First Church of Deliverance
- Architect
- Walter T. Bailey,1946 Add. Kocher,Buss & DeKlerk
- Year
- 1939
- City
- Chicago, IL
First Church of Deliverance at 4315 S Wabash Avenue was designed in 1939 by Walter T. Bailey, one of the first licensed Black architects in Illinois, with a 1946 addition by Kocher, Buss & DeKlerk. It is an individually designated Chicago Landmark on the South Side.
the building
1946 addition. Seven years after Bailey's original 1939 design, the firm Kocher, Buss & DeKlerk added on to the church in 1946, extending the building beyond its original footprint.
the architect
Walter T. Bailey was one of the first licensed Black architects in Illinois; First Church of Deliverance is among his landmarked South Side commissions.
significance
Designated a Chicago Landmark (L-79) on October 5, 1994.
nearby
- Belmonte Flats
- Oscar Stanton De Priest House
- Daniel Hale Williams House
- Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church Complex
- Robert S. Abbott House
- Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church Building