History Prepared for the 175th Anniversery of the First Presbyterian Church of DuPage July 13, 2008 The contents of this History (except for externally linked material) are the property of the First Presbyterian Church of DuPage (FPCD). They may be copied for personal use or for use by non-profit organizations. No items may be sold, apart from offerings by the FPCD. A multimedia CD of this material may be ordered from the FPCD for a donation of $11.00. No items are to be copied into other websites. Links to this material from websites are encouraged. Visitor:
Painting of the first worship of the Church at DuPage July 14, 1833 by Lucie Schmitt, 1983 (.5 MB)	Pastors of the First Presbyterian Church of DuPage	1833 County configuration showing DuPage Church in Cook County when organized Visit Illinois County Boundaries 1790 - Present for history of Illinois County development
First Presbyterian Church of DuPage 100 Years 1833 - 1933 PDF File (13 MB)	First Presbyterian Church of DuPage 1833 - 1958 PDF File (5 MB)	Historical Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of DuPage to 2000 PDF File (3MB)
1833 Founding Document Minutes Extract	1844 Re-organization	1845 Mungo Patterson Diary Extract
1852 Property Lease Agreement (current location)	1853 picture of sanctuary of first church	1875 picture of church with new steeple (notice the horse sheds on the far side and in the rear)
1885 Agnes Patterson Letter about the building	1908-09 new church newspaper articles	1958 picture of the church in its 1909 configuration
1974 pre- and post-renovation drawings for the new entry	1976 - 2004 Main Floor detail drawing	1976 - 2004 Church picture (classic view)
1976 - 2004 Church picture (front view)	Panoramic View of the Church Property (about 1990, just before what is now Weber Rd. was widened to 4 lanes) (6.5 MB)	January 2005 newspaper article about the sale of items from the old church building
Artist rendering of current church building	First layout of the new church building	Almost final layout of the new church building
New church constuction sequence pictures (a PowerPoint presentation) (17MB)	New DuPage Church T-Shirt picture for use with transfer paper (picture reversed)	Panoramic View of New Sanctuary (External webpage, Needs Apple QuickTime)