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1920 Apr
192-		 Louis Bourgeois was selected as the architect for the Chicago House of Worship. [DP94; GPB303; SBBH1:145]
  • For details of the designs and selection process see DP76-100.
  • See CT159 for the source of inspiration for the design.
  • See FMH75-76 for details of a visit by Willard and Doris McKay to his home. He reported that "the inspiration for the Temple was from another realm and that he had been conscious, from the beginning, that Bahá'ulláh was the creator of the building."
    		•  - Architects; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Design; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Architecture; Chicago, IL; Louis Bourgeois; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; United States (USA); Wilmette, IL first House of Worshp
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