Second Presbyterian Church is one of the oldest churches in Chicago and the Midwestern masterpiece of celebrated church architect James Renwick Jr. Founded in 1842, the congregation met in two different churches, including a Renwick-designed church that was destroyed by a fire, prior to commissioning its present building, completed in 1874.
Shrine of Christ the King Sovereign Priest is the only surviving Catholic church in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago and a testament to the power of preservation activism.
St. John’s Church, in Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square, has served as a physical witness to the events that have shaped our nation’s capital over the past 200 years.
