Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church
- Architect
- Hugh M.G. Garden
- Year
- 1901
- City
- Chicago, IL
Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church on West Washington Boulevard was built in 1901 as the Third Church of Christ, Scientist, to a design by architect Hugh M. G. Garden. Its current congregation bought the building in 1947. It was designated a Chicago Landmark in 1989 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
the building
A church that changed hands. Built for the Third Church of Christ, Scientist, in 1901, the building was sold to its current owners, Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, in 1947 — a change of congregation that left the original structure intact.
the architect
Hugh M. G. Garden was a significant architect of Chicago's Prairie School era; this church is one of his individually landmarked works.
significance
Designated a Chicago Landmark on February 16, 1989, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
nearby
- Greater Union Baptist Church
- Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Showrm & Warehse
- Union Park Congregational Church and Carpenter Chapel
- Cook County Hospital Administration Building
- Union Park Hotel
- Church of the Epiphany