The St. Joseph Mercy Hospital building was erected and dedicated in 1931. It was originally called Mercy Manor. It is located at 421 N. Lake Street in Aurora Illinois. It was designed by architect Wybe Jelles Van der Meer of Rockford in the Collegiate Gothic style. It is six stories high and has a seven and a half story tower. It is the current home of the Presence Fox Knoll Retirement Center. It overlooks Wilder Park and the Fox River.
Very nice pictures. I was thinking how fortunate we are to have a lot of the interesting pieces of architecture still available. Unlike a lot of countries that fought wars in their countries.
Thanks Suzette. That’s a good point. We didn’t have the same level of building destruction as some other countries. Chicago’s biggest destruction was the Great Chicago Fire but Chicago rebuilt so quickly after that.