First Congregational Church of Austin, also known as Greater Holy Temple of God in Christ, is a historic church at 5701 West Midway Place in Chicago, Illinois. The church was built in 1905 for a Congregational assembly; it was later used by Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, and Church of God in Christ congregations. A Chicago building permit was issued on August 15, 1905 according to the Chicago Tribune of August 16, 1905. Architect William Eugene Drummond, a student of Louis Sullivan and a sometime employee of Frank Lloyd Wright, designed the church in the Prairie School style; it is an unusual example of a Prairie School church and influenced Wright's Unity Temple which was designed after the original church burned on June 4, 1905. The one-story building consists of a tall central section with massive piers and a smaller section to either side. The entrance is recessed in the base of the central section; the doorway features lintels and posts that continue the building's rectilinear emphasis. Leaded glass windows are recessed in the spaces between the central section's piers.[2]
First Congregational Church of Austin | |
.jpg) Photo of the church from the Historic American Buildings Survey (the statue was not part of the original design by Drummond) | |
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| Location | 5701 W. Midway Place Chicago, Illinois USA |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′19″N 87°46′5″W / 41.88861°N 87.76806°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1908 |
| Architect | William Eugene Drummond |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000474[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 17, 1977 |
The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1977.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Beilke, George M.; Sprague, Paul E. (June 1, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: First Congregational Church of Austin" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
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