{"nrhp_refnum":"73000696","name":"Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv Synagogue","other_names":["Pilgrim Baptist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3301 S. Indiana Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.83446995300005,"lon":-87.62227483799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A synagogue building at 3301 South Indiana Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, designed by Adler and Sullivan and dedicated June 11, 1891. It is now occupied by Pilgrim Baptist Church.","why_significant":"It is one of the few remaining buildings by the firm of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan and the last in their transitional style before their mature work. Its auditorium is notable for Adler's acoustics and Sullivan's ornament. It is also a landmark in ecclesiastical architecture and in Jewish history.","narrative":"Built for Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv, the oldest Jewish congregation in the Northwest, this building at 3301 South Indiana Avenue in Chicago was dedicated on June 11, 1891. It was the congregation's fourth home and was designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan. Lack of funds meant that planned ashlar masonry gave way to rusticated Joliet stone on the north and west walls, brick on the south and east, and a decorative sheet metal clerestory under a steep roof. The second-floor auditorium is the main interior space. Adler, known as an acoustical engineer, gave it outstanding acoustics, and Sullivan's ornament there remains in its original condition and marks the start of his mature style. The building is considered the firm's last work in its transitional style, completed shortly before the Wainwright Building. It now houses Pilgrim Baptist Church, with a choir stand and baptistry at the east end and few other alterations.","period_of_significance":"1890-91","architect_builder":"Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan (Adler and Sullivan)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a church; condition marked excellent. Interior largely original, with a ramp replacing a stairway, a moved wall, and a choir stand and baptistry added at the east end.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.263963-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/8923/28892372/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/73000696.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000696/80e3139b2f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000696/80e3139b2f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Harold Allen, photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pilgrim_Baptist_HABS_ILL-1054.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Harold Allen, photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pilgrim_Baptist_HABS_ILL-1054.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892372","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_Baptist_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7193921"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/kehilath-anshe-maariv-synagogue-73000696/"}