Exterior repairs to Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church in Grand Boulevard will be supported by a $900,000 Adopt-a-Landmark grant approved by City Council today.

The project at 4501 S. Vincennes Ave. includes masonry, roofing, and gutter work estimated at $1.2M, which will be partly funded by the congregation.

Designed by Dankmar Adler and built as a synagogue in 1899, the church became home to the Ebenezer congregation in 1921. The building is considered the birthplace of the earliest modern gospel choir in the country.