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Maple Street Chapel
The Maple Street Chapel, is a historical Gothic Revival building in Lombard, Illinois, USA. It is owned by "The First Church of Lombard".
==History==
The congregation previously met in a building built in 1851 as "The Congregational Church of Babcock's Grove". The 170-seat structure known as the Maple Street Chapel and was dedicated on May 29, 1870.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Maple Street Chapel Preservation Society )〕 For the first fifty years, the south room functioned as a free public library of books from Josiah Torrey Reade, a former student of Amherst College. This was the villages very first library.〔 The first Lombard kindergarten class was held in the church.〔 The chapel's bell not only called the parishioners to service on Sunday's, it also summoned the village's volunteer fire department if there was a fire in town.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LHS Maple Street Chapel )〕 Pews were rented to wealthy residents, with seats nearest the heater the most in demand. After the turn of the century, the Chapel even presented silent movies.〔 The Maple Street Chapel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The Chapel is no longer used for ordinary church services, rather it is used for weddings, concerts, programs, etc. However, the congregation of the First Church of Lombard continues to be a part of the Lombard community but worship services are now held in an adjacent, 400-seat building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welcome to First Church of Lombard )〕 The First Church of Lombard is affiliated with the United Church of Christ. Their pastor since 2014 is the Rev. Jeffrey Phillips. While The First Church of Lombard still owns the building, its maintenance and preservation is entrusted to the Maple Street Chapel Preservation Society, Inc.
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