Worthmann & Steinbach was a Chicago-based

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that was active from 1903 through 1928. It was a partnership between Henry W. Worthmann (June 18, 1857 – April 11, 1946) and John G. Steinbach (b. 1878) The firm is best remembered for its design of large and elaborate churches in the Chicago area which were built for

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, and Lutheran clients. Denis Robert McNamara
Heavenly City: The Architectural Tradition of Catholic Chicago
(

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: Archdiocese of Chicago Liturgy Training Publications, 2005) Worthmann and Steinbach were also active outside of Chicago and eventually built for clients in Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Works

* St. Mary of the Angels Church,

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* St. John Berchmans Church, Chicago, IL * St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, Chicago, IL * St. Joseph Shrine, Chicago, IL * The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, Chicago, IL * The

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, Chicago, IL * St. Casimir Church (now Our Lady of Tepeyac), Chicago, IL * Holy Innocents Church, Chicago, IL * St Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church, Chicago, IL * Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Chicago, IL * Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Chicago, IL (original building later enlarged and relocated by Joseph W. McCarthy) * St. Barbara Church, Chicago, IL * St. James Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL * Hollenbach Building, Chicago, IL * Jehova Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL * St. Mary of Czestochowa Church,

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* St. Peter Church, La Porte, IN * St. Casimir Church,

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