Nine is a significant number in the Bahá’í faith. The Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette has 9 facets and is surrounded by 9 gardens.
The Bahá’í House of Worship is dramatically sited where the North Shore Channel meets Lake Michigan in Wilmette.
The base of the Bahá’í House of Worship conceals a large room, Foundation Hall, which was completed and in use by the early 1920s.
The architect of the Bahá’í House of Worship, Louis Bourgeois, worked briefly with Louis Sullivan in the 1890s. He died in 1930 without finishing the intricate design of the interior ornament - which was not completed until 1953.
Even the intricately-detailed columns on the Bahá’í House of Worship are 9-sided. I swear I didn’t write this thread because today is 9/9.
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