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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

Century-old church in Pilsen to get hearing on landmark status: ‘A treasure for the community’

Scaffolding hangs around the shuttered St. Adalbert Catholic Church located at 1650 W. 17th St. in Pilsen. On Thursday, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks announced that it will hold a preliminary hearing to consider giving the church landmark status, a move that preservationists say will secure its future. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

A century-old church in Pilsen, that’s been at the heart of a drawn-out fight between former parishioners and the Archdiocese of Chicago, will get a special hearing on Monday to determine if the city should save it.

The church — St. Adalbert — and its 185-foot towers have stood over the Lower West Side since its construction in the early 1900s, but its future has been uncertain since the last Mass was celebrated in 2019. 

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