Chicago has a rich architectural tradition. The Douglas Park Auditorium is a lovely old building that was build around 1910, as far as I can tell. I searched the internet but was unable to identify the architect. However the place has a great history. Apparently it was variously a multipurpose Jewish institutional building that housed the Workmen's Circle, Jewish labor unions, and the Yiddish Theater. Later it was renamed Labor Lyceum. On September 6, 1919 it was the site of a Communist Party mass meeting. The building is not far from the start of Route 66.
Now the Douglas Park Auditorium houses the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith. It's address is officially 3202 West Ogden Ave, Chicago. But it is located at the Northwest corner of Kedzie and Ogden Avenues.
I love this building. It still has the grandeur of that American Edwardian period.
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