Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2021-3830

• Record #: O2021-3830
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/14/2021
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards
• Final action: 10/14/2021
• Title: Historical landmark designation for Monastery of the Holy Cross Building at 3101-3111 S Aberdeen St
• Sponsors: Misc. Transmittal
• Topic: HISTORICAL LANDMARKS - Designation

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/14/2021	38163	City Council	Passed	Pass
10/12/2021		Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards	Recommended to Pass
9/14/2021	34253	City Council	Referred

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September 9, 2021

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 Monastery of the Holy Cross Building (3101-11 S. Aberdeen Street) as a Chicago Landmark

Dear Clerk Valencia:

We are filing with your office for introduction at the September 14, 2021, City Council meeting as a transmittal to the Mayor and City Council of Chicago the recommendation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks that the Monastery of the Holy Cross Building be designated as a Chicago Landmark.
The material being submitted to you for this proposal includes the:
Recommendation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks; and
Proposed Ordinance.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Sincerely,


Kathleen E. Dickhut Deputy Commissioner
Bureau of Citywide Systems and Historic Preservation Department of Planning and Development

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cc: Alderman Patrick Thompson, 11th Ward (via email w/ enclosure)



121 NORTH LASALLE STREET. ROOM 1000, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602
ORDINANCE
Monastery of the Holy Cross 3101-3111 S. Aberdeen Street

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 Monastery of the Holy Cross Building, consisting of the former church and attached rectory, (the "Building"), located at 3101-3111 S. Aberdeen Street, Chicago, Illinois, as more precisely described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein, satisfies three (3) criteria for landmark designation as set forth in Section 2-120-620 (1), (4), and (5) ofthe Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the Building was designed for a national parish to serve the German-speaking residents of Bridgeport and was originally the home of Immaculate Conc...