What did Chicago and the world look like 150 years ago? At a time when one out of every five people lived under the control of Queen Victoria’s British empire, composers and authors were producing works that remain well-known today.
Architect Nate Lielasus will provide a Basement to Belfry tour of the church. During this popular tour at Second Presbyterian, guests will be given a behind the scenes look at areas of the church not typically visited on regular tours, from the basement dirt floor to the charred roof timbers.
The tour will begin at Fourth Presbyterian Church (Ralph Adams Cram and Howard Van Doren Shaw, 1912) and will conclude at Saint Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church (Brown & Walcott, c. 1910 with extensive 1920s renovations).
Connick, once referred to as the “Burne-Jones of America,” made it his life’s mission to reassert the values of the medieval craft, successfully persuading twentieth-century Americans that these could inspire powerfully expressive modern glass as well as thrilling new imagery.
The extraordinary stained-glass windows at Woodlawn Cemetery and the ambitious, ongoing project to survey this window collection will be discussed in a joint lecture presented virtually by Brianne Van Vorst, Principal, Liberty Stained Glass Consulting, and Lindsy R. Parrott, Executive Director and Curator, The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass.
Join architect Nate Lielasus for a tour of Second Presbyterian's South Loop. The tour will focus on contextualizing the church in the neighborhood and looking at how Howard Van Doren Shaw was involved in the neighborhoods change from a high end residential enclave to a bustling industrial district.
Share your love of art and architecture by becoming a docent at Second Presbyterian Church, the only church in Chicago to be awarded the status of National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Recognized for its significant Arts and Crafts interior, the church features a wealth of significant art including stained glass windows, Pre-Raphaelite murals, plaster and wood ornamentation, numerous original lighting fixtures and much more.
