National Register of Historic Places

Episcopal Church of the Atonement and Parish House, The

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Listed
July 29, 2009
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
09000590

About this property

The Episcopal Church of the Atonement and Parish House is a historic church building at 5751 N. Kenmore Ave. in Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois. It was constructed in the Gothic Revival architectural style in 1889 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The church reported 431 members in 2018 and 446 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $695,195 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 169 persons. The building is home to the Church of the Atonement, also simply called Atonement. It is a parish of the Diocese of Chicago in The Episcopal Church. Atonement self-identifies as Anglo-Catholic. It is deeply rooted in the Church of England and Anglicanism. Worship is based on the Book of Common Prayer and is high church in style. It celebrates Solemn High Mass on Sundays and Holy Days, has regular Evensong, and weekly Rosary in devotion to the Virgin Mary. It uses the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.

Location

5751 N. Kenmore Ave.
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
41.98705, -87.65641

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Episcopal Church of the Atonement and Parish House, The was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 29, 2009.

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Episcopal Church of the Atonement and Parish House, The is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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