New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church designated as Chicago landmark Urbanize Chicago
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New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church
New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church is a concise public starting point for religious architecture and congregational history, anchored by Chicago's landmark designation.
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Quick Take
- Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
- Address: 1400 N. Laramie Avenue.
- Built: 1924-1949.
- Architect: Moritz F. Strauch.
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Why It Matters
New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church prevents religious architecture, congregational history, and immigration and neighborhood change from floating free of the site itself.
That is what gives later archival and field work somewhere concrete to begin.
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Research Narrative
Landmark Context
New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church comes into public view at 1400 N. Laramie Avenue in the Chicago landmark record. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1924-1949 and credits Moritz F. Strauch. It was designated on October 16, 2025. New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church becomes more than a passing image once those facts are held together with religious architecture, congregational history, and immigration and neighborhood change.
New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church is best approached by paying attention to entry hierarchy, towers, and symbolic facade work, parish or congregational buildings nearby, and later reuse, subdivision, or adaptive change. Read carefully, those details begin to explain how worship, community identity, and later reuse remain visible in the building.
Research Starting Points
New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church can be carried further through congregational records, permit files, and historic photographs and neighborhood reporting. That source trail can connect landmark status to ownership, alteration, and the changing role of the site in its block or corridor.
New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church still needs permits, photographs, and comparison, but the landmark record gives that work a stable point of return.
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Campaign / Petition Record
Ordered oldest to newest.
1924-1949
Development
Construction period recorded in city landmark data
by Public record Previous
Chicago's public landmark data records New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church as built in 1924-1949.
October 16, 2025
Designation
Chicago individual landmark designation
by Public record Previous
City of Chicago designated New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church as an individual landmark on October 16, 2025.
February 2026
Inventory
City landmark address list and data portal record
by Public record Current
New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.
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Sources
Source Trail
City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks
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Chicago Landmark Address List February 2026
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Place Snapshot
- Place
- New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church
- Location
- 1400 N. Laramie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
- Coverage
- Exact
Key Facts
- Region
- Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
- Place type
- Campus / Institutional
- Current status
- Preserved
- Address
- 1400 N. Laramie Avenue
- Built
- 1924-1949
- Architect
- Moritz F. Strauch
- Designated
- October 16, 2025
Design / Planning Timeline
Moritz F. Strauch
1924-1949
Milestone
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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