Henry John Schlacks
(July 4, 1867 – January 6, 1938) was primarily known as an
ecclesiologist
In Christian theology, ecclesiology is the study of the Church, the origins of Christianity, its relationship to Jesus, its role in salvation, its polity, its discipline, its eschatology, and its leadership.
In its early history, one of the Chu ...
in a 19th Century sense of the word, meaning one who designs and decorates churches. He was from
Chicago, Illinois
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, and is considered by many to be the finest of Chicago's church architects. Schlacks trained at
MIT
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the mo ...
and in the offices of Adler & Sullivan before starting his own practice. He founded the Architecture Department at the
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...
and designed several buildings in the Chicago area.
Churches
Among the Churches that Schlacks designed are:
Chicago
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St. Adalbert Church
* St. Anthony Church
* St. Boniface Church
* St. Clara Church (later St. Gelasius Church)
* St. Ignatius Church
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St. Ita Church
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St. John of God Church
* St. Mary of the Lake Church, 1917
* St. Paul Church
* St. Martin of Tours Church (Schlacks was supervising architect for this building, plans supplied by a German architect)
* Angel Gurdian Croatian Catholic Mission Church
Evanston, Il
Evanston ( ) is a city, suburb of Chicago. Located in Cook County, Illinois, United States, it is situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. Evanston is north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wil ...
* St. Nicholas Church
Forest Park, Illinois
Forest Park (formerly Harlem) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, United States. The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. The Forest Park terminal on the CTA Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the ...
* St. John Lutheran Church
Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, adjacent to Chicago. It is the 29th-most populous municipality in Illinois with a population of 54,583 as of the 2020 U.S. Census estimate. Oak Park was first settled in 1835 and later incorporated in ...
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* St. Edmund Church
Skokie, Illinois
Skokie (; formerly Niles Center) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, neighboring the City of Chicago's northern border. Its population, according to the 2020 census, was 67,824. Skokie lies approximately north of Chicago's do ...
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* St. Peter Church
Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...
* St. Joan of Arc Church
Topeka, KS
Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central Unit ...
* Holy Name-Mater Dei Church
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
* St. Mark Church
Other Works
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Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Depot,
Grand Junction, Colorado
Grand Junction is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 65,560 at the 2020 United States Census, making Grand Junction the 17th mos ...
, 1906
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Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1910
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Idaho Building (Boise, Idaho)
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Wm. J. Cassidy Tire Building
The Wm. J. Cassidy Tire Building was a building at 344 N. Canal Street, Chicago, Illinois. Designed by Henry J. Schlacks and constructed in 1902, it originally served as a factory and warehouse for the Tyler & Hippach Mirror Co.Rodkin, Dennis.Whatâ ...
, Chicago, Illinois, 1902
Gallery
File:Saint Adalbert Church, Chicago, 1913 (NBY 517).jpg, St Adalbert, Chicago, Illinois
File:Saint Boniface Church, Chicago, 1913 (NBY 968).jpg, St Boniface, Chicago, Illinois
File:Stclara.jpg, St Clara, Chicago, Illinois
File:St Ita's Church.jpg, St Ita, Chicago, Illinois
File:Saint Mary of the Lake Church, Chicago, 1913 (NBY 535).jpg, St Mary of the Lake, Chicago, Illinois
File:St Nicholas - panoramio.jpg, St Nicholas, Evanston, Illinois
File:Saint Edmund Church, Oak Park, Illinois, December 26, 1913 (NBY 721).jpg, St Edmund, Oak Park
File:Grand Junction Amtrak.jpg, D&RGW Depot, Grand Junction, Colorado
File:DRGW Station, Salt Lake City, July 1981 (26729040433).jpg, D&RGW Depot, Salt Lake City, Utah
File:CORNER VIEW SHOWING NORTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS. - Idaho Building, 216 North Eighth Street, Boise, Ada County, ID HABS ID,1-BOISE,6-1.tif, Idaho Building, Boise, Idaho
See also
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Polish Cathedral style
References
External links
Architectural Photographs of the Churches of HJ Schlacks
1867 births
University of Notre Dame faculty
1938 deaths
Architects from Chicago
Architects of Roman Catholic churches
Ecclesiologists
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