Old Saint Patrick's Church (Chicago, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Chicago / Chicago, Illinois / West Adams Street, 700
 Romanesque (architecture), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, 1850s construction, Roman Catholic church, historic landmark

Completed: 1856
Architects: Two of Chicago’s earliest practicing architects Augustus Bauer and Asher Carter.
Founded by Irish immigrants in 1846, Old St. Patrck's is the first English-speaking parish in the city. It is one of the few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Its survival makes it the oldest public building in the City of Chicago.
www.oldstpats.org/about_us/history.html
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Coordinates:   41°52'46"N   87°38'40"W
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