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Name
  
Henry Schlacks

Role
  
Architect

Died
  
January 6, 1938


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St Adalbert Church in Chicago


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

Chicago:

  • St. Adalbert Church
  • St. Anthony Church
  • St. Boniface Church
  • St. Gelasius Church
  • St. Ignatius Church
  • St. Ita Church
  • St. John of God Church
  • St. Mary of the Lake Church
  • St. Paul Church
  • St. Martin of Tours Church (Schlacks was supervising architect for this building, plans supplied by a German architect)
  • Angel Gurdian Croatian Catholic Mission Church

    • Evanston, Il

  • St. Nicholas Church

    • Forest Park, Illinois

  • St. John Lutheran Church

    • Oak Park, Illinois:

  • St. Edmund Church

    • Skokie, Illinois:

  • St. Peter Church

    • Indianapolis, IN

  • St. Joan of Arc Church

    • Topeka, KS

  • Holy Name-Mater Dei Church

    • Cincinnati, OH

  • St. Mark Church

    • References

    Henry Schlacks Wikipedia
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