St. Ladislaus in Chicago
| St. Ladislaus Church |
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 St. Ladislaus
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| Coordinates: 41°56′30″N 87°45′40.8″W / 41.94167°N 87.761333°W | |
| Location | Chicago |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | St. Ladislaus's Parish |
| History | |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Founder(s) | Polish immigrants |
| Dedication | St. Ladislaus |
| Dedicated | August 29, 1915 |
| Consecrated | |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | For Polish immigrants |
| Architect(s) | Leo Strelka |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Romanesque Revival |
| Groundbreaking | November 17, 1952 |
| Completed | June 12, 1955 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Brick |
St. Ladislaus (Polish: Kościół Świętego Władysława) - historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located in Chicago, Illinois.
One of the many Polish churches on Chicago's Northwest Side, it is considered to be one of the more architecturally significant religious edifices in the Portage Park area, as well as one of the key agents in the neighborhood's historical growth and development.
Founded in 1914 as a Polish parish in a still rural area that had been annexed to the city in 1889 in advance of the World's Columbian Exposition. The Polish term for the surrounding area, Władysławowo derives from the Polish name for the church's patron, St. Ladislaus. Originally a mission of St. Wenceslaus, the first church, a combination church and school building, was already in place by August 1915, an impressive feat given that the parish still only numbered about 100 families in 1920. The parish was key in spurring growth in the Portage Park area as it drew in Polish immigrants from the tenements west of the city center concentrated in the Polish Downtown area of West Town. Nearby Chopin Park stands as a testament to this, named after Poland's most famous pianist and composer of the infamous Funeral March. With this development, the original pastor's residence above the Hupka (now Kopec) Funeral Chapel at 5259 W. Roscoe at the time of the building of the first church gave way to the parish plant typical of Polish parishes in the Chicago area, as first the school was enlarged and a convent as well as a rectory were bought. The cost of all these improvements totalled nearly $76,000.
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