KAMII, Chicago
It looks like a Byzantine style mosque, but that minaret is actually a smokestack for this synagogue.
It looks like a Byzantine style mosque, but that minaret is actually a smokestack for this synagogue. The building was built in 1924 for the reform Isaiah Israel congregation, which later merged with Chicago's oldest Jewish congregation, Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv (KAM), which in turn moved out of its massive temple on Drexel Avenue. The interior is marvelously elaborate. There are stained-glass depictions of humans, which is very unusual for a synagogue, and the walls appears to be made out of ancient stone -- but they're actually just plaster!
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About KAMII
5039 S Greenwood Ave
KAMII and Nearby Sights on Map
Isidore Heller House
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's earliest distinctive buildings (1897), often credited as the turning point in his early career when he shifted towards the Prairie School
4944 S Woodlawn
A gargantuan 8,000 square foot Tudor revival mansion once owned by Muhammad Ali
Operation Push HQ
The enormous classical revival building at 50th & Drexel is the national headquarters of the Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH organization
Elijah Muhammad House
Built by Elijah Muhammad, the founder of the Nation of Islam, it now serves as a 'National' House for the Nation of Islam
McGill Mansion
Easily mistaken for a French Castle, this mansion was built in 1893 for the Scottish McGill family, which founded the famous Montreal University of the same name
Drexel Fountain
This ornate fountain that stands in the tiny Drexel Square Park is the oldest in Chicago - one of the first monuments erected in the Chicago area
Masjid Al-Faatir
Masjid Al-Faatir is the largest of Chicago's Mosques
Smart Museum of Art
The Smart museum is small, but has an excellent collection, thoughtfully exhibited
Court Theatre
Excellent dramatic theater on the University campus
Regenstein Library
If you are not a student and are not on a tour, you can't enter the gigantic collection of over 4