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Looks Like the Old Long Grove Church 80 years ago

This is actually the Ivanhoe Congregational Church, the earliest organized church in Lake County, IL.

The church building shown was built in 1856. View is looking to NW.

The Ivanhoe Congregation church located at 21078 W. Hwy 176 in unincorporated Ivanhoe, west of Mundelein in Fremont Township. The church was founded in 1838 and this church was build in 1856 for a total cost of $1,900.

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