This tour will feature two architecturally significant sites located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.  The Byzantine style KAM-Isaiah Israel Temple, a Chicago landmark, was designed by Alfred S. Alschuler in 1923 and completed the following year for the Isaiah Israel congregation, which in the 1970s merged with Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv (KAM), the oldest Jewish congregation in Chicago.  The octagonal shaped building features an 80 foot dome supported by eight free-standing pillars.  Guastavino tiles, stained glass windows by the Emil Frei Art Glass Company of St. Louis, and the ark, crafted from Italian travertine marble and brilliantly colored mosaics, define the richly appointed interior.  The home of lumber magnate and theater donor William O. Goodman, located across the street, was designed in 1892 by the firm of Treat and Foltz.  The Colonial Revival residence, built of buff brick and stone, contains a lavish interior featuring heavily carved wood mouldings, elaborate cast plaster ceilings, and magnificent stone mantels.  A highlight is the third-floor ballroom with dark paneling and trim in the Jacobean style with matching stone fireplaces at either end.  A reception in the garden will follow the tour.

Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 11:00am

Meet at KAMII Synagogue, 5045 S. Greenwood Avenue, Chicago

$25.00 per person - $20.00 for Glessner House Museum members
Prepaid reservations required by August 10, 2008 to 312.326.1480

Group size limited to 30 Parking available in lot immediately north of synagogue Use parking lot entrance, do NOT enter by front doors