On the northeastern corner of the cemetery, there is also a Memorial for the 12 Lithuanian parishes of Chicago which has established the cemetery (as of 2018, only 6 of their churches are operational as Catholic churches and only 3 still offer Lithuanian mass). The memorial includes traditional...
They came to America with a background in representative democracy and an understanding of bloc voting and coalition building. John Hopkins, elected in 1893, was the first of nine Irish Catholic mayors, with the Irish-led Democratic machine reaching its peak (?) under Richard J. Daley. The ...
“Pogrzebowy”is the Polish term for a funeral director, and a “balsamator” is an embalmer. This makes sense, as this small storefront was once directly across the street fromHoly Trinity, one of Chicago’s oldest Polish Catholic Churches. Most of the areasurrounding Holy Trinity (above ri...
Naturally Lemont, Joliet, Lockport, and other surrounding towns used limestone in their own building projects. My original purpose for visiting Lemont was to track down some dead pioneer relatives at St. Patrick’s Church’s Catholic Cemetery outside of town (“Right behind the Hindu temple!” ...
what was to be Chicago’s largest church and second most expensive building after the newly completed Courthouse, however, was not entrusted to Van Osdel, the architect of all the Protestant churches, but to two young, relatively newcomers (who were more than likely Catholic) in Chicago’s ar...
In addition to Evanston’s unique history, thriving downtown, and its 121 years prohibiting the sale of alcohol, our tour examined office buildings, condominiums, churches and long-gone department stores by architects such as Barancik, Conte & Associates, David Hovey, Marion Mahony, Hausner & Ma...
[December 3, 2007] Devout Catholic though he may have been, I've never really equated the great Catalan architect with Father Christmas, but over the last few years he's become a holiday staple on the December calendar as the Gene Siskel Film Center, for the third year, is showing Woman...
Chicago had begun to assume a citified air. A new Catholic church was erecting at Wabash and Madison, 55×112 feet, and with a stone foundation. Thirteen churches are now counted. Among the pastors whose names are observed are the Rev. Robert W. Patterson, pastor of the Second Presbyterian...
Col. Michael Diversey, of the well known firm of Lill & Diversey, brewers, died in this city, yesterday. Deceased came here in 1857, and was at one time an Alderman. He contributed liberally toward the German Catholic institutions of the city, and was highly respected among the German popu...
and smaller countries entered thecitythroughdiverseportal neighborhoods that were located just northwest and southwest of downtown. As they moved outward, they createdcommunitiesthat were virtually self-contained enclaves of commercial, social, and cultural activity. Elaborate churches and synagogues, many...