Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church (Chicago)

This article is about the Polish church at 83rd and South Shore Drive on the South Side. For the Redemptionist church on Cleveland Avenue on the North Side, see St. Michael's Church, Old Town, Chicago.
St. Michael's
Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church
the front of St. Michael's Church from across a snowy baseball field
in January 2008, from Russell Park
St. Michael's is located in Chicago metropolitan area
St. Michael's
St. Michael's
41°44′42″N 87°32′51″W / 41.74500°N 87.54750°W / 41.74500; -87.54750
LocationChicago, Illinois
CountryUSA
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitewww.saintmichaelchicago.org
History
StatusParish church
Founded1892 (1892)[1]
Founder(s)Polish community (from Immaculate Conception parish)[2]
DedicationSt. Michael the Archangel
DedicatedMay 23, 1909 (1909-05-23)[2]
Architecture
Functional statusClosed
Architect(s)William J. Brinkmann[1]
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic[1] or Neogothic[citation needed]
Groundbreaking1907 (1907)[citation needed]
Completed1909 (1909)[1]
Closed2021[3]
Specifications
Capacity2000[1]
Administration
MetropolisChicago
ArchdioceseChicago

St. Michael (Polish: Kościół Świętego Michała) is a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. The current church is located at E. 83rd Street and S. South Shore Drive in South Chicago, a neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

It is a prime example of the so-called "Polish Cathedral style" of churches in both its opulence and grand scale. Along with Immaculate Conception, it is one of the two monumental Polish churches dominating over the South Chicago neighborhood.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Parish History". Chicago: Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church. Archived from the original on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference hispar1980 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "St. Michael the Archangel Church celebrates a final mass". WGN News.