{"nrhp_refnum":"01000085","name":"Immanuel Evangelical Church","other_names":["Immanuel Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"302 S. Grant St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hinsdale","county":"DuPage County","state":"IL","lat":41.79933158400007,"lon":-87.93235429999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story Late Gothic Revival frame church built in 1900 at 302 South Grant Street in Hinsdale, DuPage County, Illinois, in a residential neighborhood west and south of the main business district.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as the only surviving original building of its type in the area, a wooden Gothic Revival church that has kept its design, bell tower and sanctuary largely intact. The 1923 pipe organ and 1924 stained glass windows are treated as contributing features. Its residential setting recalls the early community it served.","narrative":"Built in 1900, this white clapboard church at 302 South Grant Street in Hinsdale, Illinois, is a small Late Gothic Revival building with a steep front gable, lancet windows and a central bell tower reaching about 60 feet. Inside, the sanctuary keeps its plaster walls, dark wainscoting, oak floor and choir loft. A Moller pipe organ from 1923 and stained glass windows by Flanagan & Biedenweg of Chicago, installed in 1924 as memorials, were added later. The congregation left in 1967 for a new church in Burr Ridge, taking the bell and pews. The building then served the church's state headquarters and a Montessori school. A 1908 parsonage and a 1954 education center were demolished in 1999. The nomination calls it the only surviving original building of its type in the area, and notes that nearby comparable wooden churches were rebuilt or altered. Locals nicknamed it the punkin' church after an early weather vane.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Former church used for religious services until 1967, then by the church's state headquarters until 1982, and later by a Montessori School until June 1999. It was sold to the Village of Hinsdale, and the companion parsonage and education center were demolished in 1999. Current function is listed as a hall.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.336867-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/8927/28892748/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/01000085.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000085/2d5e9a9e48-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000085/2d5e9a9e48-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08 (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Immanuel_Evangelical_Church_Hinsdale.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08 (talk)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Immanuel_Evangelical_Church_Hinsdale.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892748","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14687607"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/dupage-county/immanuel-evangelical-church-01000085/"}