Polish National Alliance Building
- Architect
- Joseph A Slupkowski
- Year
- 1937
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Chicago, IL
- Collection
- chicago deco
The Polish National Alliance built this Art Deco headquarters at 1514-1520 W. Division Street, opening it in 1938 after years of delay caused by the Depression and internal conflict. The Alliance, a fraternal organization founded in 1880 to aid new Polish immigrants and campaign for an independent Poland, used the building as its national headquarters until 1976.
the building
A hub for wartime and postwar organizing. From this building the Alliance raised money for U.S. troops during World War II, helped win passage of a law admitting Polish refugees to the United States after the war, and helped establish the Polish American Congress.
the style
Architect Joseph A. Slupkowski designed the headquarters in the Art Deco style.
More on Art Decothe architect
Joseph A. Slupkowski was a Polish-American architect who designed several buildings for Chicago's Polish community, including this headquarters for the Polish National Alliance.
significance
The building was designated a Chicago Landmark (L-334) on November 5, 2014, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Holy Trinity Church
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
- Elizabeth Peabody Public School
- Polish Museum of America
- Holy Innocents Church
- John Lathrop Motley Public school