{"nrhp_refnum":"08000678","name":"Libertyville High School Brainerd Building","other_names":["Libertyville Township High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"416 W. Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Libertyville","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.285646848000056,"lon":-87.95824428999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-07-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick and limestone school building at 416 West Park Avenue in Libertyville, Lake County, Illinois, built in 1916 and opened in 1917 to designs by architect Horatio R. Wilson, with later additions in 1925 and 1929.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the building as locally significant for its role in public education in Libertyville Township and central Lake County, drawing students from a wide surrounding area. It also treats the building as a well-preserved example of early twentieth-century school architecture, with later additions by another architect.","narrative":"Brainerd Building is a former high school on a 4.72-acre block in Libertyville, Illinois. Built in 1916 and opened in 1917, it was designed by architect Horatio R. Wilson. Additions followed in 1925, with four classrooms, and in 1929, with a gym, locker rooms, stage and more classrooms designed by John A. Scribbins. The red-brown brick and limestone main building combines Neo-Classical, Colonial and Georgian details, including arched stone entrance porticoes with broken pediments and ionic pilasters. The adjoining Jackson Gym is closer to Collegiate Gothic in character. Inside, many original pine floors, walnut and oak trim, and terrazzo corridors survive. Students came from across central Lake County, many by train, electric car or on foot, and the school served them until 1999. It was later used as a movie set and now sits vacant, with water damage in the lower level and a need for roof, window and masonry repairs. Its local importance in education supported its listing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Horatio R. Wilson (architect of record, 1916); John A. Scribbins (architect of 1929 addition)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revival: Collegiate Revival, Collegiate Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant and deteriorating. Used by Libertyville High School until 1999, then briefly as a film set in 2000; the roof, windows, masonry and lower level need repair.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.676309-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/80/8933/28893380/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/08000678.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000678/f7669f2ede-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000678/f7669f2ede-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Libertyville_High_School_Brainerd_Building_(8612074368).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Libertyville_High_School_Brainerd_Building_(8612074368).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893380","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129256112"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/libertyville-high-school-brainerd-building-08000678/"}