Central School
An elementary school on McCarthy Rd, in the middle of things: 144 places within a five-minute walk. One of 27 schools & childcare in Lemont.















On the National Register since 1975

Lemont Central Grade School
Lemont Central Grade School was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 7, 1975. It is significant for its architecture at the state level.
The Lemont Central Grade School is a former school building at 410 McCarthy Road in Lemont, Illinois. The school was built in 1869 to replace Lemont's first school, which opened in 1836 when the area was still largely rural. Locally quarried limestone was used to construct the school; at the time, limestone production was one of the city's main industries. Architect John Barnes of Joliet designed the Victorian build…
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410 McCarthy Rd
The nearest neighbor is Lemont High School 1896, 1 min walk away.
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