{"nrhp_refnum":"88002235","name":"Twin Tower Sanctuary","other_names":["Old Sanctuary of the United Methodist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"9967 W. 144th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orland Park","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.628559755000026,"lon":-87.86295704299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame Queen Anne church building at 9967 West 144th Street in Orland Park, Cook County, Illinois, built in 1898 for the local Methodist congregation and designed by architect William Arthur Bennet.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the most important and most ornate example of Queen Anne architecture in Orland Park, with its distinctive twin towers of unequal height. It was also the village's largest building from 1898 to 1945 and a landmark, and it served as a community social center, theater and Masonic hall. A rare Sullivanesque pressed-tin ceiling added in 1918 gives it possible regional or national interest.","narrative":"Built in 1898 for the Methodist congregation of Orland Park, this two-story wood church at 144th Street and West Avenue is recognizable by its two hexagonal corner towers, which differ in height. Architect William Arthur Bennet designed it in the Queen Anne style, with fishscale and diamond-cut shingles, scroll brackets and a round window with cloverleaf muntins. In 1918 the building was raised to add a basement, and the nave received pressed-steel walls and a ceiling in a Sullivanesque pattern that is described as one of two known of its kind. Later changes included a 1940 stairway and vestibule and a 1961 new sanctuary beside it. Beyond worship, the building hosted suppers and bazaars, showed the village's first silent films and housed Masonic meetings. It was the largest building in Orland Park from 1898 to 1945 and served as a landmark. Restoration started in 1987, and it is planned to become a community hall.","period_of_significance":"1898 (amended by the Keeper; the form itself listed 1898 and 1918 as significant dates)","architect_builder":"Bennet, William Arthur","architectural_style":"Late Victorian, Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restoration began in the summer of 1987, with the cellotex tile removed; the building is to be renovated and used as a rental hall and community cultural center under the Old Orland Heritage Foundation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.548328-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/8921/28892102/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/88002235.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002235/3feb179d08-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002235/3feb179d08-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Twin_Tower_Sanctuary.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08 at en.wikipedia</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:Twin_Tower_Sanctuary.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892102","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Tower_Sanctuary","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7858311"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/twin-tower-sanctuary-88002235/"}