St. Vincent de Paul Church
- Architect
- James J. Egan
- Style
- Romanesque
- City
- Chicago, IL
St. Vincent de Paul began in 1875 as "Father Smith's Farm," a single multi-use building at Webster and Osgood that served as church, school, parish hall, and rectory for the Vincentians' new German and Irish parish. When St. Vincent's School split off in 1891, the original building was remodeled with a third floor and became home to the new St. Vincent's College in 1898 - the school that grew into DePaul University. The present church, designed by James J. Egan of Egan & Prindeville, was built nearby at Webster and Sheffield and dedicated on May 1, 1897 by Archbishop Patrick Feehan.
the building
Church on a college campus. The church still sits on DePaul University's campus, a physical reminder that the school grew directly out of the parish's own St. Vincent's College.
the style
Egan designed the church in the Romanesque style then popular for large parish churches, giving the Vincentians a building with far more architectural presence than their original multi-use farmhouse church.
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