Anyone who has lived through a Chicago winter knows how dependent the entire city is on fossil fuels to battle temperature extremes — but not this home. Using a geothermal system, the structure was engineered to draw on the consistent ground temperature of 55 degrees Fahrenheit from wells dug 600 feet deep to efficiently heat and cool the interior.

Schoolhouse in Lincoln Park, IllinoisDetermined to preserve this historic school building and teach their children environmental responsibility in the process, a couple converted the building into a sustainable home. A geothermal heating system stands up to freezing Chicago winter temperatures.

(Photo by Erich Schrempp Photography)

External look surrounded by nature

old brick, window details style, modern windows actually works

modergon

old school building

school exterior

Schoolhouse Reborn (Chicago)

This will look similar to the drawings

Dream space

roof top area above OUR master suite

Love the brickwork.

the square footage, the inside as well as the outside of the building is aesthetically appealing.

Converted schoolhouse. Lincoln, IL

I've always wanted to take an old building and repurpose it into a home...lets see how they do this school

A something else building?

Love this whole project

thinking outside the box and going green

schoolhouse turned home!

בית יפה

Geothermal

orange/brown exterior

good

Love the look.

old school house building

This is the closest picture I can find in Houzz to what the front of the house might look like. I like the look of Gallery 701 on Whaley in Columbia.

Like the idea of opening this all up and having the old character building.

Love the hand made looking bricks, and especially the arched windows.

Old schoolhouse in Lincoln Park

school turned to home

Sorority?

skool verander na 'n huis

old chicago schoolhouse converted into a mega-amazing home...love it

My dream since 1999 I've wanted to turn the ordinary into the extrordinary. My first building was a small one room school (ordinary in it's time) and turn it into our home with the original chalk boards still displayed, (extrordinary). Since then I've wished for a warehouse, an old firehouse and an old church to reinvent it's look...atleast the inside. I wish my dream home could come true soon.

Geothermal heat

Dream!!

Very elegant feature.....

windows border

Cool idea.

I'm in love with entire house. WOW

old school house