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First Presbyterian Church (Chicago)
The First Presbyterian Church (Chicago) is the first Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is arguably the first church organized in Chicago. It is the oldest continuously operating institution in Chicago, predating by two months the founding of Chicago as a town. The first public school and first Head Start programs in the region were started in its buildings. Early members of the church included Chicago's first pharmacist and Chicago's first public school teacher, as well as the founders of the first regional abolitionist society.
The church building is a Gothic Revival cathedral built at 6400 S Kimbark Ave in 1927.
The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago had its beginning in the arrival of a ship off the shore of Lake Michigan near the mouth of the Chicago River on May 12, 1833. Aboard the ship was the nucleus of Chicago's first Presbyterian society, as well as the man destined to be its founder, Jeremiah Porter, a young missionary. So rough was the lake that the little schooner, further hampered by the lack of an adequate harbor, tossed about on the waves, unable to land until the following day – a delay which provided ample time for the Rev. Jeremiah Porter to contemplate the odd chance that had brought here to Illinois country. -from A History of The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 1833–1941
The First Presbyterian Church has its origins in an August 1832 prayer meeting and Sunday-school held by Philo Carpenter in a carpentry shop, which was owned by Mark Beaubien at Fort Dearborn. Although there were changes in location, these services continued during the winter of 1832–33. Eventually, they were held at a cabin owned by "Father" Walker. At this location, Rev. Jeremiah Porter formally organized the church. On June 26, 1833, the church adopted the Covenant and Articles of Faith in the Presbytery of Detroit.[citation needed]
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The first public school in Chicago was organized in the meeting house of The First Presbyterian Church, and Porter's wife Eliza Chappell was the first teacher in this school. The membership of the church increased within a few months from 26 to 47, and to accommodate both soldiers and citizens, preaching services were held for a time both in the fort and at Father Walker's cabin on Wolf Point. On June 11, a committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions for the construction of a meeting house. Porter suggested that any money subscribed toward his support might be applied to the building fund. In the meantime, the American Home Mission Society made provisions for Porter.
The erection of the first house of worship was quite an event in the settlement. "Nearly all the inhabitants aided in the construction of this building, and the undertaking was so stupendous that every shoulder was needed at the wheel." The meetinghouse, built by Joseph Meeker, stood out in the open field without any fence around it, on what was later the alley of the lot at the southwest corner of Lake and Clark Streets, on the south 25 feet (7.6 m) of lot 1 in block 34 in the Original Town of Chicago. The Chicago Daily Democrat (1834) noted:
"The First Presbyterian Church has purchased lot 1 in block 34. The books of the Title Guarantee and Trust Co. do not, however, show any record of such a purchase. We can only infer that for the two years or more the Society was in possession of this lot it must have been by permission of the Trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, who held title to the land."
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The First Presbyterian Church (Chicago) is the first Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is arguably the first church organized in Chicago. It is the oldest continuously operating institution in Chicago, predating by two months the founding of Chicago as a town. The first public school and first Head Start programs in the region were started in its buildings. Early members of the church included Chicago's first pharmacist and Chicago's first public school teacher, as well as the founders of the first regional abolitionist society.
The church building is a Gothic Revival cathedral built at 6400 S Kimbark Ave in 1927.
The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago had its beginning in the arrival of a ship off the shore of Lake Michigan near the mouth of the Chicago River on May 12, 1833. Aboard the ship was the nucleus of Chicago's first Presbyterian society, as well as the man destined to be its founder, Jeremiah Porter, a young missionary. So rough was the lake that the little schooner, further hampered by the lack of an adequate harbor, tossed about on the waves, unable to land until the following day – a delay which provided ample time for the Rev. Jeremiah Porter to contemplate the odd chance that had brought here to Illinois country. -from A History of The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 1833–1941
The First Presbyterian Church has its origins in an August 1832 prayer meeting and Sunday-school held by Philo Carpenter in a carpentry shop, which was owned by Mark Beaubien at Fort Dearborn. Although there were changes in location, these services continued during the winter of 1832–33. Eventually, they were held at a cabin owned by "Father" Walker. At this location, Rev. Jeremiah Porter formally organized the church. On June 26, 1833, the church adopted the Covenant and Articles of Faith in the Presbytery of Detroit.[citation needed]
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The first public school in Chicago was organized in the meeting house of The First Presbyterian Church, and Porter's wife Eliza Chappell was the first teacher in this school. The membership of the church increased within a few months from 26 to 47, and to accommodate both soldiers and citizens, preaching services were held for a time both in the fort and at Father Walker's cabin on Wolf Point. On June 11, a committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions for the construction of a meeting house. Porter suggested that any money subscribed toward his support might be applied to the building fund. In the meantime, the American Home Mission Society made provisions for Porter.
The erection of the first house of worship was quite an event in the settlement. "Nearly all the inhabitants aided in the construction of this building, and the undertaking was so stupendous that every shoulder was needed at the wheel." The meetinghouse, built by Joseph Meeker, stood out in the open field without any fence around it, on what was later the alley of the lot at the southwest corner of Lake and Clark Streets, on the south 25 feet (7.6 m) of lot 1 in block 34 in the Original Town of Chicago. The Chicago Daily Democrat (1834) noted:
"The First Presbyterian Church has purchased lot 1 in block 34. The books of the Title Guarantee and Trust Co. do not, however, show any record of such a purchase. We can only infer that for the two years or more the Society was in possession of this lot it must have been by permission of the Trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, who held title to the land."
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