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Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago

Chicago's landmark record gives Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago a stable base for work on religious architecture, congregational history, and the longer public life of the site.

Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago 3993 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Chicago, Illinois Precision: Exact

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Quick Take

  • Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
  • Address: 3993 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
  • Built: 19121-1968.
  • Architect: .Wheelock, Bailey,Hunter, Konn & Duster.

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Why It Matters

Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago keeps a real place attached to religious architecture, congregational history, and immigration and neighborhood change.

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

Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago is anchored to 3993 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive before any deeper archive work begins. Even in summary form, the record keeps together a construction date of 19121-1968 and credits .Wheelock, Bailey,Hunter, Konn & Duster. Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago keeps religious architecture, congregational history, and immigration and neighborhood change grounded in a real building even when the public record is brief.

Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago reveals more once fieldwork compares entry hierarchy, towers, and symbolic facade work, parish or congregational buildings nearby, and later reuse, subdivision, or adaptive change. That kind of reading often reveals how worship, community identity, and later reuse remain visible in the building.

Research Starting Points

Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago is easiest to push beyond designation through congregational records, permit files, and historic photographs and neighborhood reporting. Those records help separate what the landmark file says from what the longer building history actually shows.

Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago still needs deeper source work, but the landmark record already keeps that work tied to one place.

Public Actions

Campaign / Petition Record

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19121-1968

Development

Construction period recorded in city landmark data

Chicago's public landmark data records Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago as built in 19121-1968.

February 2026

Inventory

City landmark address list and data portal record

Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.

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Sources

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Chicago Landmark Name List 2025.6

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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
Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago
Location
3993 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Chicago, Illinois
Coverage
Exact

Key Facts

Region
Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
Place type
Campus / Institutional
Current status
Preserved
Address
3993 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
Built
19121-1968
Architect
.Wheelock, Bailey,Hunter, Konn & Duster

Design / Planning Timeline

.Wheelock, Bailey,Hunter, Konn & Duster
19121-1968

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