Demolition permit issued for historic Andersonville wooden church

This morning, while reviewing my invaluable daily email of new demolition permits from Chicago Cityscape, I saw what I’d sadly anticipated for some weeks: a demolition permit issued for the former Summerdale Congregational Church in Andersonville, on Farragut Avenue at Paulina Street.

It’s a rare wooden-frame church on a brick foundation with ties to the very beginnings of the Andersonville (then Summerdale) community: the Edgewater Historical Society has a thoroughly-researched historical narrative, depicting it through the decades.

According to this DNAinfo Chicago story in January, non-profit organization The Night Ministry became owners of the 1893 building through donation from the shuttered Summerdale Community Church in 2016. In January, a $750,000 sale was finalized between The Night Ministry and private developer Ecodwell, who will erect single-family homes on the site.