From fight to celebration: Crowds come out for Chicago Pride parade Chicago Tribune
Open StoryPublic Research
St. Peter’s Church and Parish House
Chicago's landmark record gives St. Peter's Church and Parish House a stable base for work on religious architecture, congregational history, and the longer public life of the site.
St. Peter's Church and Parish House
615-623 West Belmont Ave, Chicago, Illinois
Precision: Exact
Workspace
Take this into Workspace
Sign in to start a private workspace copy with notes, chat, maps, and incentives.
Notes
Chat
Conversations
Details
Incentives
Sanborn
Signals
Links
Comments
Quick Take
- Official status: Chicago individual landmark.
- Address: 615-623 West Belmont Ave.
- Built: 1895-1926.
- Architect: William A. Otis.
Email updates for St. Peter's Church and Parish House.
Why It Matters
St. Peter's Church and Parish House gives religious architecture, congregational history, and immigration and neighborhood change a durable public anchor.
That public anchor is what allows later work on ownership, alteration, neighborhood setting, and interpretation to build outward in a disciplined way.
Field Network
Need current site photography or a local update for St. Peter's Church and Parish House?
Use the Field Network to request fresh photography, condition verification, or place-based follow-up tied back to the same research record.
Research Narrative
Landmark Context
St. Peter's Church and Parish House is fixed in the city's landmark record at 615-623 West Belmont Ave. Even in summary form, the record keeps together a construction date of 1895-1926 and credits William A. Otis. It was designated on October 31, 2018. St. Peter's Church and Parish House keeps religious architecture, congregational history, and immigration and neighborhood change attached to one building instead of dissolving into general background.
St. Peter's Church and Parish House 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
St. Peter's Church and Parish House 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.
St. Peter's Church and Parish House can keep observation, source work, and interpretation attached to one building.
Public Actions
Campaign / Petition Record
Ordered oldest to newest.
1895-1926
Development
Construction period recorded in city landmark data
by Public record Previous
Chicago's public landmark data records St. Peter's Church and Parish House as built in 1895-1926.
October 31, 2018
Designation
Chicago individual landmark designation
by Public record Previous
City of Chicago designated St. Peter's Church and Parish House as an individual landmark on October 31, 2018.
February 2026
Inventory
City landmark address list and data portal record
by Public record Current
St. Peter's Church and Parish House remains listed in Chicago's public individual-landmark address list and open-data record.
Signals
Latest Google News
Latest 3 stories
St. Peter's Church and Parish House, Chicago, Illinois
Anna Vana Yurs Funeral Homes -
Open StoryGerald Tivy Obituary - Chicago , IL Chicago Tribune
Open StoryResearch article pages show a recent coverage slice. Paid subscribers can use Signals inside the workspace for longer results and additional follow-up tools around the place.
Sources
Source Trail
City of Chicago Open Data: Individual Landmarks
dataset
Use for address, built date, architect, and point geometry in the city data portal.
Chicago Landmark Address List February 2026
institution
Use for address normalization and cross-checking the city's public landmark list.
Place Snapshot
- Place
- St. Peter's Church and Parish House
- Location
- 615-623 West Belmont Ave, Chicago, Illinois
- Coverage
- Exact
Key Facts
- Region
- Chicago, Illinois / Midwest
- Place type
- Campus / Institutional
- Current status
- Preserved
- Address
- 615-623 West Belmont Ave
- Built
- 1895-1926
- Architect
- William A. Otis
- Designated
- October 31, 2018
Design / Planning Timeline
William A. Otis
1895-1926
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.
Keep Exploring
Continue through related places, sources, and geography.
Browse connected locations, compare themes, and follow the wider landscape around this site.
Browse ResearchRelated Public Links
Cite This Article
Copy a ready-to-paste attribution.
Choose a format, then copy it for notes, articles, bibliographies, or source lists.
HTML attribution ready.
Related Reading
More Research
Research Record
Updated 2026
(Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building
Chicago
Campus / Institutional
Preserved
Chicago's landmark record gives (Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building a stable base for work on religious architecture, congregational history, and the longer public life...
Research Record
Updated 2026
(Former) Belmont-Sheffield Trust & Savings Building
Chicago
Commercial Building
Preserved
Designated as a Chicago landmark on July 9, 2008. (Former) Belmont-Sheffield Trust & Savings Building works well as a public foothold for bank architecture,...
Research Record
Updated 2026
(Former) Calumet National Bank Building
Chicago
Commercial Building
Preserved
Designated as a Chicago landmark on July 9, 2008. (Former) Calumet National Bank Building works well as a public foothold for bank architecture, neighborhood...
Research Record
Updated 2026
(Former) Chicago City Bank & Trust Co.
Chicago
Commercial Building
Preserved
The public record around (Former) Chicago City Bank & Trust Co. holds onto bank architecture, neighborhood finance, and commercial corridor change instead of leaving...
State Match
More from Illinois
Research Record
Updated 2026
Ann Sather Building, 909 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago
Chicago
Commercial Building
Demolished / Lost
The restaurant relocated, but the loss of its longtime building closes a distinct chapter in the commercial life surrounding the Belmont elevated station.
Research Record
Updated 2026
500 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Chicago
Commercial Building
Adaptive Reuse
The 24-story tower will keep ground-floor retail while vacant offices become housing and a new rooftop level changes the building's original profile.
Research Record
Updated 2026
Stone Medical Center, Chicago
Chicago
Campus / Institutional
Endangered
A 28-story apartment tower will replace a labor and health-care building whose atrium and paired Brotherhood Monument sculptures gave the corner a distinctive public...
Research Record
Updated 2026
LeClaire Courts Redevelopment, Chicago
Chicago
Residential Complex
Under Redevelopment
Financing closed in August 2026 for two six-story buildings with 183 mixed-income homes, beginning a long-delayed return of housing to the cleared Garfield Ridge...
Theme Match
More on Similar Themes
Research Record
Updated 2026
Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago
Chicago
Campus / Institutional
Adaptive Reuse
The Pine Grove project preserves a monumental street presence while replacing the sanctuary, dome, roof, and most of the historic building behind it.
Research Record
Updated 2026
Lew Wallace High School Site, Gary
Gary
Campus / Institutional
Demolished / Lost
The former Glen Park high school site shows how a celebrated civic institution can move from neighborhood anchor to closure, hazardous vacancy, demolition, and...
Research Record
Updated 2026
Froebel School Site, Gary
Gary
Campus / Institutional
Demolished / Lost
An Indiana historical marker at Fifteenth and Madison keeps a demolished school in public view as a place where educational innovation, immigration, Black migration,...
Research Record
Updated 2026
Ralph Waldo Emerson School, Gary
Gary
Campus / Institutional
Endangered
The oldest surviving school associated with Gary's nationally influential education system now sits inside an active debate over demolition, documentation, and what remains of...