{"nrhp_refnum":"11000031","name":"Schurz, Carl, High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3601 N Milwaukee Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.948703014000046,"lon":-87.73642497799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-02-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Carl Schurz High School is a three-story brick public high school at 3601 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago's Irving Park community area. Its central block was built in 1909-1910, with wings added in 1915 and 1923-1924.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the school as an exceptional blend of Prairie Style and Chicago School architecture, and as one of the masterpieces of architect Dwight H. Perkins during his tenure with the Chicago Board of Education. It also reflects his school design ideas, including generous open space, assembly halls and community use. The building retains excellent integrity inside and out.","narrative":"Carl Schurz High School occupies an eight-acre site at 3601 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago's Irving Park area. The U-shaped, three-story building has orange and brown brick walls, clay-tiled gabled roofs with wide eaves, and terra cotta trim. Dwight H. Perkins designed the central block in 1909-1910. Arthur F. Hussander added the south wing in 1915, and John Christensen designed the north and rear triangle wings in 1923-1924, following Perkins's original concept. Projecting piers and pylons recall Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Style, while the gridlike walls echo Louis Sullivan's Chicago School work. Inside, the former assembly hall, now the library, has a shallow dome and murals painted by students in 1940 and 1941 under muralist Gustav Brand. The school is significant as a well-preserved example of Perkins's progressive school design, which favored open grounds, assembly halls and community use, and as a unified building completed in stages by three architects. It remains in use as a school.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Dwight H. Perkins (central block, 1909-1910); Arthur F. Hussander (south wing, 1915); John C. Christensen (north wing and triangle wing, 1923-1924)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Prairie School/Chicago","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a school; the exterior and interior are described as virtually unchanged from their original appearance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.434224-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/8920/28892086/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/11000031.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000031/836bf6016c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000031/836bf6016c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Paul R. Burley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Schurz_High_School_Chicago_2021-4766.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul R. Burley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Schurz_High_School_Chicago_2021-4766.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892086","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schurz_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5040786"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/schurz-carl-high-school-11000031/"}