{"nrhp_refnum":"06000005","name":"Garrison School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1105 N. Court St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rockford","county":"Winnebago County","state":"IL","lat":42.289213534000055,"lon":-89.08561447499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Garrison School is a brick school complex at 1105 North Court Street in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. The original two-story school was built in 1887 and enlarged in 1892, with a gymnasium added in 1920 and an octagonal addition in 1969.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant locally under Criterion A for education. It is the oldest surviving school building in Rockford and reflects the growth of the city's school system and population. It is also the work of the Bradley architectural firm, and its 1920 gymnasium doubled as a neighborhood community center.","narrative":"Garrison School, at 1105 North Court Street in Rockford, Illinois, is a cream-colored brick school built in 1887 to serve the city's growing northwest end. George Bradley and Son designed the original two-story building, with four classrooms added in 1892 that doubled its size. The hipped roof, gabled bays, stone frieze and limestone foundation give the older section its character. A Colonial Revival gymnasium by Peterson and Johnson followed in 1920, and an octagonal classroom wing by Orput & Orput was added in 1969; the later wing is not counted as contributing. The school is the oldest surviving school building in Rockford. Its expansions track the city's rapid population growth during the furniture boom and the arrival of Swedish and Italian immigrants. The gymnasium hosted sports, plays, assemblies and community programs, making the school a neighborhood center. It also represents the long-running Bradley architectural firm. The most prominent facades remain largely unaltered.","period_of_significance":"1887 - 1955","architect_builder":"Bradley, George","architectural_style":"Late Victorian; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as work in progress; the gymnasium windows are boarded up to protect the building, with some glazing missing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.249723-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/8944/28894419/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/06000005.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000005/82f2709573-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000005/82f2709573-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"IvoShandor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rockford_Il_Garrison_School3.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">IvoShandor</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:Rockford_Il_Garrison_School3.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894419","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_School_(Rockford,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16738635"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/winnebago-county/garrison-school-06000005/"}