Greater Tabernacle Cathedral in Roseland would be designated as an official Chicago landmark under a recommendation made to City Council today by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks.

Designed by Chicago architect Solon S. Beman and located at 11300 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, the Romanesque Revival-style church and attached rectory were completed in 1890 as Roseland’s first English-speaking Catholic parish.

Constructed with red brick and rough-hewn Joliet limestone, the church was occupied by Holy Rosary Parish until 2008. Greater Tabernacle purchased the complex in 2016 and requested the landmark designation in 2022 as part of a comprehensive preservation plan.

The designation would protect all exterior elevations, including rooflines, of the church and the attached rectory building.

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