Editing Wilmette, Illinois (section)

==Architecture==
In addition to the Bahá'í House of Worship, Wilmette is famous for several other examples of [[religious architecture]].

The oldest existing church building in Wilmette is the First Congregational Church (1909) designed in the [[Tudor Revival]] style. Trinity United Methodist Church (1928) is a [[Neo-Gothic]] structure and was designed and constructed by Granger & Bollenbacher of Wisconsin Lannonstone. The church features stained glass windows by Willet Studios of [[Philadelphia]], among the top American studios during the 1920s. The church was used as a filming location for ''[[Home Alone]]''.<ref>{{cite web
| url= http://www.trinitywilmette.org
| title= Trinity United Methodist Church
| access-date= January 2, 2008
| archive-date= April 26, 2007
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070426134323/http://www.trinitywilmette.org/
| url-status= live
}}</ref>

Both St. Joseph and St. Francis Xavier Church were designed by the firm of McCarthy, Smith and Eppig. St. Joseph's is Wilmette's oldest religious congregation, established in 1843. The present building (1939) is among the finest examples of [[Art Deco]] architecture on the [[North Shore (Chicago)|North Shore]]. The interior is particularly well preserved and features Art Deco light fixtures and stained glass windows designed and fabricated by [[Giannini & Hilgart]] of Chicago. The altar floor and sanctuary wall contain Italian and French [[marble]] inlaid with Portuguese [[onyx]]. The [[Stations of the Cross]] are pastel-hued mosaics crafted in the [[Holy See|Vatican]] Studio of Mosaics in [[Rome]]. The design and materials of the Y-shaped school designed by Herman J. Gaul of Chicago and constructed in 1934, and the adjacent [[rectory]], harmonize with the church. St. Francis Xavier Church (1939) was designed in the Late Gothic Revival mode while McCarthy, Smith & Eppig were simultaneously working on St. Joseph's. The stained glass windows were made with English and German imported glass by the famed F. X. Zettler Studios of [[Munich]] and [[New York City]]. St Francis Xavier School (1924), just east of the church, is a unique modern blend of Gothic architecture by Chicago architect Barry Byrne.

Wilmette has two houses built by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]: the [[Frank J. Baker House]] (and carriage house) and the Lewis Burleigh House (also known as the JJ O'Connor House<ref>[http://www.prairiestyles.com/wright_comm.htm "Frank Lloyd Wright Commissions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313151235/http://www.prairiestyles.com/wright_comm.htm |date=March 13, 2011 }}.</ref>).<ref>{{cite web
| url= http://www.peterbeers.net/interests/flw_rt/Illinois/Baker_House/baker_house.htm
| title= The Baker House
| access-date= January 2, 2008
| archive-date= December 23, 2007
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071223075317/http://www.peterbeers.net/interests/flw_rt/Illinois/Baker_House/baker_house.htm
| url-status= live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url= http://www.peterbeers.net/interests/flw_rt/Illinois/Burleigh_House/Burleigh_House.htm
| title= The Lewis Burleigh House
| access-date= January 2, 2008
| archive-date= January 12, 2008
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080112173549/http://www.peterbeers.net/interests/flw_rt/Illinois/Burleigh_House/Burleigh_House.htm
| url-status= live
}}</ref> In addition, Wilmette has homes designed by Wright's contemporaries in the field of Prairie School architecture, including [[John S. Van Bergen]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cohen |first1=Stuart |last2=Benjamin |first2=Susan |date=2004 |title=Houses of the Lakefront Suburbs, 1890-1940 |location= New York |publisher=Acanthus Press |pages=153–55 }}</ref>

<gallery widths="180px" heights="120px" perrow="3">
File:Frank J. Baker House.jpg|Frank Baker House
File:Wilmette Historical Society (Gross Point Village Hall).jpg|Gross Point Village Hall, now the Wilmette Historical Society
</gallery>

===Historic preservation===
These places in Wilmette are on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]:<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

{| class = "wikitable"
! Site
! Address
! Listed
|-
| align="left" | [[Baha'i House of Worship (Wilmette, Illinois)|Baha'i Temple]]
| align="left" | 100 Linden Ave.
| align="left" | 1978
|-
| align="left" | [[Bailey–Michelet House]]
| align="left" | 1028 Sheridan Rd.
| align="left" | 1982
|-
| align="left" | [[Frank J. Baker House]]
| align="left" | 507 Lake Ave.
| align="left" | 1974
|-
| align="left" | [[Alfred Bersbach House]]
| align="left" | 1120 Michigan Ave.
| align="left" | 2003
|-
| align="left" | [[Chicago and Northwestern Depot (Wilmette, Illinois)|Chicago and Northwestern Depot]]
| align="left" | 1135-1141 Wilmette Ave.
| align="left" | 1975
|-
| align="left" | [[Gross Point Village Hall]]
| align="left" | 609 Ridge Rd.
| align="left" | 1991
|-
| align="left" | [[Linden (CTA station)|Linden Purple Line Terminal]]
| align="left" | 349 Linden Ave.
| align="left" | 1984
|-
| align="left" | [[Oak Circle Historic District]]
| align="left" | 318-351 Oak Circle
| align="left" | 2001
|-
| align="left" | [[Ouilmette North Historic District]]
| align="left" | 46 blocks: Chesnut Ave, Sheridan Rd., Lake Ave. and 13th St.
| align="left" | 2005
|-
|}