The rebuilding of the Rising Sun Baptist Church, located on Chicago's west side is a reconstruction project consisting of new sanctuary adjoining to existing east end towers for 500 parishioners.
The neighborhood, in the Austin and Central Ave. community sets the framework for the chapel, which unifies and serves the community as a place for social, worship, and serves as a support for inner city youth and children's activities on a weekly basis.
The project is a new chapel building complex adjacent to an existing end towers and facade on the east end of the property, which are the only portion remaining after being destroyed by fire on February 8th, 1994.
The church was designed originally by William C. Jones, Architect in 1919 in the English Tudor Gothic style. The configuration of the church, originally for a Methodist congregation included a narthex on the east, a nave, a chancel and and office space to the west. The tower to the north is approximately 65 feet tall and the tower to the south is approximately 47 feet tall.