Henry Schlacks
Henry J. Schlacks (July 4, 1867 – January 6, 1938) was an ecclesiologist from Chicago, Illinois, considered by many to be the finest of Chicago's church architects. Schlacks trained at MIT and in the offices of Adler & Sullivan before starting his own practice. He founded the Architecture Department at the University of Notre Dame and designed several buildings in the Chicago area.
Among the Churches that Schlacks designed are
- St. Adalbert Church
- St. Anthony Church
- St. Boniface Church [1]
- St. Gelasius Church [2]
- St. Ignatius Church
- St. Ita Church [3]
- St. John of God Church
- St. Mary of the Lake Church [4]
- St. Paul Church
- St. Martin of Tours Church (Schlacks was supervising architect for this building, plans supplied by a German architect)[5]
- Angel Gurdian Croatian Catholic Mission Church [6]
- St. Nicholas Church
- St. John Lutheran Church
- St. Edmund Church [7]
- St. Peter Church
- St. Joan of Arc Church
- Holy Name-Mater Dei Church
- St. Mark Church [8]
See also
References
- ↑ information on the planned reuse of St. Bonafice Church
- ↑ http://www.institute-christ-king.org/home/ St. Gelasius is being restored as Shrine of Christ the King
- ↑ http://saintita.org/historyofstita.html St Ita Church History
- ↑ http://designslinger.com/2010/09/27/a-schlacksed-saint.aspx?results=1#SurveyResultsChart St. Mary of the Lake Church and Schlacks
- ↑ http://www.flickr.com/photos/brulelaker/3604097355/ Now known as Chicago Embassy Church
- ↑ http://www.danielmitsui.com/hieronymus/index.blog/1741177/st-henry-church/ Croation Church was former St. Henry Church
- ↑ http://www.oprfhistory.org/thisweek/stedmunds042610/stedmunds.aspx Oak Park Historical Society, St. Edmund Church
- ↑ http://www.restorestmarks.org St. Mark's is currently the subject of a restoration campaign.
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