The first settlers in Avon, Illinois, arrived in 1835. In just twenty years, the area grew enough to have a post office, changed its name twice, saw the building of a branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) and formed several churches. Among those fellowships were a Universalist Church and a Congregational Church….
Category: Church
Interesting histories of churches and organs.
The Notre-Dame Cathedral Paris Pipe Organ
The world watched in frozen horror as news broadcasts showed a fire blazing through the Notre Dame Cathedral on April 15, 2019. The fate of the historic building and its contents hung in the balance. The damage was extensive, yet somehow, miraculously even, some things survived. Among the remaining treasures in the cathedral is the…
1901 Hinners & Albertsen, First United Presbyterian, Knoxville, Illinois
Standing proudly in the small town of Knoxville, Illinois, is First United Presbyterian Church. Founded in 1835, the congregation made their church home in other locations before erecting the current structure and moving into it, debt free, in 1899. The Hinners & Albertsen organ was installed in 1901. Hinners Organ Perfection Manufactury was founded by John…