The story of Parkview Church began in 1860 when 22 people organized a United Presbyterian Church at a Chicago store front on Van Buren and Third Ave. A church home was later erected at Paulina and Monroe, where, escaping the Chicago fire of 1871, it served as a benevolence distribution center.
Elmer Roberts, son of E. E. Roberts, designed the present building at Oak Park Ave and Jackson Blvd. Completed and dedicated on December 13, 1925, it stands today as Roberts built it, “an early English Gothic Church with a call bell tower.” A recent, extensive Church project restored the tuck-pointing and renovated the sills, doors, and amber stained glassed windows to their historic setting.
Parkview’s structure is beautiful. It is sacred space which soars the heart toward worship…and continues the Gospel mission of mercy started so many years ago. The call of the Lord Jesus Christ echoes daily from its tower: “Come unto me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest!”
Virtual pictorial tour soon to come!
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