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The good results created a need for a regular meeting place. At the close of the tent meetings a nearby store was secured at Central Avenue and Irving Park. Here a progressive work continued for four years. In 1922, the Irving Park Gospel Hall, a modest building at 5614 Dakin Street, Chicago, was built. The group at that time numbered about 40.
[https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/3f559a7a8f5b1826ab05c29370fee192ff5a5898.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 78 in fellowship (41 men, 37 women) including 20 S.S. teachers presiding over 238 enrolled children (for a total of 316). The Hall was valued at $12,000 with $2,150 owed (with $1,878 in annual expenses), and $459 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
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==Union Ridge Gospel Chapel==
The Union Ridge Gospel Chapel in Chicago began as a Sunday School outreach led by Charles Clohsey and Stanley Modrzejeswki of Norwood Gospel Chapel. Several from Norwood, including [[Arthur John Kopke]] also frequented there to teach Sunday School, lead music, etc. By 1957, it had been established as an assembly. Paul and Al Streder, John Everding, and Art Modrzjewski Modrzejewski were active in leadership.
==Arlington Countryside Church==