Hesler Panorama, 1858: East-Southeast 2

East-Southeast 2

East-Southeast 2 Hesler Panorama

Even in the heart of the city, the streets are unpaved and the sidewalks are barely more than raised wooden boards. Under construction on the southeast corner of Clark and Washington is the First Methodist Episcopal Church building, which opened for worship on December 5, 1858. The First Methodist Church used the top two of the building's four floors, while the street level was rented out for stores, the second floor for offices. The structure was rebuilt after the fire, to be replaced by its owners in 1923 with another combination of office building and church, the Chicago Temple, whose twenty-one stories are topped with an eight-story Gothic spire. Joan Miro's sculpture "Chicago" is just to the east of the Chicago Temple.


	East-Southeast 2	Hesler Panorama
	Even in the heart of the city, the streets are unpaved and the sidewalks are barely more than raised wooden boards. Under construction on the southeast corner of Clark and Washington is the First Methodist Episcopal Church building, which opened for worship on December 5, 1858. The First Methodist Church used the top two of the building's four floors, while the street level was rented out for stores, the second floor for offices. The structure was rebuilt after the fire, to be replaced by its owners in 1923 with another combination of office building and church, the Chicago Temple, whose twenty-one stories are topped with an eight-story Gothic spire. Joan Miro's sculpture "Chicago" is just to the east of the Chicago Temple.