Visual Tour to Churches in Englewood, Chicago

German Church

St. Martin's Catholic Church, 5850 S Princeton Av. Englewood, Chicago

St. Martin's. 1996  ( notice the statue on the right steeple)

Constructed in 1894. Designed by Schlacks, Henry. Gothic Rev.
(Photo source: Spires of Faith.1996)

 St. Martin's. 2011 ( notice the statue is not there.)

Swedish Church

Swedish M.E. Church. 6000 S. Union Av.

Constructed 1895

Same church as above

(Photo source: Spires of Faith.1996)

Emerald Avenue Church, 6701 S Emerald Av.

Constructed 1930s, Gothic Rev.

Swedish Baptist Church of Englewood. 58th and Emerald Av.

(Photo source: chicagopc.info/baptist_churches.htm )

Same Church as above photo

(notice the steeple has been removed)

Irish Church

 Church of the Visitation. 855 W 55st.

Constructed 1891. Designed by Carr Martin. Gothic Rev

Others

Our Redeemer Lutheran Church,  6430 Harvard Av. 1922.

Constructed 1922. Designed by Worthmann and Ste. Gothic Rev.

St. Stephen's Evangelic Lutheran Church

6720 S Stewart Av.

Constructed 1890s. Gothic Rev.

First Church of the Nazarene, 64th and Eggleston Av.

Constructed 1904.

(Photo source: Directory of the First Church of the Nazarene. 1938)

Same church as above(notice the stain glass has replaced with bricks)

Englewood Baptist Church (now Antioch Missionary Baptist Church), 6234 S Stewart Av.

Constructed in 1880s. Designed by Bell and Swift. Romanesque

Our Lady of Solace. 62nd and Sangamon St.

1916

Churches Converted from Home after 1950

House Converted to Church in Englewood.

House Converted to Church in Englewood.

*** The names of these churches are stressed on original.

                                                                                                                                            

Sources of photos and constructed year, address and architect:

• Wolf, Wayne., Jack Simmering, Miriam Kravis. Spires of Faith: Historic Churches of Chicago. McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1996.
• Directory of the First Church of the Nazarene. 1938. Chicago Public Library Special Collection.
• Churches listed in the 1900 CHICAGO DIRECTORY"The Lakeside City Directory". Genealogy Trails. Kimberly Torp . March 11, 2011. <http://genealogytrails.com/ill/cook/churches.html>
• Chicago History in Postcards. March 12, 2011. <chicagopc.info/baptist_churches.htm>
• Family Search. March 12, 2011. https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Swedish_American:_Illinois_Churches