The designs and functionality of the school were strongly based on circular messages issued by the Illinois Office of Public Instruction.

A garage built in the same year is also on the school site and has not been altered since its construction.

As the last functioning one-room school in Illinois, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1982.

[2] The school was built with a simple wooden frame and followed the rules issued by the Illinois Office of Public Instruction.

[2] West Chicago Elementary School District 33 is responsible for maintaining the building, which is too dilapidated to use as a museum.