Friends of Historic Second Church

08/29/2026

A WALK THROUGH TIME: This is a reminder that Historic Second Church will be open for tours this Sunday, Aug. 30, from 1 to 4 p.m., during the annual Glessner House "A Walk Through Time" event. For details, please see the website:

https://www.glessnerhouse.org/events/a-walk-through-time

We highly reccommend you register for "A Walk Through Time" tickets and take advantage of this once-a-year opportunity to see inside significant historic homes and tour other sites in the Prairie Avenue District and South Loop!

Historic Second Church is also open for regular tours on Saturday, Aug. 29.

https://www.historicsecondchurch.org/tours

Glessner House photo by James Caufield.

08/27/2026

KNOW YOUR HISTORIC SECOND CHURCH:

Where is this beautiful feature and what is it? Docents and longtime Friends, please hold your answers!

08/26/2026

Beautiful light emanating today from the Shaw window.

08/25/2026

STEP INSIDE!
Tour Historic Second Church with your friends and family members.
Experience Chicago's Arts & Crafts Masterpiece!
https://www.historicsecondchurch.org/tours

08/25/2026

An often overlooked window in Historic Second Church is this beautiful light screen designed by Chicago architect Howard Van Doren Shaw and fabricated by Giannini & Hilgart of Chicago. It is located between the narthex and the sancturary. It depicts a healthy grape arbor with prominent grapes, leaves and vines.

Photo courtesy of Wendell Reeves.

08/20/2026

A glimpse of the recent repair to the restored "Saint Paul Preaching at Athens" window (Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1895) in a video by Eddie Arruza.

Hear Tom Venturella of Venturella Studio and Sarah Van Domelen talk...

08/17/2026

Revisiting recent Chicago media coverage of the return of Tiffany's Jeweled Window here at Historic Second Church!

The "Jeweled" window returned the week of June 1 through June 5 202...

08/13/2026

A SPECIAL PHOTO CONTEST: In honor of our nation's 250th year, Partners for Sacred Places invites you to share your favorite photographs that you feel will help them highlight the important roles historic religious buildings play in local communities. It is open to all, and prizes will be awarded up to $500.

This is a perfect opportunity for all of us who love Historic Second Church to share how we see it with countless people across the United States!

Please click on the link below to submit your photos online before the Oct. 6 deadline.

https://sacredphotocontest.untap.us/programs/2026 -about

08/09/2026

Did you know:
We do small projects, too? This year, one of our small projects for Historic Second Church has been to refinish the heavy wooden doors in order to preserve and protect them for many more years to come! Here are National Decorating workers on the job.

08/07/2026

A close-up look at our recent repair to Tiffany's "Saint Paul Preaching at Athens" monumental stained glass window, completed by Venturella Studios, and featuring comments by engineer Sarah Van Domelen, Associate Principal at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. This is another excellent video by Eddie Arruza.

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