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The Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois (or Chicago Baháʼí Temple) is a Baháʼí temple. It is the second Baháʼí House of Worship ever constructed and the oldest one still standing. It is one of eight continental temples, constructed to serve all of North America. [2]
The first Baháʼí House of Worship was built in the city of Ashgabat, which was then a part of Russia's Transcaspian Oblast and is now the capital of Turkmenistan. [6] It was started in 1902 and mostly completed by 1907, but was not fully finished until 1919. [7] Plans for this House of Worship were first made during the lifetime of Baháʼu ...
The Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, United States, also known as the Chicago Baháʼí Temple. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, son of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, visited the United States and Canada in 1912. Baháʼí Houses of Worship were completed in Wilmette, Illinois, United States in 1953 and in Panama City ...
A map of the location of Baháʼí Houses of Worship throughout the world: green represents countries that currently have Baháʼí Houses of Worship (with a black dot for the city); light green represents countries where Baháʼí Houses of Worship are planned or under construction; and red represents countries where a Baháʼí House of Worship previously existed.
Baháʼí House of Worship, Wilmette, Illinois. Esther "Nettie" Tobin (1863–1944) was a seamstress in Chicago around the turn of the 20th century who became a member of the Baháʼí Community there.
Wilmette Baháʼí House of Worship Louis Bourgeois may be best known as the architect of the Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette , suburban Cook County, Illinois. To give ʻAbdu'l-Baha an idea of the design direction he would take, he sent a plan that he had previously submitted for the eight-sided Peace Palace and Library in The Hague. [ 6 ]
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The Baháʼí Temple Unity was incorporated in Chicago at a national convention in 1909 to facilitate the establishment of the first Baháʼí House of Worship in the West; 39 delegates from 36 cities attended. [3] Star of the West was the first large periodical production in the country beginning in March, 1910.