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Pittsfield East School is located in
Pittsfield, Illinois Pittsfield is a city in and the county seat of Pike County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,576 at the 2010 census, an increase from 4,211 in 2000. History Pittsfield was initially settled by settlers from New England. These settl ...
, Pike County,
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. The building was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1971.


History

The East Ward School, built between 1861 and 1866, was designed by architect John M. Van Osdel, who also designed the
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in
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, as well as the Governor's Mansion in Springfield. John Houston of Griggsville built the school for the contract price of $35,000, which was financed by bonding. The building is stone (boated from Joliet on the Illinois river) and brick burned in Pittsfield. Both the grade school and high school were located in this building. Its large clock and bell were donated by Colonel Ross and mounted in the tower. The school closed in 1955 and was unoccupied until 1978 when it was renovated and became the home of the Pike County Historical Society and the Pike County Historic Museum.


Pike County Historical Society Museum

Today the building houses the '
Pike County Historical Society
Museum, with artifacts and exhibits of local history. The Society also owns and provides tours of the John Shastid House.


See also

Other locations listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Pittsfield include, Pittsfield Historic District and the John Shastid House.


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External links


Pike County Historical SocietyOld photo of the school
- Pike County Historical Society {{National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Pike County, Illinois Museums in Pike County, Illinois History museums in Illinois Defunct schools in Illinois School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois School buildings completed in 1866