{{Short description|Church architect (1867-1938)}} '''Henry John Schlacks'''<ref name=":0" /> (July 4, 1867 &ndash; January 6, 1938) was primarily known as an ecclesiologist in a 19th Century sense of the word, meaning one who designs and decorates churches. He was from Chicago, Illinois, and is considered by many to be the finest of Chicago's church architects. Schlacks trained at MIT and in the offices of Adler & Sullivan before starting his own practice. He founded the Architecture Department at the University of Notre Dame and designed several buildings in the Chicago area.

== Churches ==

Among the Churches that Schlacks designed are:

Chicago: * St. Adalbert Church<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n28PBAAAQBAJ&q=Henry+Schlacks+architect&pg=PA237|title=AIA Guide to Chicago|last=Chicago|first=American Institute of Architects|date=2014-05-15|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252096136|language=en}}</ref> * St. Anthony Church * St. Boniface Church <ref>[http://saintbonifaceinfo.com/ information on the planned reuse of St. Bonafice Church]</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZs_AAAAYAAJ&q=mark&pg=PA5|title=The work of Henry John Schlacks, ecclesiologist|last=Schlacks|first=Henry John|date=1903|publisher=Press of the Henneberry Co.|language=en}}</ref> * St. Clara Church (later St. Gelasius Church<ref>http://www.institute-christ-king.org/home/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430163753/http://www.institute-christ-king.org/home/ |date=2013-04-30 }} St. Gelasius is being restored as Shrine of Christ the King</ref>) * St. Ignatius Church<ref name=":1" /> * St. Ita Church<ref>{{cite web |url=http://saintita.org/historyofstita.html |title=St. Ita Catholic Church, Chicago |accessdate=2006-04-14 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123230956/http://www.saintita.org/historyofstita.html |archivedate=2009-11-23 }} St Ita Church History</ref> * St. John of God Church * St. Mary of the Lake Church, 1917 <ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120709041327/http://designslinger.com/2010/09/27/a-schlacksed-saint.aspx?results=1%23SurveyResultsChart Article title]}} St. Mary of the Lake Church and Schlacks</ref><ref name=":1" /> * St. Paul Church<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5CBbAAAAYAAJ&q=Henry+Schlacks+architect&pg=PA236|title=The Brickbuilder|date=1900|publisher=Rogers and Manson Company|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> * St. Martin of Tours Church (Schlacks was supervising architect for this building, plans supplied by a German architect)<ref>https://www.flickr.com/photos/brulelaker/3604097355/ Now known as Chicago Embassy Church</ref> * Angel Gurdian Croatian Catholic Mission Church <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.danielmitsui.com/hieronymus/index.blog/1741177/st-henry-church/ |title=The LION & the CARDINAL |accessdate=2006-04-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120723223519/http://www.danielmitsui.com/hieronymus/index.blog/1741177/st-henry-church/ |archivedate=2012-07-23 }} Croatian Church was former St. Henry Church</ref><ref name=":1" />

Evanston, Il * St. Nicholas Church<ref name=":0" />

Forest Park, Illinois * St. John Lutheran Church

Oak Park, Illinois: * St. Edmund Church <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oprfhistory.org/thisweek/stedmunds042610/stedmunds.aspx |title=Oak Park - St. Edmund's Church |accessdate=2006-04-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727152136/http://www.oprfhistory.org/thisweek/stedmunds042610/stedmunds.aspx |archivedate=2011-07-27 }} Oak Park Historical Society, St. Edmund Church</ref>

Skokie, Illinois: * St. Peter Church

Indianapolis, IN * St. Joan of Arc Church<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bg13QcMSsq8C&q=Henry+Schlacks+architect&pg=PA1180|title=The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis|last1=Bodenhamer|first1=David J.|last2=Barrows|first2=Robert G.|date=1994-11-22|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0253112494|language=en}}</ref>

Topeka, KS * Holy Name-Mater Dei Church

Cincinnati, OH * St. Mark Church <ref>http://www.restorestmarks.org {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229174541/http://www.restorestmarks.org/ |date=2010-12-29 }} St. Mark's is currently the subject of a restoration campaign.</ref>

== Other works ==

* Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Depot, Grand Junction, Colorado, 1906 * Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1910<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcVCAQAAMAAJ&q=Henry+Schlacks+architect&pg=PR37|title=The Western Architect|date=1910|publisher=Western architect publishing Company|language=en}}</ref> * Idaho Building (Boise, Idaho) * Wm. J. Cassidy Tire Building, Chicago, Illinois, 1902

== Gallery == <gallery> File:Saint Adalbert Church, Chicago, 1913 (NBY 517).jpg|St Adalbert, Chicago, Illinois File:Saint Boniface Church, Chicago, 1913 (NBY 968).jpg|St Boniface, Chicago, Illinois File:Stclara.jpg|St Clara, Chicago, Illinois File:St Ita's Church.jpg|St Ita, Chicago, Illinois File:Saint Mary of the Lake Church, Chicago, 1913 (NBY 535).jpg|St Mary of the Lake, Chicago, Illinois File:St Nicholas - panoramio.jpg|St Nicholas, Evanston, Illinois File:Saint Edmund Church, Oak Park, Illinois, December 26, 1913 (NBY 721).jpg|St Edmund, Oak Park File:Grand Junction Amtrak.jpg|D&RGW Depot, Grand Junction, Colorado File:DRGW Station, Salt Lake City, July 1981 (26729040433).jpg|D&RGW Depot, Salt Lake City, Utah File:CORNER VIEW SHOWING NORTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS. - Idaho Building, 216 North Eighth Street, Boise, Ada County, ID HABS ID,1-BOISE,6-1.tif|Idaho Building, Boise, Idaho </gallery>

== See also == *Polish Cathedral style

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090504184753/http://www.schlacks.org/ Architectural Photographs of the Churches of HJ Schlacks]}}

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