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House of Divine Worship, Erected in 1823
CITY:
Vandalia
COUNTY:
Fayette
DEDICATED BY:
The Illinois State Historical Society
DEDICATION DATE:
January 1, 1900 at 6:00:00 AM
The marker is located in Vandalia at the corner of Kennedy Boulevard and Main Street.
The Illinois General Assembly donated five lots in Vandalia to promote the construction of a church for the use of all denominations. The forty-five by sixty feet one-story frame structure erected in the summer of 1823 was used primarily by the Presbyterians and Methodists and also for public meetings and as a schoolhouse.
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