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Christ Episcopal Church, Joliet limestone lost to fire
Van Buren Street, Joliet, Illinois
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The congregation formed in 1865 as one of the first Episcopal parishes in Illinois and in 1884 built a Gothic Revival church out of the local limestone, with cantilevered stained glass and open stone arcades. The parish closed in 2004 and investors bought the building for a concert hall. Fire destroyed most of it in October 2006.
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