Pleasant Grove School (Eden, Illinois)

The Pleasant Grove School is a historic school building located in Logan Township, Peoria County, Illinois, near the community of Eden. The one-room schoolhouse was built in 1856 to educate the children of Pleasant Grove, the name for the surrounding community at the time. The school was built on the same property as the community's church, which has since been demolished, and its cemetery. Local stonemason Joel Lobaugh built the school from locally quarried, rough coursed limestone; his design was utilitarian, with limestone window sills and lintels being the only decorative elements. The school served students until 1945, when all of Logan Township's schools consolidated into a single school in Eden.[2]

Pleasant Grove School
Nearest cityEden, Illinois
Coordinates40°40′41″N 89°50′43″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1856 (1856)
Built byLobaugh, Joel
NRHP reference No.94000435[1]
Added to NRHPMay 19, 1994

The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1994.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Kenyon, Leslie H. (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Pleasant Grove School" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved January 10, 2016.


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