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Longfellow
Elementary is the only school in Rock Island’s historic KeyStone
neighborhood. Diamond patterns enliven the brick walls of this 1934
Tudor-style school, and delicately-carved stone finials line the roof
above its main entrance. Like many other historic schools across the
state, however, Longfellow faces an iuncertain future. Every year, Illinois loses several architecturally
significant schools statewide, which are replaced due to consolidation,
deferred maintenance, and misconceived new construction. Other
neighborhood schools with an unclear future are Hubble Middle School
(1925) in Wheaton and Edison Middle School (1914) and Dr. Howard
Elementary School (1910) in Champaign.
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