Medieval and Manuscripts

First Presbyterian Church (Chicago)

The First Presbyterian Church (Chicago) is the first Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois, 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 South Kimbark Avenue in 1927.

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• ▸Harich Monastery
• ▸Gothic art in Milan
• ▸Carolingian Gospel Book (British Library, Add MS 11848)

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