Bahai House of Worship
Official name: Bahá'í House of Worship Also known as: Bahai Temple Built: 1920-1953 Designed by: Louis Bourgeois Type: Holy Place Maximum Height: 135 feet / 41 meters Location: 100 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, United States
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• Seating capacity: 1,191
• Interior height of the dome: 73 feet / 22 meters
• Width of the dome: 90 feet / 27 meters
• The building has nine sides.
• This was the first Bahá'í House of Worship in the Western Hemisphere.
• The exterior filigree is full of symbols of the world's religions from the Christian cross to the Jewish Star of David to the Islamic crescent.
• Because of the delicacy of the design, the building had to be made out of a special mixture of quartz and white cement.
• Much of the building was manufactured near Washington, DC and then shipped to Illinois for assembly.
• 1903 - Planning begins.
• 1909 - Canadian architect Louis Bourgeois begins work on the design.
• 1920 - Construction begins.
• 1931 - The steel skeleton of the building is completed.
• 1953 - The building is completed.
• 1978 - The Bahá'í House of Worship is added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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ahmad elahmar
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 @ 8:34am
Rating: Five stars.
its more beautiful and holy place

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