3615 S Hoyne Avenue Chicago IL 60609 MLS #MRD12168547

Historic location in the heart of Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood. The former St. Maurice Parish campus is now for sale – parcel located on the east side of South Hoyne and includes the church, the rectory, a one-level social center, and an all-brick school with courtyard which is currently rented to CPS and used as a daycare facility. This listing also includes a double vacant lot at the southwest corner of 36th & South Hoyne which is now used as a parking area. The church with an imposing bell/clock tower was dedicated in 1936 and designed in the Gothic-style by the architectural firm of McCarthy, Smith, and Eppig. The all-brick two-story rectory dates back to 1918. The current school building at the south end of this parcel was built in 1954. The church has approximately 8,500 sq ft of open worship space with no columns, and a partial basement housing the mechanicals. The rectory is a two-story brick building with 6,800 +/- sq ft and a full basement – this building needs extensive rehab. The social center is a brick one-story building with a concrete floor, wide open gathering space, of nearly 5,200 sq ft. The u-shaped school has 12,800 sq ft of classroom and meeting space. There is attached garage parking at the rear of the current rectory building. The entire parcel on the east side of S. Hoyne measures – 374x154x84x28x291x125. The included vacant parcel (3602 S. Hoyne) measures 49×125 – a total of about 53,000 sq ft of land area. The entire property covers potentially 17 standard city lots – multiple addresses and PINs. Superb and convenient location near downtown transportation – the Orange Line and Archer Avenue, shopping, medical facilities, nearby McKinley Park offering a myriad of year-round recreational choices, top-ranked schools, and more. This is an ideal opportunity for a visionary or developer who can offer the highest and best use of this parcel to benefit the community.