Chicago Temple Building

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chicago Temple Building
Information
Location Chicago, Illinois USA
Status Complete
Constructed 1923-1924
Floor count 23
Companies
Architect Holabaird & Roche

The Chicago Temple Building is a 173 meter (568 foot) tall skyscraper church located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is home to the congregation of the First United Methodist Church of Chicago. It was completed in 1924 and has 23 floors dedicated to religious and office use. It is the tallest church "building" in the World, though not the tallest church in the world (see Ulm Cathedral). It was designed by Holabird & Roche.

It was the tallest building in Chicago from 1924 until 1930 when it was surpassed by the Chicago Board of Trade Building. This claim counts its steeple to maintain superiority over the 1927 35 East Wacker Building.[1][2]

The building consists of masonry and steel and is designed in the neo-gothic architectural style.

There are three sanctuaries in the building:

  • Sanctuary 1 is 2 stories tall on the ground floor with seating available for 1,200 people.
  • Sanctuary 2 is also known as the "Dixon Chapel" and is on the 2nd floor.
  • Sanctuary 3 also known as the "Sky Chapel" is the smallest sanctuary and is situated below the steeple with seating for 30 people. It can be too small for some congregations.

The Sky Chapel was installed in 1952 as a gift from Myrtle Walgreen in memory of her husband who founded the chain of drugstores under their surname.

There is one residential area which is used by the Methodist church's senior pastor as a parsonage. On the 6th floor of the building was the office of Clarence Darrow, a trial attorney.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Diagrams: Chicago Temple Building. SkyscraperPage.com (2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-15.
  2. ^ Diagrams: 35 East Wacker Drive. SkyscraperPage.com (2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-15.

[edit] External links

 This Chicago-related article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.
v • d • e
City of Chicago
Flag of Chicago
:See also: Chicago metropolitan area
v • d • e
Chicago Skyscrapers
Supertall Downtown Towers
Selected Downtown Towers
with 20 or more Floors
111 South Wacker Drive • 1700 East 56th Street • 181 West Madison Street • 311 South Wacker Drive • 330 North Wabash • 333 North Michigan • 333 Wacker Drive • 340 on the Park • 35 East Wacker • 55 East Erie Street • 77 West Wacker Drive • 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments • 900 North Michigan • ABN AMRO Plaza • Allerton Hotel • Blackstone Hotel • Boeing International Headquarters • Carbide & Carbon Building • Chase Tower • Chicago Place • Chicago Board of Trade Building • Chicago Title & Trust Center • Citicorp Center • City Hall Square Building • Civic Opera House • CNA Plaza • Dirksen Federal Building • Fisher Building • Harbor Point • Home Insurance Building • Hyatt Center • James R. Thompson Center • Kluczynski Federal Building • Lake Point Tower • LaSalle Bank Building • LaSalle-Wacker Building • Leo Burnett Building • London Guarantee Building • Marina City • Masonic Temple • Mather Tower • Metropolitan Tower • Montauk Building • NBC Tower • Old Dearborn Bank Building • Olympia Centre • One Magnificent Mile • One North LaSalle • One Prudential Plaza • Outer Drive East • Palmer House • Palmolive Building • Park Tower • Pittsfield Building • Powhatan Apartments • Regents Park • Richard J. Daley Center • River East Center • Roanoke Building and Tower • Skybridge • Smurfit-Stone Building • Chicago Temple Building • The Buckingham • The Fordham • Four Seasons Hotel Chicago • The Heritage at Millennium Park • The Pinnacle • Three First National Plaza • Time-Life Building • Tribune Tower • UBS Tower • Water Tower Place • Wrigley Building
Chicago Landmark skyscrapers
Towers With 12 or More Floors
See Also