Here’s What To See In Lincoln Park And Lakeview During Open House Chicago 2026

LINCOLN PARK — From a nearly 140-year-old church designed by a prominent Chicago architect to a floating eco-park on the Chicago River, Open House Chicago will offer visitors a look inside some of Lincoln Park and Lakeview’s most distinctive and unusual spaces this weekend. Listen 🎧 Organized by the Chicago Architecture Center, Open House Chicago returns Saturday and Sunday with more than 200 sites across 30 neighborhoods. Admission is free, and no advance registration is required. This year brings two new stops to the neighborhoods: Temple Sholom in Lakeview and St. Pauls United Church of Christ in Lincoln Park. St. Pauls United Church of Christ, 2335 N. Orchard St. Provided/Open House Chicago. Temple Sholom, 3480 N. Lake Shore Drive, is one of Chicago’s oldest Reform Jewish congregations, founded in 1867. Its current building dates to 1928 and was originally a student design project at the Armour Institute, now the Illinois Institute of Technology, before professional architects took over. Its Byzantine- and Moorish-revival design includes a large domed roof, arched windows and stained glass. St. Pauls United Church of Christ, 2335 N. Orchard St., was largely rebuilt after a devastating Christmas Day fire destroyed much of its original 1898 German Gothic Cathedral-style building. Visitors can tour its 1950s-era sanctuary, chapel, gymnasium and other spaces. Wild Mile Chicago, a floating eco-park located on the North Branch Canal of the Chicago River, amid its expansion on Aug. 15, 2024. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Returning attractions include Lake View Presbyterian Church, whose 1888 building was designed by John Wellborn Root; the Zen Buddhist Temple, housed in a former 1922 Masonic lodge; and the Wild Mile, a floating habitat and greenspace that rises and falls with the Chicago River. Here’s what else you can see in Lincoln Park and Lakeview during Open House Chicago 2026. Lakeview Lake View Presbyterian Church, 3600 N. BroadwayTemple Sholom, 3480 N. Lake Shore Dr.Zen Buddhist Temple, 1710 W. Cornelia Ave. Lincoln Park Birch Road Clubhouse, 1113 W. Armitage Ave.DePaul University Holtschneider Performance Center – Jarvis Opera Hall, 800 W. Belden Ave.St. Michael in Old Town Roman Catholic Church, 1633 N. Cleveland Ave.St. Pauls United Church of Christ, 2335 N. Orchard St.The Moody Church, 1630 N. Clark St.Wild Mile, 905 W. Eastman St. ______________________________________________________________________ Support Local News! Subscribe to Block Club Chicago, an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods. Already subscribe? Click here to gift a subscription, or you can support Block Club with a tax-deductible donation. Listen to the Block Club Chicago podcast: