Roycemore School - History

History

Roycemore School was founded in 1915 as an all-girls school. It became co-ed in 1962.

Originally located in north Evanston, Illinois, near Northwestern University, Roycemore's signature Prairie Style building was designed by noted Prairie School architect Thomas Eddy Tallmadge . Tallmadge, who worked with the renowned Daniel H. Burnham, later taught at Armour Institute (Illinois Institute of Technology). The former Roycemore School building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, based upon its unique open Prairie Style school floor plan .

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