Department of Housing and Economic Development
July 1,2011
The Honorable Susana Mendoza City Clerk City of Chicago Room 107, City Hall 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60602
RE: Recommendation for Chicago Landmark Designation of the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, 4501 S. Vincennes Avenue
Dear Clerk Mendoza:
We are filing with your office for introduction at the July 6, 2011, City Council meeting as a transmittal to the Mayor and City Council of Chicago the recommendation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks that the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church 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
2. Proposed Ordinance.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Eleanor Esser Gorski, AIA Assistant Commissioner Historic Preservation Division
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cc: Alderman Pat Dowell, 3ld Ward (w/out end., via email)
CITY OF CHICAGO
Sincerely,
121 NORTH LASALLE STREET, ROOM 1000, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602
ORDINANCE
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church 4501 S. Vincennes Avenue
WHEREAS, pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Municipal Code of Chicago (the "Municipal Code"), Sections 2-120-630 through -690, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks (the "Commission") has determined that the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, located at 4501 S. Vincennes Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, as more precisely described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein (the "Building"), meets five criteria for landmark designation as set forth in Sections 2-120-620 (1), (3), (4), (5) and (7) of the Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the Building exemplifies the important role that ethnic groups and religious institutions played in the history and development of Chicago's neighborhoods in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Originally constructed as the Isaiah Temple synagogue, the Building conveys important aspects of the history of the Jewish communi...
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