Point School

Point School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Site of the school
Location	6976 N. Vincennes Trail, Grant Park, Illinois
Coordinates	41°13′22″N 87°37′53″W / 41.22278°N 87.63139°WCoordinates: 41°13′22″N 87°37′53″W / 41.22278°N 87.63139°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1854
Architectural style	One-room school
NRHP Reference #	92001539[1]
Added to NRHP	November 5, 1992

Point School was a one-room schoolhouse located at 6976 N. Vincennes Trail near Grant Park, Illinois. The school was built in 1854 to serve Yellowhead Township District #8, one of nine school districts in the county. As was typical of Midwestern one-room schoolhouses, the school was a white rectangular frame building; it featured a gable front and three windows along each of the sides. The school operated until 1948, when it was closed due to school consolidation in the area. While Kankakee County once had 151 one-room schoolhouses, an Illinois Historic Preservation Agency survey in 1992 determined that the Point School was one of only three one-room schoolhouses that still stood at its original site and had not been significantly altered.^[2]

The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 5, 1992.^[1] It is no longer standing at its original site.

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Newton, David (August 6, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Point School" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved November 25, 2016.