Grace Episcopal Church ( founded in 1851 ) is the second oldest Episcopal congregations in Chicago , Illinois , United States . Since December 1985 it has occupied its 6th location , in a former printing works located at 637 South Dearborn Street in the Printer 's Row neighborhood . Now also called Grace Place , the historic 3-story redbrick late 19th century Arts and Crafts building is a contributing property in the South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row North Historic District . Grace Place is also listed in the City of Chicago 's Chicago Landmarks Historic Resources Survey . In 1851 , parishioners from Chicago 's oldest Episcopal congregation , then about a decade old , Trinity Episcopal Church helped found Grace Episcopal Church in the developing downtown district , which is now known as the Chicago Loop . The first building , a wooden structure , was at Dearborn and Madison Streets , and its first rector , Rev. Cornelius F. Swope , served until 1854 . In 1859 , the Rev. Clinton Locke became rector , and mostly served in a building at Wabash Avenue and East 8th Street and later at Wabash between 14th and 15th Street , while its parent Trinity Church moved to Jackson street between Michigan Avenue and Wabash by 1860 . The Great Chicago Fire in 1871 destroyed both churches , as well as much of the city . That third Grace Church building burned down in 1915 , so the congregation rebuilt the partially damaged parish house nearby , and used it for a decade . In 1929 , the congregation moved to a new building at 1450 South Indiana Avenue , near St. Luke 's Hospital , with which some were associated . The congregation returned to the Loop when it dedicated its fifth building , at 33 West Jackson in 1966
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Grace Episcopal Church (Chicago)