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y St. James history. More than 700,000
Episcopal Cathedral pieces of glass are set in
limestone frames. The
65 E Huron St. Map 2 D4. Tel (312) magnificent 50-ft- (15-m-)
787-7360. q Chicago (Red Line). tall limestone altar, adorned
Open for mass only. Cathedral: 5
10:30am Sun; Chapel: 5 12:10pm with sculptures, was hand-
Thu–Fri; 5:30pm Wed. 7 = carved in France.
Concerts. ∑ saintjames
cathedral.org
i Newberry Library
The parishioners of St. James 60 W Walton St. Map 1 C3.
have worshiped at this site Tel (312) 943-9090. q Chicago
since 1857. After their original (Red Line). Open Hrs for lobby, book
building was destroyed in the rooms, and exhibits vary; call ahead.
Great Fire of 1871 (only the Closed public hols. 7 8 3pm Thu;
1867 bell tower survived), 10:30am Sat. = Exhibits, lectures,
architects Burling and Adler Statue of Archbishop Quigley outside concerts. ∑ newberry.org
were hired to design a new Quigley Seminary
building. The St. James At the north end of
Episcopal Cathedral, a Gothic u Archdiocese of Washington Square Park is
Revival (see p28) structure Chicago and the impressive Newberry
of Joliet limestone, was Library. Founded in 1887
completed in 1875. Chapel of St. James by Walter Newberry, a
Inside is a fine example of 835 N Rush St. Map 2 D4. merchant and banker, this
Victorian stencil work (1888), Tel (312) 534-8200. q Chicago (Red independent research library
designed by Edward J. Neville Line). Archdiocese office: Closed to for the humanities – one of the
Stent, a student of British public. Chapel: 8 mandatory: noon, best in the US – opened to the
designer William Morris. The 2pm Tue, Thu–Sat. Concerts public in 1893. Henry Ives
stencils were restored in 1985 Cobb, master architect of the
by the Chicago architects The Archdiocese of Chicago Richardsonian Romanesque
Holabird and Root. is in the process of moving style, was the designer.
The Chapel of St. Andrew into the former Quigley Strengths of the collection
is at the north end of the Seminary, which closed in include cartography, Native
cathedral. Designed by Bertram 2007. Designed by Zachary American history, Renaissance
G. Goodhue in 1913, it is said to T. Davis (architect of Wrigley studies, and geneology. Rarities
be based on a private oratory in Field) and Gustave E. Steinback include a 1481 edition of
an ancient Scottish abbey. The and completed in 1919, this Dante’s Divine Comedy, first
painted-glass windows portray Gothic building has carved editions of Milton’s Paradise
the figures of St. Paul, Mary buttresses and spires. Regained, and the King James
Magdalene, and St. Francis. Ten statues in the niches Version of the Bible.
along the north wall represent Through the triple-arched
saints, such as St. Cecilia, patron entrance, the lobby has
of music, and St. Elizabeth, a grand staircase, terrazzo
patron of pregnant women. flooring, galleries, and
On the spire of the library tower a bookstore.
is a statue of St. George, his iron
spear serving as the building’s
lightning rod. A statue of
Archbishop James E. Quigley
(1854–1915), known for his
commitment to building
Catholic schools in Chicago,
is at the northwest corner of
the grounds.
Also on the site is the Chapel
of St. James, inspired by the
Gothic Sainte-Chapelle in Paris.
The spectacular Rose Window,
28 ft (9 m) in diameter, depicts
the life of the Virgin Mary.
Smaller windows relate stories
from the Bible and the pictorial
The majestic altar and stained-glass scheme represents 245 events Jeweled cover of the first edition of Milton’s
windows in the Chapel of St. James of scriptural and church Paradise Regained

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