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Your Central School

Welcome! This web resource documents the ongoing restoration of the Mount Prospect Historical Society’s 1896 one-room Central School. The school is among Mount Prospect’s oldest and most historic buildings.

After more 15 years of continuous fundraising, the building has moved to the Society’s museum campus, and is FINALLY finished. 

The goal of the Mount Prospect Historical Society is to again fulfill its historic roles of education center, community gathering space, and historic treasure.

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Mount Prospect Historical Society
101 South Maple Street
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
847.392.9006
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The Mount Prospect Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is committed to preserving the history of Mount Prospect, IL, through artifacts, photographs and both oral and written memories of current and former residents and businesspeople.  On its campus in the heart of the Village, the Society maintains the 1906 Dietrich Friedrichs house museum, the ADA-accessible Dolores Haugh Education Center and the 1896 one-room Central School, which was moved to the museum campus in 2008, renovated and opened to the public in 2017, the 100-year anniversary of the Village.

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