Henry Schlacks

Henry John Schlacks^[1] (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^[2]
St. Anthony Church
St. Boniface Church ^[3]^[1]
St. Clara Church (later St. Gelasius Church^[4])
St. Ignatius Church^[2]
St. Ita Church^[5]
St. John of God Church
St. Mary of the Lake Church, 1917 ^[6]^[2]
St. Paul Church^[7]^[2]
St. Martin of Tours Church (Schlacks was supervising architect for this building, plans supplied by a German architect)^[8]
Angel Gurdian Croatian Catholic Mission Church ^[9]^[2]

Evanston, Il

St. Nicholas Church^[1]

Forest Park, Illinois

St. John Lutheran Church

Oak Park, Illinois:

St. Edmund Church ^[10]

Skokie, Illinois:

St. Peter Church

Indianapolis, IN

St. Joan of Arc Church^[11]

Topeka, KS

Holy Name-Mater Dei Church

Cincinnati, OH

St. Mark Church ^[12]

Other works

Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Depot, Grand Junction, Colorado, 1906
Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1910^[13]
Idaho Building (Boise, Idaho)
Wm. J. Cassidy Tire Building, Chicago, Illinois, 1902

Gallery

St Adalbert, Chicago, Illinois
St Boniface, Chicago, Illinois
St Clara, Chicago, Illinois
St Ita, Chicago, Illinois
St Mary of the Lake, Chicago, Illinois
St Nicholas, Evanston, Illinois
St Edmund, Oak Park
D&RGW Depot, Grand Junction, Colorado
D&RGW Depot, Salt Lake City, Utah
Idaho Building, Boise, Idaho

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Schlacks, Henry John (1903). The work of Henry John Schlacks, ecclesiologist. Press of the Henneberry Co.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Chicago, American Institute of Architects (2014-05-15). AIA Guide to Chicago. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252096136.
^ information on the planned reuse of St. Bonafice Church
^ http://www.institute-christ-king.org/home/ Archived 2013-04-30 at the Wayback Machine St. Gelasius is being restored as Shrine of Christ the King
^ "St. Ita Catholic Church, Chicago". Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2006-04-14. St Ita Church History
^ http://designslinger.com/2010/09/27/a-schlacksed-saint.aspx?results=1#SurveyResultsChart St. Mary of the Lake Church and Schlacks
^ The Brickbuilder. Rogers and Manson Company. 1900.
^ https://www.flickr.com/photos/brulelaker/3604097355/ Now known as Chicago Embassy Church
^ "The LION & the CARDINAL". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2006-04-14. Croatian Church was former St. Henry Church
^ "Oak Park - St. Edmund's Church". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2006-04-14. Oak Park Historical Society, St. Edmund Church
^ Bodenhamer, David J.; Barrows, Robert G. (1994-11-22). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253112494.
^ http://www.restorestmarks.org Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine St. Mark's is currently the subject of a restoration campaign.
^ The Western Architect. Western architect publishing Company. 1910.