Anthony Overton Elementary School
Chicago, United States
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Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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Located at 221 E. 49th Street in Chicago's Grand Boulevard neighborhood, Anthony Overton Elementary School is a mid-century modern school building designed by the architectural firm Perkins & Will and completed in 1963. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the structure represents the modernist approach to educational architecture that characterized postwar American school design. The building is currently undergoing conversion into a community arts center by the Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- school building
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Chicago, United States
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