St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery (Lemont, Illinois)


St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	10600 South Archer Avenue, Lemont, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Nearest city	Lemont, Illinois
Coordinates	41°41′55″N 87°55′57″W / 41.69861°N 87.93250°W / 41.69861; -87.93250
Area	8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built	1853
Architect	Carr, Martin
NRHP reference No.	84001047^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 16, 1984

St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery, also known as St. James at Sag Bridge Church is a historic church and cemetery in the Sag Bridge area of the village of Lemont, Illinois. It is situated on a high bluff at the western tip of the glacier-carved Mount Forest Island, overlooking the Calumet Sag Channel and the community of Sag Bridge.

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History

The site has been important for centuries as a lookout, including a French fort visited by Father Jacques Marquette on his journeys on the Des Plaines River several times in 1673; it is believed he conducted Catholic Mass at the fort.^[2]

The church was founded in 1833 by workers building the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and first met in a rough log cabin. The present church building was built from 1853 to 1858 of locally quarried limestone painstakingly dragged up the steep hill. It was built on an ancient Native American trail, which has evolved into today's Archer Avenue (Illinois Route 171).^[2]

On March 27, 1991, a tornado caused significant damage to Lemont and Sag Bridge, including the historic St. James church and cemetery.^[3] The tornado lifted up the roof of the church and dropped it back down askew, and knocked over numerous trees and tombstones in the cemetery. A group of dedicated parishioners banded together as the St. James Preservation Society to repair the damage and restore their church.^[2]^[4]

St. James at Sag Bridge Catholic Church continues today in its historic role as the center of the Sag Bridge community. It is the only country parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 16, 1984, and is a contributing property of the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Staff. "Parish History". Historic St. James at Sag Bridge. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
^ "March 27, 1991 TORNADO". Lemont Area Historical Society and Museum. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
^ Mohr, Michele (1996-05-12). "Back From The Dead". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2012-09-16.

External links

Media related to St. James Catholic Church (Lemont, Illinois) at Wikimedia Commons

St. James at Sag Bridge Church official site

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