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at 1100 N. Beech St. in

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. The Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School opened in 1869 as a home for the orphaned children of soldiers who had died in war. The Children's Village was built in 1930-31 as housing for children aged 3–8, as the school aimed to divide its housing by age.

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, the Illinois State Architect at the time, designed the houses in the

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style. Eight of the twelve new cottages were used for housing, while the other four were smaller and used for play areas. Each of the residential cottages is one story tall with a steep

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d roof and an arched entrance in one of the gable ends. The cottages were used by the school until it closed in 1979. Children's Village was added to the

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on May 21, 2018.

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National Register of Historic Places in McLean County, Illinois Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Tudor Revival architecture in Illinois Buildings and structures in Bloomington–Normal {{McLeanCountyIL-NRHP-stub