Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago
- Architect
- Ralph Adams Cram
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Chicago, IL
Fourth Presbyterian Church traces to a merger of two congregations on February 12, 1871; its first sanctuary was dedicated on October 8, 1871, the very day the Great Chicago Fire broke out and destroyed it. After nearly 40 years at a second home on Rush and Superior streets, the congregation built its present Gothic Revival sanctuary of dressed limestone in 1912, on what was then an undeveloped stretch of Pine Street, now North Michigan Avenue.
the style
The 1912 sanctuary is built of dressed limestone in the Gothic Revival idiom, a style then closely associated with serious ecclesiastical architecture in America.
More on Gothic Revivalthe architect
Ralph Adams Cram designed Fourth Presbyterian's current building in 1912, working on it at the same time he was designing the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.
significance
The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- 875 North Michigan Avenue
- Palmolive Building
- Chicago Water Tower
- Drake Hotel
- Chicago Avenue Pumping Station
- Sofitel Chicago Water Tower