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4 unusual facts about Barrington Hills


Barrington Hills, Illinois

In 1867, land was purchased at the southwest corner of Church and River - Algonquin roads, and construction was started on St. John Nepomucene Chapel, named after the patron saint of Bohemia.

Barrington Hills is home to Hill 'N Dale Farms, belonging to Richard L. Duchossois, owner of the Arlington Park racetrack, Meryl and Richard Cannon's Horizon Farm, formerly owned by Bill McGinley, and Fitzgerald's Bank Note Farm.

Robert G. Abboud (born 1956), village president, son of the former chairman of First Chicago Bank

Barrington United Methodist Church

In 1853 a church, known as the Barrington Center Church, was built on the corner of Old Sutton Road and Dundee Road, in Miller’s Grove, (now Barrington Hills.) It was, a plain, neat frame edifice 34 feet by 52 feet, with a short steeple and a bell.



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Barrington United Methodist Church

The site for the new building was chosen at the corner of Illinois Route 59 and Algonquin Road in Barrington Hills, and the ground breaking was celebrated on July 1, 2001.