by Ellie | May 19, 2026 | 52 Weeks of Huguenot
52 weekly articles celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Huguenot Memorial Church, researched and written by Archivist Jon Coss. Hildreth Meiére (“May-AIR”) was one of the most influential and creative decorative artists of the 20th century. In the 1930s she was...
by Ellie | May 12, 2026 | 52 Weeks of Huguenot
52 weekly articles celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Huguenot Memorial Church, researched and written by Archivist Jon Coss. In 1876 Rev. Charles E. Lord and 18 congregants founded the Huguenot Church. The building, popularly known as the Little Red Church, was...
by Ellie | May 5, 2026 | 52 Weeks of Huguenot
52 weekly articles celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Huguenot Memorial Church, researched and written by Archivist Jon Coss. Mr. Takeo Nakayama was born in Japan about 1883, his wife Itsuyo about 1895. They were Christians and came to the United States in 1903,...
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...
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