Henry John Schlacks (July 4, 1867 – January 6, 1938) was primarily known as an ecclesiologist in a 19th Century sense of the word, meaning one who designs and decorates churches. He was from Chicago, Illinois, and is 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.
Churches
Among the Churches that Schlacks designed are:
Chicago: St. Adalbert Church St. Anthony Church St. Boniface Church information on the planned reuse of St. Bonafice Church St. Clara Church (later St. Gelasius Churchhttp://www.institute-christ-king.org/home/ St. Gelasius is being restored as Shrine of Christ the King) St. Ignatius Church St. Ita Church St Ita Church History St. John of God Church St. Mary of the Lake Church, 1917 St. Mary of the Lake Church and Schlacks St. Paul Church St. Martin of Tours Church (Schlacks was supervising architect for this building, plans supplied by a German architect)https://www.flickr.com/photos/brulelaker/3604097355/ Now known as Chicago Embassy Church Angel Gurdian Croatian Catholic Mission Church Croatian Church was former St. Henry Church
Evanston, Il St. Nicholas Church
Forest Park, Illinois St. John Lutheran Church
Oak Park, Illinois: St. Edmund Church Oak Park Historical Society, 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 http://www.restorestmarks.org St. Mark's is currently the subject of a restoration campaign.
Other works
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Depot, Grand Junction, Colorado, 1906 Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1910 Idaho Building (Boise, Idaho) Wm. J. Cassidy Tire Building, Chicago, Illinois, 1902
Gallery
See also Polish Cathedral style
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