A brief history of Peoria - University Library

48. ..PEORIA
Congregational—
First, Monroe street, corner Hamilton street; Plymouth, Fourth,
corner Spencer; Union, Illinois avenue, corner Washington ave-
nue.
Episcopal—
St. Paul's, Main street, corner Monroe; (Reformed), N. Madison,
between Hamilton and Fayette street.
Evangelical—
German, First street, corner State street; Swedish, W. Jefferson
corner Elm street; Lutheran, Malone avenue, cor Chandler street;
St. Paul's, First street, corner Goodwin; Trinity, W. Jefferson,
corner Maple street; Swedish, 210 Pennsylvania avenue.
Hebrew—
" Ahavas Achim," 122 W. Jefferson street; " Anshai Esueth,"
(lately destroyed by fire), Liberty, corner S. Jefferson, about to be
rebuilt.
Methodist Episcopal—
A. M. E. Church, Fifth street, corner Monson; First M. E.^
Church, Sixth street, corner Franklin street; First M. E. Church
(German), Fifth street, corner Sanford street; Hale M. E. Church,
High street, corner Main street; Madison Avenue M. E. Church,
Madison avenue, corner Morgan; Wesley M. E- Church, Ann street,
corner Sumner street.
Preshyierian—
Arcadia Chapel, Arcadia avenue and Knoxville avenue; Bethel
Mission, No. 400 Garden street; Calvary Mission, First and Fisher
streets; First Church, Hamilton, corner Crescent avenue; First German,
Pecan, corner New street; Grace Church, Madison avenue
and Wayne street; Second Church, Madison avenue corner Jackson;
German Reformed, Persimmon, corner W. Madison.
Roman Catholic—
Diocese of Peoria, established 1877, comprises Illinois south of
the counties of Whiteside, Lee, DeKalb, Grundy and Kankakee and
north of Adams, Brown, Cass, Menard, Sangamon, Macon, Moultrie,
Douglas and Edg-ar. Bishop, Rt. Rev. John L. Spalding, D D.
Church of the Sacred Heart, Madison avenue corner Fulton
street; St. Boniface, Antionette and Louisa streets; St. John's,
Antionette street, corner Peter street; St. Joseph, Spencer corner
First street; St. Mark's, Hansel corner Underhill; St. Mary's Cathedral,
N. Madison avenue, corner Green street; St. Patrick's, Sar-
.atoga, corner McHean.
Universalist, First Church, Main between Perry and Glendale.
Miscellaneous—
Church of Christ (Christian Science), Madison avenue, corner
Fayette; First Free M. E. Church, S. Underhill, corner Floral; Peo-
ple's Church, 416 Hamilton street; Bacon Memorial Mission, 31(>
Chestnut street; Salvation Army, corner Madison and Liberty
streets; American Volunteers, Fulton, between Jefferson and Madi-
son.
Many of the church edifices are most beautiful, and are worthyof
inspection. The attention of visitors being particularly called
to the First and Second Presbyterian, the Roman Catholic Cathe-