Chicago Temple Building

The Chicago Temple Building is a 173 metre (568 foot) tall skyscraper church located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was completed in 1924 and has 23 floors dedicated to religious and office use. It is the tallest church building in the world, though not the tallest church in the world. It was designed by Holabird & Roche. The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Taipei 101, considered the worlds tallest skyscraper. ... A church building (or simply church) is a building used in Christian worship. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 25th 149,998 km² 340 km 629 km 4. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... An office is a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one... Born: September 11th, 1854 in Amenia Union, New York Died: July 19th, 1923 in Evanston, Illinois Partnered with: Martin Roche Holabird studied at the Military Academy at West Point but resigned and moved to Chicago. ... Martin Roche (1853–1927) was an American architect. ...

It was the tallest building in Chicago from 1924 til 1930 until it was surpassed by the Chicago Board of Trade Building. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

The building consists of masonry and steel and is designed in the neo-gothic architectural style. The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... Neo-gothic architecture is an American branch of the Gothic revival style that was imported from England in the 1830s. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Table of architecture, Cyclopaedia, 1728 The following article focuses on built environment, the architecture of spaces designed for human habitation. ...

There are three sanctuaries in the building:

• Sanctuary 1 is 2 stories tall on the ground floor with seating available for 1,200 people.
• Sanctuary 2 is also known as the "Dixon Chapel" and is on the 2nd floor.
• Sanctuary 3 also known as the "Sky Chapel" is the smallest sanctuary and is situated below the steeple with seating for 400 people. It can be too small for some congregations.

The Sky Chapel was installed in 1952 as a gift from Myrtle Walgreen in memory of her husband who founded the chain of drugstores under their surname. 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

There is one residential area which is used by the Methodist church's senior pastor as a parsonage. On the 6th floor of the building was the office of Clarence Darrow, a trial attorney. Clarence Seward Darrow ca. ...

External links

• SkyscraperPage