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4 unusual facts about First Unitarian Church of Chicago


Chicago Children's Choir

In 1956 during the Civil Rights Movement, the late Rev. Christopher Moore founded the multiracial, multicultural Chicago Children’s Choir at Hyde Park’s First Unitarian Church of Chicago.

First Unitarian Church of Chicago

Its first building was constructed in 1841 on what is now the site of the Picasso statue in Daley Plaza.

In 1956 the Chicago Children's Choir was founded in the church by assistant minister Christopher Moore.

One of the oldest churches in Chicago, First Unitarian Chicago was founded in 1836 and located at 5650 S. Woodlawn Avenue.



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