The First Presbyterian Church (Chicago) was 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, the Chicago's first public school teacher, and the founders of the first regional abolitionist society.
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| - The First Presbyterian Church (Chicago) was 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, the Chicago's first public school teacher, and the founders of the first regional abolitionist society. (en)
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| - The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago (en)
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| - Willie Rochelle Haywood (en)
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| - Thomas Tallmadge & Vernon S. Watson (en)
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| - The First Presbyterian Church (Chicago) was 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, the Chicago's first public school teacher, and the founders of the first regional abolitionist society. The current building of the church is a Gothic Revival cathedral built at 6400 S Kimbark Ave in 1927. (en)
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