St. Benedict the African Parish (Roman Catholic)

CTL-E-0984 · Church · catholic · unspecified

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Formed from merger of eight parishes; split into two parishes 1995; re-merged 2016 into one parish at 340 W. 66th St.; African-hut-inspired architecture; included in Chicago Architecture Foundation's Open House Chicago.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PLACE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PLACE-001:PLACE-072; source research type(s): church. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

https://www.chicagocatholic.com/chicagoland/-/article/2025/11/23/st-benedict-the-african-parish-reflects-the-faith-of-the-neighborhood-it-serves

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