Belmont Park Evangelical Lutheran Church
Belmont Park Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1918 as a member of the United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA). It was located at N. Wellington & LaVergne Aves.
Using a temporary worship space on Belmont Avenue near Cicero from 1914, Belmont Park Lutheran acquired land at N. Wellington & LaVergne.
From 1917 to 1922 Belmont Park used a portable chapel building on that site. The brick building (pictured above) was built in 1922. The portable chapel was sold to St. Mark's Lutheran Church (1922, ULCA).
Later a new building was constructed.
In 1966 Belmont Park consolidated with First Gethsemane to form Holy Communion Lutheran Church at 3010 N. LaVergne Ave.
In 1998 Holy Communion merged with Gladstone Park (1936, ULCA), Medill Avenue (1927, NLCA), Nebo (1901, Augustana), Our Lord's American (1934, ALC), Our Saviour's English (1909, United Norwegian), Peace (1923, ULCA), and St. Andrew (1924, ULCA) to form United in Faith Lutheran Church.
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Pastors |
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W.J. Boatman |
June 1, 1918-Oct. 15, 1919 |
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Eilert C. Nielson |
May 1, 1920-April 30, 1922 |
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W.D. Ziegler |
Sept. 1, 1922-1940 |
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Walter E. Koepf |
1940-1943 |
Original records
Original record books for Belmont Park Lutheran Church should be located at United in Faith Lutheran Church at 5447 W. Addison St., Chicago, IL 60641-3292. The ELCA Archives has congregation histories and other material relating to Belmont Park.
Sources
Belmont Park Ev. Lutheran Church Expansion Program pamphlet, n.d.