The story
North School was constructed in 1938, nearly ninety years after the village's first school opened in 1849.
Everything that was here
- 1938–present
North SchoolSchool
Built in 1938 as an elementary school.
See the map in 1939 → - Date unknown · still open
Arlington Heights Park District officesGovernment
The Park District runs its operations from an old schoolhouse.
Nearby history
Arlington Heights Historical Museum (Müller House)
500 N Vail Ave · 281 m away
The founder's own home became the village museum.
Nathaniel Moore Banta House
514 N Vail Ave · 284 m away
An educator-author's Arts and Crafts home beside his father-in-law's soda factory.
Eleven-story apartment building
115 N Evergreen Ave · 335 m away
The tallest thing on the block replaced a movie palace.
Arlington Heights Metra Station
45 W Northwest Hwy · 373 m away
Rebuilt in 2000, still the anchor of downtown.
Recreation Park
500 E Miner St · 429 m away
A WPA park with the village's first pool.
Vail-Davis Building
25 W Davis St · 456 m away
Shops below, 16 apartments above, and a Depression-era loss for its builder.
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