Martin A. Carr was an Irish born architect, educated in England who was well known for his designs of Chicago area churches in the late 1800s and early 1900s."Heavenly City: The Architectural Tradition of Catholic Chicago by McNamara, Denis, (2005 Liturgy Training Publications) p.80
An avid reader of British art and Gothic Revivalist John Ruskin, some of his designs, such as for Visitation, have a similarly sophisticated design. He also designed commercial buildings.
Selected works
St Patrick's Church, Lemont (1895) St Mary's Church, Elgin St. Bernard's Catholic Church, 66th Street and Stewart Avenue St. Charles on 12th street St. Michael's on Washington St. Basil Visitation Church of the Immaculate Conception, Chicago
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