Baha'i House of Worship

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Baha'i House of Worship place of worship religious building tourist attraction

The Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, is a prominent Baha'i temple known for its intricate white domed architecture and status as a major spiritual and architectural landmark.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette 2
Baha'i House of Worship canonical 1
Baha'i House of Worship dome 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baha'i House of Worship ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
religious building ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architect Louis Bourgeois ⓘ
architecturalStyle Art Deco ⓘ
Beaux-Arts ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1921 ⓘ
cornerstoneLaid 1912 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
dedicatedTo unity of humanity ⓘ
unity of religions ⓘ
designation Baha'i House of Worship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Bahá'í House of Worship of the United States
floorCount 1 main auditorium level ⓘ
hasPart central dome ⓘ
nine entrances ⓘ
nine gardens ⓘ
nine sides ⓘ
height about 191 feet ⓘ
about 58 meters ⓘ
inscriptionTheme unity of God ⓘ
unity of humanity ⓘ
unity of religion ⓘ
landscapeArchitect Hilbert E. Dahl NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn shore of Lake Michigan ⓘ
location Wilmette, Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Wilmette, Illinois, United States
materialUsed white Portland cement concrete ⓘ
near Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
notableFeature intricate lace-like ornamentation ⓘ
nine arched entrances ⓘ
surrounding reflecting pools and gardens ⓘ
white domed superstructure ⓘ
numberOfEntrances 9 ⓘ
numberOfGardens 9 ⓘ
numberOfSides 9 ⓘ
opened 1953 ⓘ
openTo general public ⓘ
people of all faiths ⓘ
operatedBy Bahá'í community of the United States ⓘ
ownedBy National Spiritual Assembly ⓘ
surface form: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States
primaryFunction house of worship ⓘ
prohibits collections in the auditorium ⓘ
rituals in the auditorium ⓘ
sermons in the auditorium ⓘ
recognizedAs architectural landmark in the Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
religion Baha'i Faith ⓘ
surface form: Bahá'í Faith
seatingCapacity about 1200 people ⓘ
secondaryFunction place for meditation and prayer ⓘ
significance first Bahá'í House of Worship in North America ⓘ
one of the earliest Bahá'í temples in the world ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
symbolismOfNumberNine symbol of completeness and unity in the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
visitorAttraction receives hundreds of thousands of visitors annually ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wilmette, Illinois → hasLandmark → Baha'i House of Worship ⓘ
Wilmette Harbor → nearby → Baha'i House of Worship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette
Wilmette Harbor → accessTo → Baha'i House of Worship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette
Wilmette Harbor → adjacentTo → Baha'i House of Worship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baha'i House of Worship grounds
Wilmette Harbor → hasViewOf → Baha'i House of Worship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baha'i House of Worship dome
Baha'i House of Worship → designation → Baha'i House of Worship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette
this entity surface form: National Bahá'í House of Worship of the United States
Gillson Beach → near → Baha'i House of Worship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette