Chicago Area Sacred Spaces

Chicago Area Sacred Spaces

Religious Spaces of Diverse Faiths in the Greater Chicago Area

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The “Sacred Spaces” project at the McGreal Center seeks to preserve and digitally archive historically significant sacred architectural spaces in the metropolitan Chicago area.  This page has interactive tours of these sites.

We offer this service for a suggested donation to religious and cultural communities.

Take a look at our projects currently in development below.

Quinn Chapel AME, Bronzeville, Chicago, IL
Fourth Presbyterian Church, Near North Side, Chicago, IL
Second Presbyterian Church, Near South Side, Chicago, IL
Midwest Buddhist Temple, Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL
Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Bronzeville, Chicago, IL
Grace Episcopal Church, Oak Park, IL
Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL
KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation, Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
National Shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL
St. Michael's Parish, Old Town, Chicago, IL (coming soon!)
St. Nicholas Albanian Orthodox Church, Belmont Craigin, Chicago, IL (coming soon!)
Muslim Community Center, Irving Park, Chicago, IL (coming soon!)

The Sacred Spaces project at Dominican University seeks to preserve and digitally archive historic sacred spaces of the Order of Preachers across the United States and other religious and cultural institutions in the Chicago area, in order to help preserve their history, community memory, art, and architecture for posterity.