In 1978 the congregation of St. Andrew Kim Korean was formed in the basement of an east side Catholic church and formally established a year later. The congregation found a home in a school building belonging to St. Augustine Parish in Tremont and remained there until 1988 when it moved into its current home. This building was designed by James L. Cameron and built in 1917 as the Polish National Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Tremont neighborhood has one of the largest concentrations of churches in a single geographic area because it was home to so many immigrant groups at the turn of the last century. The transition of a Polish church to a Korean church continues this history, as different ethnic groups repurpose sacred spaces for worship in historic buildings, adding to the rich layers of cultural identity in Tremont.