Lake View Presbyterian Church
- Architect
- John Wellborn Root
- Year
- 1888
- City
- Chicago, IL
Lake View Presbyterian Church in Lincoln Park was designed in 1888 by John Wellborn Root, half of the influential Chicago partnership Burnham and Root. The building gives the neighborhood a freestanding example of Root's work outside the firm's signature office towers, with a facade that still holds a clear presence on the street.
the architect
John Wellborn Root was, with Daniel Burnham, one half of Burnham and Root, making him one of the most historically important architects working in Chicago in the late nineteenth century.
nearby
- 42nd Presinct / Town Hall Police Station
- Temple Sholom
- Wrigley Field
- Immaculata High School
- Cairo Supper Club Building
- Belmont-Sheffield Trust and Savings Bank Building