Dore School

Dore School
Life Span: 1868-~1950; Addition 1893
Location: Corner of Harrison and Desplaines
Architect: A. Bauer

Edwards’ Annual Directory in the City of Chicago, for 1870

Dore School

Edwards’ Annual Directory in the City of Chicago, for 1873
Dore School, H. H. Belfield, prin. ns Harrison nr. Halsted

Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1876
Dore School, Henry H. Belfield, prin. 211 W. Harrison

Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1880
Dore School, A. Henry Vanzwoll, prin. W. Harrison nr. Halsted

Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1904
Dore School—Joseph A. Bache, prin. 217 W. Harrison

Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1910
Dore—Fred J. Watson, prin. 758 W. Harrison, Branch, 771 Ewing

Chicago Evening Post, December 18, 1867

The Dore School.
On the West Side Mr. Bauer has also erected for the city a solidly built brick school house, known as the Dore School, situated on the corner of Harrison and Desplaines streets. Its dimensions are eighty-seven by sixty-nine feet front, four stories high, containing fourteen class rooms, each twenty-seven by thirty-three, and an exhibition hall, thirty-nine by sixty-six feet. This school edifice will cost in the neighborhood of forty thousand dollars.

Chicago Tribune, February 3, 1903

These are pupils of the Dore school in Harrison street, near Halsted, who are so absorbed in their studies that they petitioned the board of education and obtained an extension of the school day from five to six hours. They are the apprentices to the bricklaying and stone setting trades who are being educated at the expense of their employers, the building contracters. Trustee Thomas Gallagher of the board education evinced his interest in The Tribune’s account of the contractors’ project by visiting the school yesterday afternoon and addressing the 123 boys on the merits of the plan. In his remarks he dwelt on the hopes entertained by. Chicago educators that the time would come when the apprentices of all trades would be given technical instruction during the slack months of their callings.

Every day the boys listen to a lecture on the principles of construction delivered by E. Bradford. Mosher, who is an assistant to Architect Mundie of the board of education. Principal Joseph A. Bache, realizing the important part that danger from injury plays in part of a journeyman, has also secured Dr. J. S. Nagel of the College of Physicians and Surgeons to instruct the young artisans in the methods of first aid to the injured. The Architects’ association sends two lecturers a week to illustrate the principles of modern building methods.

Supt. Cooley said yesterday that he favored trade schools, and would indorse reasonable plans for the establishment of a school for carpenters.

“The boys in the Dore school are much in earnest regarding their studies and do much and good work,” said the superintendent. “If application is made for a carpenters’ school I will recommend its establishment along the lines used in the brick mason application me a school.”

Directory of the Chicago public schools, 1902

DORE (19th Ward),
758 W. Harrison St., near Halsted St., Principal, George A. Beers
Metropolitan “L” to Halsted St. station, one and one-half blocks south.
Halsted St. or Blue Island Ave. car to Harrison.
Harrison St. car to Halsted.

Assembly Hall, Fourth Floor.

Playgrounds: One used by boys and girls, 65×110 ft.

Bath Room
Cooking (equipment)
Kindergarten, 60 chairs
Manual Training (equipment)
Penny Lunch Room
Pupils, 825
Rooms, 26
Seats, 978
Teachers, 21
Scale, 10 ton
Classes for subnormals
Classes for truants
Engineer, Charles Mitchell.

Juvenile Court Branch—758 Forquer St., near Halsted St. Halsted St. car to Forquer, half block east.

Playgrounds: One used by boys and girls, 85×85 ft.

Gymnasium
Rooms, 5
Seats, 125
Pupils, 122
Teachers, 5
Janitress, Amelia Williams.

Chicago Tribune, October 14, 1942

Oldest School in Chicago.
The Dore school, believed by A. Looper (Oct. 8) to be the oldest in Chicago, is 10 years younger than the Brown school at Wood street and Warren avenue, which bears the date of 1857.

This school was named for William H. Brown, school agent,” or business manager, from to 1853, who proved his interest in the public schools by donating his salary to the school fund during his incumbency. His portrait, painted by the Fassetts, hangs in the upper hall. The school’s 85th anniversary will be celebrated this year.

In 1856 the Chicago Historical society was formed with Brown as its first president. It was largely thru his friendship with Abraham Lincoln that the original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation was given to the society.
Carolyn D. Tyler.

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