First Congregational Church, Des Plaines
National Register of Historic Places

First Congregational Church, Des Plaines

Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois
Listed
August 27, 2019
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
100004310

About this property

First Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church at 766 Graceland Avenue in Des Plaines, Illinois. The church's congregation formed in 1869 and built its first church in the early 1870s. As Des Plaines expanded in the 1920s, the congregation outgrew its original church, and it had the current church building constructed in 1929. The firm of Pond & Pond, Martin and Lloyd gave the church an Arts and Crafts design; it is one of the few buildings in Des Plaines designed by a major architecture firm. The church's design includes a brick and limestone exterior with an emphasis on geometric patterns, a gable front entrance flanked by square towers, and an arched window divided by buttresses above the entrance. Its sanctuary houses a stained glass window designed by Edgar Miller which depicts events in the life of Christ. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 2019.

Location

766 Graceland Ave.
Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois
42.03918, -87.89233

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Sources

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

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When was First Congregational Church, Des Plaines listed on the National Register?

First Congregational Church, Des Plaines was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 2019.

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First Congregational Church, Des Plaines is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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