Each summer, thousands climb aboard the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s River Boat Tour and glide past skyscrapers towering on the footholds of determination and ingenuity.

The 2025 ranking by Preservation Chicago also includes two crumbling but soaring Gothic Revival churches and stylish holdovers from the city’s industrial past.

The Olivet Baptist Church located in Bronzeville, the second oldest African American church congregation in the city of Chicago, made the list. The gothic revival style building was purchased by ...

The Gothic Revival house of worship was built in 1895. For more information about each of the buildings on the list, visit the Preservation Chicago website . Listen to WBBM Newsradio now on Audacy!

Notable Gothic Revival listings: Pullman Historic District, Henry B. Clarke House, Second Presbyterian Church, Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, New Masonic Building and Oriental Theater 9 ...

The Gothic Revival was a conscious movement that began in England to revive medieval Gothic forms, from the second half of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century. The 18th century examples ...