Rev. J.H. Jackson and Olivet Baptist Church architectural drawings

  • Collection ID 2009.0056.10
  • Creator Names Jackson, J. H. (Joseph Harrison) 1900-1990 collector
  • Title Rev. J.H. Jackson and Olivet Baptist Church architectural drawings [graphic] 1926, 1978
  • Physical description 4 linear feet, 12 drawings (1 folder)
  • Collection summary Blueprints (9) documenting Rev. Joseph Harrison Jackson's residence (formerly the Harry Holton residence) at 4935-37 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, Ill. originally designed and constructed in 1926 by Chatten & Hammond and annotated diazo prints (3) of the Olivet Baptist Church (405 E. 31st Street, Chicago, Ill.) steeple constructed in 1978 and designed by Lester Johnson.
  • Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Credit architects.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at the Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Rev. J. H. Jackson papers; the Olivet Baptist Church records; the Olivet Baptist Church photograph collection (2000.0196); and the Rev. J.H. Jackson visual materials (2009.0056).
  • Biographical or Historical Note In 1918 the Olivet Baptist congregation, the oldest African-American Baptist congregation in Chicago, moved into the structure originally completed in 1876 for the First Baptist Church designed by architects Willcox & Miller. Lester Oscar Johnson (1912- 2003), architect for the new church steeple, also designed the Mount Prospect Bible Church; Garfield Baptist Church, Milwaukee; and several other Baptist churches in the Midwest, as well as stores for the John M. Smyth Company. He graduated from Armour Institute with a B.S. and received an MFA from Yale University. Rev. Joseph H. Jackson served as pastor of Olivet Baptist Church from 1941 to 1990. The Chatten & Hammond firm (1907-1927), founded by Melville Clark Chatten (1873- 1957) and C. Herrick Hammond (1881-1969), designed a number of residences primarily in Chicago's southside neigborhoods and suburbs, including the Harry Holton residence, which ultimately became Rev. Jackson's residence---the home within which he received Pope John XXIII in 1961.
  • Names
    • Johnson, Lester Oscar creator
    • Chatten & Hammond creator