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Madonna Della Strada Chapel
The public record around Madonna Della Strada Chapel holds onto religious architecture, congregational history, and immigration and neighborhood change instead of leaving them as disconnected observations.
Madonna Della Strada Chapel
6453 N. Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
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Quick Take
- Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
- Address: 6453 N. Kenmore Avenue.
- Built: 1938-39.
- Architect: Andrew N. Rebori.
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Why It Matters
Madonna Della Strada Chapel gives religious architecture, congregational history, and immigration and neighborhood change a durable public anchor.
From there, the building can be read through design, use, later change, and neighborhood context instead of remaining a detached image or isolated fact.
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Research Narrative
Landmark Context
Madonna Della Strada Chapel is fixed in the city's landmark record at 6453 N. Kenmore Avenue. City records connect the site to a construction date of 1938-39 and credits Andrew N. Rebori. It was designated on September 2, 2004. Madonna Della Strada Chapel already has a usable public frame for work on religious architecture, congregational history, and immigration and neighborhood change.
Madonna Della Strada Chapel is best read on the ground through entry hierarchy, towers, and symbolic facade work, parish or congregational buildings nearby, and later reuse, subdivision, or adaptive change. The point is not just to admire the building but to understand how worship, community identity, and later reuse remain visible in the building.
Research Starting Points
Madonna Della Strada Chapel starts to deepen once research reaches congregational records, permit files, and historic photographs and neighborhood reporting. Those materials are usually what turn site observation into a more convincing historical record.
Madonna Della Strada Chapel gives later fieldwork and archives a stable site to keep circling back to.
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1938-39
Development
Construction period recorded in city landmark data
by Public record Previous
Chicago's public landmark data records Madonna Della Strada Chapel as built in 1938-39.
September 2, 2004
Designation
Chicago individual landmark designation
by Public record Previous
City of Chicago designated Madonna Della Strada Chapel as an individual landmark on September 2, 2004.
February 2026
Inventory
City landmark address list and data portal record
by Public record Current
Madonna Della Strada Chapel remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.
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City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks
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Chicago Landmark Address List February 2026
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Place Snapshot
- Place
- Madonna Della Strada Chapel
- Location
- 6453 N. Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
- Coverage
- Exact
Key Facts
- Region
- Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
- Place type
- Campus / Institutional
- Current status
- Preserved
- Address
- 6453 N. Kenmore Avenue
- Built
- 1938-39
- Architect
- Andrew N. Rebori
- Designated
- September 2, 2004
Design / Planning Timeline
Andrew N. Rebori
1938-39
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Design architect or firm credited in current city landmark data
Use as a starting point for confirming authorship against permits, drawings, and later landmark reports.
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