Save Mt. Prospect's Central School!
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The Mount Prospect Historical Society is working tirelessly to save Mount Prospect's 1896 Central School, a treasured one-room schoolhouse that is one of the oldest structures in town. It is well on its way to becoming once again a prominent feature of our town and an important community gathering place.
We’ve raised and expended $364,000 so far over the course of the project and made huge leaps forward in moving, renovating and restoring this incredible building. We've placed it on a new foundation, repaired the exterior, restored the roof, reinforced the floor, and installed brand new mechanical and safety systems. But there is still more to do—windows, insulation, interior walls, flooring, trim, and interior painting—before it can be used again as a community and education center.
The Village of Mount Prospect and the Mount Prospect Historical Society plan to re-enact in February 2017 the signing of the Village’s papers of incorporation, an event that occurred exactly 100 years earlier in this very building. So the time to complete the work is getting short. Your generous contribution in the next month or two will help us complete this project and allow the schoolhouse to come to life again as a community and education center. Won’t you please help?
Our town loves this schoolhouse, and we can't wait to use it again—to connect the past and present through this remarkable structure!
Find out more about the Central Schoolhouse and the Mt. Prospect Historical Society here!
Find out more about the Central Schoolhouse and the Mt. Prospect Historical Society here!
http://www.mtphist.org/
http://www.yourcentralschool.org/
Central School making its historic to the Mount Prospect Historical Society campus on May 28, 2008.
Children lining the streets on moving day.
Peterson Roofing Inc. restoring the roof of Central School in 2009.
#schoolhouse #oneroomschoolhouse #centralschool #education #history #museum #help
The Mount Prospect Historical Society is working tirelessly to save Mount Prospect's 1896 Central School, a treasured one-room schoolhouse that is one of the oldest structures in town. It is well on its way to becoming once again a prominent feature of our town and an important community gathering place.
We’ve raised and expended $364,000 so far over the course of the project and made huge leaps forward in moving, renovating and restoring this incredible building. We've placed it on a new foundation, repaired the exterior, restored the roof, reinforced the floor, and installed brand new mechanical and safety systems. But there is still more to do—windows, insulation, interior walls, flooring, trim, and interior painting—before it can be used again as a community and education center.
The Village of Mount Prospect and the Mount Prospect Historical Society plan to re-enact in February 2017 the signing of the Village’s papers of incorporation, an event that occurred exactly 100 years earlier in this very building. So the time to complete the work is getting short. Your generous contribution in the next month or two will help us complete this project and allow the schoolhouse to come to life again as a community and education center. Won’t you please help?
Our town loves this schoolhouse, and we can't wait to use it again—to connect the past and present through this remarkable structure!
Find out more about the Central Schoolhouse and the Mt. Prospect Historical Society here!
Find out more about the Central Schoolhouse and the Mt. Prospect Historical Society here!
http://www.mtphist.org/
http://www.yourcentralschool.org/
Central School making its historic to the Mount Prospect Historical Society campus on May 28, 2008.
Children lining the streets on moving day.
Peterson Roofing Inc. restoring the roof of Central School in 2009.
#schoolhouse #oneroomschoolhouse #centralschool #education #history #museum #help
Organizer
Lindsay Michele Rice
Organizer
Mount Prospect, IL
