page_title: Christ Episcopal Church (Joliet, Illinois)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Christ Episcopal Church (Joliet, Illinois) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Christ Episcopal Church, 75 West Van Buren Street Joliet This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 82002603 More images
context_page_description: The Christ Episcopal Church was a historic building and former church in Joliet, Illinois.
context_section_description: The Episcopal congregation in Joliet, Illinois formed in 1865 and was one of the first five congregations of the denomination in Illinois. The congregation required a larger church in the 1880s. Frank Shaver Allen was commissioned to build the church in 1884-1885. Allen was living in Streator and had designed several buildings there, including the City Hall. Allen moved to Joliet in 1887 and later constructed many other buildings, including Joliet Township High School. Allen was only 24 when he submitted his plans for the church's construction.
  The building was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The church closed in 2004, and the congregation left for the St. Edward Church. A group of local investors purchased the building in 2006 for use as a concert hall. A fire on October 8, 2006 destroyed most of the building, and the fate of the land remains uncertain.
caption: The charred remains of the former church.
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