Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2020-742

• Record #: O2020-742
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 2/19/2020
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards
• Final action: 4/24/2020
• Title: Historical landmark designation for Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church Complex at 4600-4628 S Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr
• Sponsors: Misc. Transmittal
• Topic: HISTORICAL LANDMARKS - Designation

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
4/24/2020	16327	City Council	Passed	Pass
3/16/2020		Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards	Recommended to Pass
2/19/2020	13963	City Council	Referred

Department of Planning and Development city of chicago


February 10, 2020


The Honorable Anna M. Valencia City Clerk City of Chicago Room 107, City Hall 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60602

RE: Ordinance designating the Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church Complex (4600-4628 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) as a Chicago Landmark

Dear Clerk Valencia:

We are filing with your office for introduction at the February 19, 2020, City Council meeting as a transmittal to the Mayor and City Council of Chicago the recommendation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks that the Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church Complex be designated as a Chicago Landmark. ^

The material being submitted to you for this proposal includes the:

1. Recommendation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks; and

Proposed Ordinance.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Sincerely,


Kathleen E. Dickhut Bureau Chief
Bureau of Planning, Sustainability and Historic Preservation Department of Planning and Development

ends.

Alderman Dowell, 3r Ward (via email w/ enclosure)


121 NORTH LASALLE STREET, ROOM 1000, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602
ORDINANCE
Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church Complex 4600 - 4628 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive


WHEREAS, pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Municipal Code of Chicago (the "Municipal Code"), Sections 2-120-620 through -690, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks (the "Commission") has determined that the Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church Complex (the "Complex"), located at 4600-4628 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Chicago, Illinois, as more precisely described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein, satisfies four (4) criteria for landmark designation as set forth in Section 2-120-620 (1), (3), (4) and (5) of the Municipal Code; and

WHEREAS, the Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church Complex, formerly Sinai Temple and Corpus Christi High School, has served as a center for community, religion, cultur...