Designed by Dwight H. Perkins, Trumbull (and its sister building on the West side, Tilton) represented a leap forward in school design when constructed. The building was named for United States senator Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), who, as chairman of the judiciary committee, co-authored the 13th Amendment. Late in life, Trumbull represented Eugene V. Debs before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Shuttered by the city and sold as part of a controversial wave of 50 school closures in June of 2013, Trumbull has since re-opened as a private Waldorf school with annual tuition of over $20,000.
Short notice of the laying of the cornerstone for Trumbull in the Chicago Tribune, Oct 4, 1908.
