UPDATE: Chicago Office (cont.)
requirements and solutions for older sacred places.
Following the Advisory Board meeting, the expert
docents of Friends of the Historic Second Church led
a tour of the beautiful church interior, which features
stained glass by artists such as Louis C. Tiffany, William
Fair Kline and Sir Edward Burne-Jones.
(www.2ndpresbyterian.org/windows.html)
Advisory Board Member Father George A. Lane, SJ,
President of Loyola University Press, was honored with
the President’s Award from Landmarks Illinois at the
2009 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation
Awards in October.
New People
Mary Ottoson, who recently received a Master of Science
degree in Historic Preservation from the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago, is a consultant recently hired
by the Chicago Office to develop a comprehensive
database of historic sacred places in Chicago, including
photographs. She has catalogued nearly 1,500 entries to
date.
The Chicago Office has recruited Sally Cocjin, a junior
at DePaul University, as a volunteer and now an intern.
One of her many tasks is assisting with information
collection for the historic sacred places database by
carrying out site visits and photographing churches.
13 • Sacred Places • www.sacredplaces.org • Fall 2009