{"nrhp_refnum":"05001369","name":"Chana School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 N. River Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oregon","county":"Ogle County","state":"IL","lat":42.01984596500006,"lon":-89.32415020199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Chana School is a wooden two-room schoolhouse on River Road at the east side of Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois. The original room was built in 1883 and the second room and bell tower were added in 1893; the building was moved to this site in 1998.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is a good local example of a two-room rural schoolhouse with Italianate details, under Criterion C. Its L-shape with the corner removed, its bell tower and its semi-circular coat room walls are unusual for a rural school. It is described as the only two-room, wooden frame rural schoolhouse in Ogle County and one of few such schools with integrity left in Illinois.","narrative":"Chana School is a wooden two-room schoolhouse built in 1883 as a one-room school and enlarged in 1893 with a second, smaller room and a connecting bell tower. The result is an L-shaped plan with the corner removed, and the larger room has two semi-circular front walls enclosing its coat rooms. Details include Italianate window and door crowns, cedar shutters and pressed tin ceilings. The school served Pine Rock Township until 1953 and later housed a bus garage and highway salt storage. Scheduled for demolition in 1998, it was cut in half and moved to a site facing the Rock River in Oregon, then restored over five years with much volunteer labor. It is listed for architecture as a local example of the two-room rural school. It is described as the last wooden two-room school standing in Ogle County and a rare survivor in Illinois. It now serves as a museum and meeting space.","period_of_significance":"1883 - 1893","architect_builder":"Haymaker, Joel","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate; Other: Two-Room Schoolhouse","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restored between 1998 and 2003, described as in excellent condition, and now used as a museum and community meeting hall.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.342434-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/8937/28893795/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/05001369.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001369/406f72c0c4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001369/406f72c0c4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oregon,_Illinois_Chana_School_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oregon,_Illinois_Chana_School_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893795","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chana_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5070403"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/ogle-county/chana-school-05001369/"}