- 1903-03-07 — Inspired by the news of the `Ishqabad Temple project, the Chicago House of Spirituality asked `Abdu'...
- 1903-05-30 — A letter from `Abdu'l-Baha was received by the Chicago House of Spirituality giving His approval for...
- 1903-06-07 — Eight days after `Abdu'l-Baha's first Tablet arrived, a second Tablet arrived from Him approving the...
- 1907-02-25 — Corinne True travelled to `Akka to present `Abdu'l-Baha with a scroll with the signatures of 800 (or...
- 1907-11-26 — The first national Baha'i conference was held in America. [BFA2:XVI; BW10:179]
At the invitation ...
- 1908-04-09 — Two building plots for the future House of Worship were purchased in Wilmette for the sum of $2000. ...
- 1909-03-22 — On the same day as the interment of the sacred remains of the Bab on Mount Carmel the first American...
- 1910-04-25 — The Second Annual Convention of the Baha'i Temple Unity was held in Corinthian Hall, 17th Floor of t...
- 1912-05-01 — `Abdu'l-Baha laid the cornerstone of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette. [SYH67-68, CT102; 239D:51; A...
- 1920-04-02 — Louis Bourgeois was selected as the architect for the Chicago House of Worship. [DP94; GPB303; SBBH1...
- 1920-04-27 — The design for the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar at Wilmette, Illinois, was finally chosen by the forty-nine del...
- 1920-09-24 — Boring began at the site of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette to determine the depth of the bedrock....
- 1921-03-21 — Construction began on the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette. DP108]
See DP107 for a picture of Baha...
- 1922-04-03 — To the United States and Canada Shoghi Effendi sent a message to transform the 'Executive Board' int...
- 1922-07-09 — Baha'is gathered in the Foundation Hall of the Chicago House of Worship for the first time, to comme...
- 1927-10-00 — Shoghi Effendi entrusted Dr William Slater and his wife Ida Slater, who were visiting Haifa on a 19-...
- 1928-04-26 — The National Convention of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada was held in the Foundation Ha...
- 1929-03-16 — In December of 1925 the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of United States and Canada adopt...
- 1929-04-25 — Shoghi Effendi made the sacrifice of a priceless carpet to be sold to contribute to the Mashriqu'lAd...
- 1930-04-01 — A ceremony was held at the American annual convention in dedication of the resumption of the buildin...
- 1930-08-19 — Jean-Baptiste Louis Bourgeois, (b. 19 March 1856, Staint-Célestin de Nicolet, QC. d. Wilmette, IL)...
- 1930-08-20 — Louis Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois, (19 March, 1856, Saint-Célestin, Quebec, Canada) designer of the Mas...
- 1931-01-15 — Flames swept through the dome of Baha'i House of Worship which was nearing completion. Debris includ...
- 1931-05-02 — The superstructure of the Wilmette House of Worship was completed and turned over by the Fuller Comp...
- 1937-04-21 — The First Seven Year Plan (1937-1944) was launched in North America. [BBD180; BBRSM158; BW7:17–18;...
- 1937-05-00 — Fred Schopflocher contributed and additional $100,000 (see 16 March, 1929) to the goal of $350,000 t...
- 1942-04-00 — The publication of The Baha'i Temple: House of Worship of a World Faith Commemorating Completion of...
- 1943-01-08 — The exterior ornamentation of the Wilmette Temple was completed. [BW10:181; UD155–6]
The cost o...
- 1944-05-19 — An international celebration of the Centenary of the founding of the Faith was held at the House of ...
- 1953-05-01 — The House of Worship in Wilmette was consecrated in a simple ceremony for Baha'is only. [BW12:143, 1...
- 1953-05-02 — The House of Worship in Wilmette, the Mother Temple of the West, was dedicated in a public ceremony....
- 1953-07-27 — Siegfried (Fred) Schopflocher, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Montreal and was buried besi...
- 1959-02-01 — The 'first Dependency of the Mashriqul-Adhkar in Wilmette', the Baha'i Home for the Aged, opened. [B...
- 1961-04-03 — Corinne Knight True, Hand of the Cause of God, (b. 1 November 1861 Louisville, KY d. Chicago, IL 3 A...
- 1978-05-23 — The House of Worship in Wilmette was included in the register of historic places in the United State...
- 1992-00-00 — Prime Minister Hamilton Green of Guyana made a formal state visit to the temple in Wilmette. [Baha'i...
- 2003-05-00 — The publication of For the Celebration of My Praise by the Baha'i Publishing Trust in Wilmette the c...
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