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From the Archives: Old Central School, Circa 1896

Take a glimpse into Lemont's past, courtesy of the Lemont Area Historical Society.

The Lemont Area Historical Society has generously offered to share photos and accompanying information with Patch readers each week, depicting people, places and things from the village's storied past.

This week's featured photo is of what has commonly known as Old Central School, located at 400 McCarthy Road. The photo depicts the original structure, which was built in 1869 and opened in 1870.

An addition was made to the building in 1896 to accommodate high school facilities. Three more additions were built in 1956, 1958 and 1963.

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The building has since been converted to condominiums.

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Discover more about Lemont history at the historical society museum in the Old Stone Church at 306 Lemont St. The museum is open to the public and welcomes visitors. For more information, visit the LAHS web site at http://www.lemonthistorical.org/ or contact lemontahs@sbcglobal.net.

The Lemont Area Historical Society also invites readers to share their photos of Lemont’s past, to be added to the LAHS archives.

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