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South Side School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	209 S. College Ave. Geneseo, Illinois
Coordinates	41°27′4″N 90°9′33″W / 41.45111°N 90.15917°W / 41.45111; -90.15917
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1889
Architect	Ross, J.W.; Volk Construction Co.
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	75002142^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1975

The South Side School in Geneseo, Illinois was built in 1889. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[1]

It replaced "The American House" that served as a boarding house for out-of-town visitors from 1854.^[2] The South Side School was designed by architect John W. Ross and was built by Volk Construction Co.^[1] It was demolished, controversially, in 1979.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Full text of "Geneseo centennial history : 1836-1936"". archive.org. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
^ Stone, Mary Ida (1981). Geneseo, Illinois: The First 150 Years Sesquicentennial History Genealogy. Geneseo, Illinois: Geneseo Historical Association. p. 45. ASIN B000BUFF2C.

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South Side School (Geneseo, Illinois)

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