Crow Island School

Crow Island School is an elementary school in Winnetka, Illinois. Several architects worked together to design the building. Eero Saarinen worked with the architectural firm of Perkins, Wheeler and Will.http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/perkins.html  Oral History interview regarding design of school The building was finished in 1940. It is different from many other schools because of its design and its ideas about education. Now, kindergarten through fourth grade students go to this school.

The first jungle gym is here. It used to be at the Horace Mann School, but that school building was taken down in 1940. People who ran the school moved this special playground equipment to the Crow Island School then."J" is for Jungle Gym from Winnetka, Illinois Historical Society

The building won the Twenty-five Year Award in 1971.The American Institute of Architects. Twenty Five Year Recipients . Retrieved April 20 2011. The school was named a National Historic Landmark in 1990.

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Category:National Historic Landmarks of the United States
Category:Buildings and structures in Illinois
Category:Schools in Illinois
Category:1940 establishments in Illinois