Ukranian Village District

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Red brick two-and-three family flats in the Ukrainian Village ...

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A welcome sign in the Ukrainian Village ...

The Ukrainian Village has been designated as a Chicago Landmark District neighborhood ..

Ukranian Village District ...
Year Built: 1886-1920s
Architects: Various
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: December 4, 2002 ...
Addresses: Haddon Avenue, Thomas Street, and Cortez Street between Damen and Leavitt Avenues, including portions of Damen, Hoyne and Leavitt Avenues ..

The Ukrainian Village has been designated as a Chicago Landmark District neighborhood ... It's nestled into a thirty-two square block area of the city's West Town. While largely a residential area, and contains an excellent cross-section of residential building types that provides a visual history of immigration settlement on Chicago's Near West Side. One that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who settled in the area throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s. Ukrainian Village retains much of the character of a European community. Tree lined streets, small bungalows, as well as red-brick two-and three-flats, are the predominant architectural styles ..

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Left ... A restaurant in Ukrainian Village with the colors of the Ukrainian flag ...

Nearly one out of every three of the buildings in the district was developed by the early influential Chicago real estate developer William D. Kerfoot. The first real estate developer to reestablish his business after the Great Fire in 1871, Kerfoot became the embodiment of the "I Will" spirit of Chicago. He reopened his office the day after the fire ended with a sign on his door reading: "W.D. Kerfoot. All gone but, wife, children and energy."

REFERENCES:
Chicago's Ukrainian Village .. Newsletter of Ukranian National Museum of Chicago ...
A tale of Two Villages: Ukrainian Village & East Village..

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Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral ..
Address: 1121 N. Leavitt St ...(between Haddon Ave & Thomas St)
Chicago, IL 60622 ..
Year built: 1903
Architect: Louis H. Sullivan ..
Designated a Chicago Landmark ... March 21, 1979 ..
For more on .. Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral ... click here ...

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Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral ...
Address: 2238 W Rice Street ..
Completed: 1915
Architect: I.G. Steinbach ..
Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral is a masterpiece of Neo-Byzantine baroque art and architecture ...
For more on .. Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral ... click here ...

* By 1930, Saint Nicholas Cathedral was the center of the Ukrainian neighborhood south of Wicker Park ... In 1969 St. Nicholas parish switched from the traditional Julian calendar to the Gregorian, which sparked an angry protest among traditionalists in the congregation. A dissenting group of parishioners broke away and started their own church, Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Parish. During the first five years of its existence the parish conducted its service in St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The new parish can be credited with revitalizing Ukrainian Community life and stabilizing the Village at a time when many Ukrainians were moving to the suburbs.

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Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church ...
Address: 2245 W. Superior St. Chicago, IL 60612 ..
Completed: 1973.
Architect: Jaroslav Korsunsky of Minneapolis ...
Stunning Byzantine Ukrainian style architecture of 11-13th century Ukraine.
For more on ... Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church ... click here ...

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St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral ..
Address: 2230 W. Cortez
(between Leavitt St & Oakley Blvd)
Chicago, IL 60622 ..
More information would be much appreciated ...
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St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church ...
Address: 825 N. Carpenter St. ..Chicago, IL 60642 ..
Completed: 1898
Architect: Adolphus Druiding ..
It is a prime example of the so-called 'Polish Cathedral style' of churches ..
For more on .. Saint John Cantius Roman Catholic Church ... click here ...

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St. Boniface Church ...
Address: 1358 W. Chestnut Street
Completed: 1904
Architect: Henry J. Schlacks
It is one of the "Chicago Seven" list of "endangered places", issued by the Preservation Chicago annual list, 2009.
For more on .. St. Boniface Church ... click here ...

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