The Commission on Chicago Landmarks has approved a final landmark recommendation for the New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church. Located at 1400 N. Laramie, the New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church was originally constructed in 1924 as the home of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church congregation. It was primarily built over the period from 1924 -1949.

Meeting Criterion 1 for heritage, the church was originally home to the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, which was established in 1870. The building reflects the city’s social history and specifically, its German American ethnic and immigrant history as well as German American residential migration throughout various Chicago neighborhoods over time.

An important figure in the history of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church was Reverend Carl H. Rembold who assumed the pastorate in 1923. Reverend Rembold would lead the church congregation to its new location on N. Laramie Avenue and oversaw the construction of the building seen today over multiple decades, while substantially increasing the size of the congregation, its programming and its community impact. Visit Urbanize Chicago for more details.