Sexton School

Address: 160 W. Wendell St. Year Built: 1882 Architect: Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: June 7, 1978

This is one of the city's oldest surviving school buildings and one of its earliest high schools, built to serve the North Side of Chicago. Italianate in design, it features the classical details, bracketed cornice, and elaborate pediment often associated with that style. After its conversion in 1902 to an elementary school, it was renamed for James A. Sexton, a manufacturer who also served five years as postmaster of Chicago.