St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (Chicago, Illinois)
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| Coordinates: 41°54′21.4″N 87°39′44.7″W / 41.905944°N 87.662417°W | |
| Location | Chicago |
| Country | USA |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Website | St. Stanislaus Kostka |
| History | |
| Founded | 1867 |
| Founder(s) | Polish immigrants |
| Dedication | St. Stanislaus Kostka |
| Dedicated | June 18, 1871 current church - July 10, 1881 |
| Associated people | Rev. Leopold Moczygemba |
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| Status | Church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | For Polish immigrants |
| Architect(s) | Patrick Keely |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Polish Cathedral style |
| Groundbreaking | July 1, 1877 - current church |
| Completed | July 10, 1881 - current church |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 1500 |
| Length | 200 |
| Width | 80 |
| Materials | Brick |
The St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (pol. Kościół Świętego Stanisława Kostki) is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located at 1351 West Evergreen Avenue in the Pulaski Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church is the 'mother church' of all other Polish churches in the Archdiocese of Chicago and it is open 24/7.
It is a prime example of the so-called 'Polish Cathedral style' of churches in both its opulence and grand scale. Along with Basilica of St. Hyacinth, St. Mary of the Angels, and St. Hedwig's, it is one of the many monumental Polish churches visible from the Kennedy Expressway.
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church was founded in 1867 as the first Polish parish in Chicago. Because the Resurrectionist Order has administered the Parish since 1869 and later founded many other Polish parishes in the city, St. Stanislaus Kostka is often referred to as the "mother church" of Chicago's Polish community. Antoni Smagorzewski-Schermann (the first permanent Polish resident of Chicago) was one of the key founders of St. Stanilaus-Kostka Church and was named the first president of the church [7]. Antoni Smagorzewski-Schermann donated some of his own land for the church building site.
The original church building survived the Great Chicago Fire but was demolished to make way for the present church. The current church, located on the southeast corner of Noble and Evergreen Streets, was built between 1871 and 1881 by noted Irish Roman Catholic ecclesiastical architect Patrick Charles Keely of Brooklyn, New York. At the end of the 19th century it was one of the largest parishes not only in the city but in the whole country with over 35,000 parishioners in 1908.
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