Second Presbyterian

Second Presbyterian in Chicago, Illinois, an imposing Gothic Revival edifice, was designed by designed in 1874 by noted New York architect James Renwick. The current American and English Arts & Crafts interior was designed in 1900 by Howard Van Doren Shaw & Frederick Clay Bartlett. The interior contains the largest collection of windows, in their original location, designed by Tiffany Studios. There are two Edward Burne-Jones Windows in the church's narthex in addition to many other rare and important murals, textiles and lighting fixtures. Pre-Raphaelite murals designed by Bartlett, who studied at the Royal Academy in Munich and Whistler's Paris studio, adorn the walls.

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The Pullmans and Mary Todd Lincoln were among the many notible Chicago families to attend this church .

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