First Presbyterian Church

The Presbyterian Church was founded in 1859. The current, second structure was built in 1887, designed by Cobb & Frost, Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost. This church is constructed of natural spotted limestone salvaged from the Second Presbyterian Church in Chicago which was destroyed in the Chicago fire of 1871.

Architecturally, First Presbyterian Church represents a a combination of Romanesque and Colonial styles. The simple and solid Romanesque style harkens back to the first Christian churches, and represents the antiquity of Christian tradition. The steeple, solid walls, and straight lines of First Presbyterian follow Romanesque models. The Colonial style originates in the nineteenth-century revival and nostalgia for the Puritan New England churches,

Artistically, First Presbyterian Church holds one of the finest collections of religious stained glass in Chicagoland. The central triptych window, Louis Comfort Tiffany's Resurrection Window, dates to 1902.