Immaculata High School (Chicago) Explained

Immaculata High School
Designated Other1 Name:Chicago Landmark
Designated Other1 Date:July 27, 1983
Designated Other1 Abbr:CL
Designated Other1 Link:Chicago Landmark
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. aaccff
Location:600 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates:41.955°N -87.6458°W
Built:1921
Architect:Byrne, Barry
Architecture:Moderne
Added:August 30, 1977
Refnum:77000476

Immaculata High School was an all-girls Catholic high school located in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It was open from 1921 to 1981.

The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

The campus buildings received Chicago Landmark status on July 27, 1983. Still standing at Irving Park Road and Marine Drive, they were designed by Prairie School architect Barry Byrne, a onetime apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright.[1] The sculpture of Mary above the entrance, now removed, was the work of frequent Byrne collaborator Alfonso Iannelli.[2]

The Immaculata High School records are currently housed at the Women and Leadership Archives.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.cityofchicago.org/Landmarks/I/ImmaculataHS.html Immaculata High School and Convent Buildings
  2. Book: Sinkevitch, Alice. AIA Guide to Chicago. Petersen. Laurie McGovern. 2004-01-01. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0156029081. en.
  3. Web site: Women and Leadership Archives: Loyola University Chicago. Loyola University Chicago - Women and Leadership Archives. 2016-05-08.