{"nrhp_refnum":"99000114","name":"Churchville School","other_names":["Fischer School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3N 784 Church Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bensenville","county":"DuPage County","state":"IL","lat":41.93551605300007,"lon":-87.95406147499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, front-gabled frame one-room schoolhouse on Church Road in the Churchville settlement near Bensenville, in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois. It was established in School District #3 in 1846, and the exact construction date is not documented.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is locally significant under Criterion A in the area of education as a well-preserved one-room schoolhouse. It is described as one of very few such schools in DuPage County still intact at its original location. It served Addison Township and Elmhurst families from about 1846 until 1930.","narrative":"Churchville School is a one-room frame schoolhouse on Church Road near Bensenville, in northeastern DuPage County, Illinois. Its school district was organized in 1846, on land donated by the Fischer family, local German immigrant farmers. The building is rectangular and front-gabled, with Greek Revival details such as a wide frieze, cornice returns and corner pilasters. It sits on a rock-faced limestone foundation, has clapboard siding and cedar shingles, and carries a belfry above a vestibule that was added early. Children from Bensenville, Elmhurst and Addison Township attended until 1930, and the school became English-only in 1886. A group of former students restored it in 1967-1968. The nomination highlights the building because most one-room schools in the county were demolished, moved or converted, while this one survives intact at its original site. Period furnishings and a frame privy remain on the grounds, and the school hosted a living history program in the 1990s.","period_of_significance":"1846-1930","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and retaining historic integrity; listed as not in use, though the owner used it for a living history program in 1995-1997.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.515078-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/8927/28892795/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/99000114.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000114/70306cd776-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000114/70306cd776-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChurchvilleSchool.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08 at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChurchvilleSchool.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892795","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchville_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5118279"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/dupage-county/churchville-school-99000114/"}