennial History Genealogy. Geneseo, Illinois: Geneseo Historical Association. p. 45. ASIN B000BUFF2C.