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built 1931-35 and with current city data crediting Paul Gerhardt , Sr., Designated as a Chicago landmark on November 15, 2012. the public record begins with concrete facts and can move outward into institutional planning and community service and public life.
Du Sable High School
4934 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois
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- Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
- Address: 4934 S. Wabash Ave.
- Built: 1931-35.
- Architect: Paul Gerhardt , Sr.
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Why It Matters
Du Sable High School stabilizes institutional planning, community service and public life, and how buildings shaped neighborhood identity in one public landmark record.
That public anchor is what allows later work on ownership, alteration, neighborhood setting, and interpretation to build outward in a disciplined way.
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Landmark Context
Du Sable High School is located at 4934 S. Wabash Ave in the city's landmark record. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1931-35 and credits Paul Gerhardt , Sr. It was designated on November 15, 2012. Du Sable High School becomes more than a passing image once those facts are held together with institutional planning, community service and public life, and how buildings shaped neighborhood identity.
Du Sable High School becomes materially clearer through entries, wings, and later additions, yards, courts, or campus relationships, and how the building addresses the street. Read carefully, those details begin to explain how public or community-serving institutions left long physical traces in the neighborhood.
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Du Sable High School gains a fuller record through board minutes or annual reports, permit records, and photographs, directories, and local coverage. Those records help separate what the landmark file says from what the longer building history actually shows.
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1931-35
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Construction period recorded in city landmark data
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Chicago's public landmark data records Du Sable High School as built in 1931-35.
November 15, 2012
Designation
Chicago individual landmark designation
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City of Chicago designated Du Sable High School as an individual landmark on November 15, 2012.
February 2026
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City landmark address list and data portal record
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Du Sable High School remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.
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Place Snapshot
- Place
- Du Sable High School
- Location
- 4934 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois
- Coverage
- Exact
Key Facts
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- Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
- Place type
- Campus / Institutional
- Current status
- Preserved
- Address
- 4934 S. Wabash Ave.
- Built
- 1931-35
- Architect
- Paul Gerhardt , Sr.
- Designated
- November 15, 2012
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Paul Gerhardt , Sr.
1931-35
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