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Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church Building
built 1890 and with current city data crediting John Turner Long.1913 mn sanc alt Charles S Frost, Designated as a Chicago landmark on July 19, 2007. the public record begins with concrete facts and can move outward into religious architecture and congregational history.
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Quick Take
- Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
- Address: 4100 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr.
- Built: 1890.
- Architect: John Turner Long.1913 mn sanc alt Charles S Frost.
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Why It Matters
Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church Building prevents religious architecture, congregational history, and immigration and neighborhood change from floating free of the site itself.
Once that baseline is in place, the site can support deeper work on stewardship, alteration, public memory, and the larger corridor or block around it.
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Research Narrative
Landmark Context
Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church Building is located at 4100 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr in the city's landmark record. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1890 and credits John Turner Long.1913 mn sanc alt Charles S Frost. It was designated on July 19, 2007. Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church Building turns into a workable research subject once religious architecture, congregational history, and immigration and neighborhood change are kept in view together.
Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church Building starts to make more sense when researchers track entry hierarchy, towers, and symbolic facade work, parish or congregational buildings nearby, and later reuse, subdivision, or adaptive change. This is where the landmark shifts from designation to evidence about how worship, community identity, and later reuse remain visible in the building.
Research Starting Points
Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church Building starts to deepen once research reaches congregational records, permit files, and historic photographs and neighborhood reporting. That source trail is often the best way to move from designation summary to a fuller building history.
Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church Building can hold the first facts in place while the larger history catches up.
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1890
Development
Construction period recorded in city landmark data
by Public record Previous
Chicago's public landmark data records Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church Building as built in 1890.
July 19, 2007
Designation
Chicago individual landmark designation
by Public record Previous
City of Chicago designated Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church Building as an individual landmark on July 19, 2007.
February 2026
Inventory
City landmark address list and data portal record
by Public record Current
Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church Building remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.
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Source Trail
City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks
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Use for address, built date, architect, and point geometry in the city data portal.
Chicago Landmark Address List February 2026
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Place Snapshot
- Place
- Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church Building
- Location
- 4100 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Chicago, Illinois
- Coverage
- Exact
Key Facts
- Region
- Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
- Place type
- Campus / Institutional
- Current status
- Preserved
- Address
- 4100 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr
- Built
- 1890
- Architect
- John Turner Long.1913 mn sanc alt Charles S Frost
- Designated
- July 19, 2007
Design / Planning Timeline
John Turner Long.1913 mn sanc alt Charles S Frost
1890
Milestone
Design architect or firm credited in current city landmark data
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