St. Michael the Archangel Church, outside view [Polish parishes and churches in Chicago]

The church build between 1907 and 1909 was designed by William J. Brinkmann, who was a son of German immigrants and learned his profession while working in the Burnham & Root architectural company.
The church which he designed in South Chicago is one of the largest in the city. It is built in the definitely Gothic Revival style, which is not particularly common among the “Polish” cathedrals, and when it appears, it is limited to the pointed-arch windows or details. Despite its modern steel-frame construction, the architecture of St. Michael the Archangel Church is inspired by medieval
models. The enormous windows of the two-tower façade can bring to mind the English Gothic Revival and are close to the solutions we know from Westminster, among others. The different height of the towers was supposed to be a reference to the Cracow Church of St. Virgin Mary.