St. James Cathedral, Chicago
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 Location in central Chicago
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| 41°53′41″N 87°37′35″W / 41.89467°N 87.62644°WCoordinates: 41°53′41″N 87°37′35″W / 41.89467°N 87.62644°W | |
| Location | 65 East Huron Street Chicago, Illinois |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Episcopal Church in the United States of America |
| Website | www |
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| Founded | 1834 |
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| Architect(s) | Faulkner & Clarke, architects; restoration, Walker Johnson, Holabird & Root, architects |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1857 |
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| Diocese | Chicago |
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| Bishop(s) | Jeffrey D. Lee |
| Dean | Dominic Barrington |
St. James Cathedral is the mother church of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America Diocese of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The cathedral stands at the corner of Huron and Wabash streets. It is the oldest church of the Anglican Communion and Episcopal tradition in the Chicago area, having been founded in 1834. Originally built as a parish church, that building was mostly destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire. Only the bell tower survived, and this was incorporated into the rebuilt church, including the soot-stained stones around the top of the tower which remain black today. St. James received the status of cathedral in 1928 after the Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul was destroyed in a fire in 1921, but the arrangement was terminated in 1931. On May 3, 1955, St. James was again designated the cathedral and was formally set apart on June 4, 1955. The church is led by the Episcopal Bishop of Chicago.
Together with the Roman Catholic Holy Name Cathedral on State Street, the churches form the Cathedral District of Chicago.
St James is the oldest Episcopal Church in Chicago and one of the oldest in Illinois. In 1833, Chicago was a town of 350 people clustered around Fort Dearborn. In 1834, John and Juliette Kinzie brought the first priest to the area, Isaac William Hallam. Choosing the name of his Connecticut church, St James, Hallam organized the parish on November 2, 1834, in a North Water Street auction house. The first services were held in a new brick church on land donated by John Kinzie at Cass (currently Wabash) Street and Illinois Street on Easter 1837, the year Chicago incorporated as a city of more than 400 people.
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