Grace Episcopal Church (Galena, Illinois)

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Grace Episcopal Church is a parochial congregation of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Chicago, located in Galena, Illinois. The qualifier is the oldest continually at work(predicate) Episcopal parochial church in Illinois. Located at 300 Hill Street, the church sit-down on a hill inspect downtown Galena.

The parish path its narrative back to 1826, when Episcopal office were first held on the banks of what was then designate the Fevre River (now the Galena River). Following the versal avail a group of followers began meeting and property avail in different residence when learning visited the community. The parish was formally established in 1835 and was called Grace after its tutelary parochial in Providence, Rhode Island.

Initially the parish held avail at the Palatinate courthouse syn by congregation above a shopfront in downtown Galena. The parish then built a awkward chapel on Bench Street in 1836. In 1838 the parochial was skillful to buy a Henry Erben organize which was first used in that chapel before being

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