by Ellie | Apr 30, 2026 | 52 Weeks of Huguenot
52 weekly articles celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Huguenot Memorial Church, researched and written by Archivist Jon Coss. Edward Purkis Frost was born in Chicago in 1890, possibly related to a partner in the jewelry firm, Black, Starr & Frost, in New...
by Ellie | Apr 20, 2026 | 52 Weeks of Huguenot
52 weekly articles celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Huguenot Memorial Church, researched and written by Archivist Jon Coss. As Earth Day approaches on April 22, we look at Huguenot’s environmental awareness. Huguenot’s “climate awareness” began in 2004 when it...
by Ellie | Apr 14, 2026 | 52 Weeks of Huguenot
Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss. Henry “Harry” Anderson was born in Manhattan in 1869 to Henry Rhind Anderson, a gold broker, and Elizabeth Antoinette Anderson. His father was Scottish and came to the U.S. in his youth. His...
by Ellie | Apr 7, 2026 | 52 Weeks of Huguenot
Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss. The Huguenot Memorial Church has a long tradition of Christmas pageants, but did you know we once had an Easter pageant and an Easter play? On the evening of Easter in 1932, Huguenot...
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