Abandoned Gothic-Style Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois

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  • Опубліковано 17 тра 2023
  • Today we are exploring an abandoned Lutheran church in Chicago, Illinois. The church shut down in 2012, then in 2015 the City of Chicago sued the church owners for failure to keep the property secured and declared the church hazardous to the public.
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  • @Blahbevava
    @Blahbevava 3 місяці тому +4

    That is a beautiful sanctuary! What a shame! Hope the building can be saved and revitalized before it's too late.

  • @hanke2456
    @hanke2456 Рік тому +43

    Beautiful Church ⛪️. It has alot of potential to being restored!

    • @Threemore650
      @Threemore650 8 місяців тому +2

      What a lovely attitude.
      Amen.

  • @vanessacallahan3515
    @vanessacallahan3515 8 місяців тому +47

    If people are going to abandon places at least let an architectural and antique salvagers come in and pay to reuse them or sell them. If the owner isn’t going to. So sad to see all these places with so much beauty get ruined by nature.

    • @colemartin6969
      @colemartin6969 6 місяців тому +5

      Don't think of it as "ruining", but simply "taking over"

    • @vanessacallahan3515
      @vanessacallahan3515 6 місяців тому +1

      @@colemartin6969 Well actually man will ruin them by bulldozing the house with all belongings. Things will end in a land fill.

    • @colemartin6969
      @colemartin6969 6 місяців тому +2

      Ok, land fills ARE ruining, IDK why they're still allowed anyway.

    • @ytho8245
      @ytho8245 2 місяці тому

      I think its beauitful in a way

    • @WheresmyAnima
      @WheresmyAnima 2 місяці тому +1

      I was here recently and the current owner is pretty serious about the future of this building. There were workers sealing the broken windows with cinder blocks, and it looked like possible renovations were being done. The other church in the same area of Chicago, which is German Catholic, is in much worse condition as far as decay. However, the stained glass is in better condition and it is so ornate and beautiful.

  • @Chrisss2112
    @Chrisss2112 23 дні тому +1

    Stunning stained glass, I just wish you would’ve gotten a closer view of them so that us viewers can see the details.

  • @useruser0000
    @useruser0000 Рік тому +8

    the raccoon part!!
    i really enjoyed this video
    i love watching your videos, theyre comforting and offer a look into the forgotten beauties in the world of buildings

  • @nancyweliczko9334
    @nancyweliczko9334 2 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful church so sad people are destroying it, the stain glass and woodwork is gorgeous and I don't know why the city doesn't salvage what's left of the windows, doors and woodwork.

  • @kate4th149
    @kate4th149 Рік тому +9

    The stained-glass panels are absolutely stunning. What a shame they're going to waste. At least you got to see them in their full beauty

    • @Chrisss2112
      @Chrisss2112 23 дні тому

      I agree that the stained glass is stunning. I just wish he would’ve gotten up close shots of the stained glass so that we the viewer can admire its beauty up close.

  • @AxisofHonor25
    @AxisofHonor25 Рік тому +6

    That’s crazy how that whole front panel of the church glass was punched out. Never seen that.

  • @corywalker9619
    @corywalker9619 5 місяців тому +4

    This church was on a seen by shameless its crazy to see how much of it has fallen apart and damaged now

  • @Nan-59
    @Nan-59 5 місяців тому +3

    Those METAL CROSSES! They are beautiful, and how sad that there they sit! it would be really hard for me to go into a place like this, and not want to recover some of these items, if even just to give them away…

    • @Chrisss2112
      @Chrisss2112 23 дні тому

      Yea, the two metal crosses were beautiful, such a shame

  • @RabbitWatchShop
    @RabbitWatchShop 5 місяців тому +13

    From my lens, this abandoned, condemned, old church represents the death of America of old. America today is far different than what it was at the height of this church’s service.

  • @augustthenerd4213
    @augustthenerd4213 9 місяців тому +4

    beautiful stained glass . hope if it destroyed the glass can at least be salvaged

  • @endeeray4295
    @endeeray4295 6 місяців тому +2

    There are some beautiful components to this church. Its too bad they couldnt be salvaged and reused. We are so wasteful in this country.

  • @KhadijaKubra-po4cl
    @KhadijaKubra-po4cl Рік тому +4

    Beautiful

  • @bluestripetiger
    @bluestripetiger 4 місяці тому

    If the windows had not been vandalized the interior of the churc would still be pristine. However once you start letting in cold in the winter, heat in the summer, rain, snow, wind etc then you get the paint peeling off the walls and the chipped plaster all over the floor.

  • @flirtydenise
    @flirtydenise 3 місяці тому

    6:17 I spontaneously laughed lmao

  • @joanndombrow4245
    @joanndombrow4245 2 місяці тому

    Anyone have any ideas 🤔 as to what happened to the pipe organ thanks 🙏

  • @diannegazzola1957
    @diannegazzola1957 2 місяці тому

    Why do they abandon these churches and other buildings and no one can come in and possibly buy or sell articles from these buildings

  • @justjosh999
    @justjosh999 Рік тому +6

    Why was this place deemed hazardous? Mold? Asbestos? Lead? And do you all ever worry about fumes in that case?

    • @decayingmidwest
      @decayingmidwest  Рік тому +2

      My guess would be asbestos/the crumbling walls

    • @persephone342
      @persephone342 5 місяців тому +1

      We make industrial mask for removing these hazards. Strap one on my dudes!!

    • @Chrisss2112
      @Chrisss2112 23 дні тому

      @@persephone342 💯

  • @bcster8812
    @bcster8812 3 місяці тому

    There was this one house that was a junkie house and one day it was raided bc someone explored it snd called the cops, it was in Elgin IL

  • @AveChristusRex789
    @AveChristusRex789 11 місяців тому +2

    Very sad

  • @deanna5090
    @deanna5090 5 місяців тому

    Racoon was the best part

  • @sussushi
    @sussushi 8 місяців тому +2

    was this the Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Church at 10310 S?

  • @gracieg7601
    @gracieg7601 Рік тому +1

    How do you just walk away? Leave a huge church like that?

    • @Jfizz66
      @Jfizz66 Рік тому +3

      Unfortunately its happening all over the place. Declining attendance in recent years, this is the result. More to follow .... sadly.

  • @user-eh1vp3ev3c
    @user-eh1vp3ev3c 3 місяці тому

    I'm not gonna be the one to ruin that like count.

  • @jrzzrj
    @jrzzrj 5 місяців тому

    Sad.....No organ or pipes?

  • @Manny_
    @Manny_ Рік тому +4

    How do you you know the city sued them?

  • @bbtmac3946
    @bbtmac3946 4 місяці тому

    Can not understand the waste .

  • @MATTHEW_ORACLE
    @MATTHEW_ORACLE 5 місяців тому +3

    “Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.””
    ‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭3‬ ‭

  • @AASCT
    @AASCT 6 місяців тому +1

    Bro you should use some gloves here it would help you only not us❤e

  • @cammy333
    @cammy333 Рік тому +5

    first

  • @LedePat
    @LedePat 5 місяців тому

    They can clean it up and put illegal immigrants in

  • @kuyatulong7184
    @kuyatulong7184 5 місяців тому +1

    Congregation left community due to criminality in area. Once gone, slowly no one attends church n able to support financially. Democrats leadership ruins.

  • @user-eh1vp3ev3c
    @user-eh1vp3ev3c 3 місяці тому

    And you there with no I.R sampling gear to capture that reverb... 🥲

  • @liftedbodhisattva
    @liftedbodhisattva 2 місяці тому

    I hope someone restores this beautiful place and at least turns it into another place of worship and gathering 🫂💜