321 South Seventh
Springfield, IL
217.528.4311
Reverend Susan Phillips
RENOVATION
Renovating our church will create accessible, beautiful, and functional spaces for our ministry and our mission partners. Central to our plans is an elevator that will provide access to all five levels of our building and access to an additional 20,000 square feet for gathering, meeting, learning and worshiping space.
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Church Access and Parking During the Renovation
As renovations begin, our parking lot will be closed during construction. We may use all entrances on 7th Street to the sanctuary or the Commons. We will update you on accessible spaces as the renovation progresses. We can park Sunday mornings and any evening in the Federal Courthouse alley parking spaces or on Sunday mornings Grace Lutheran's parking lot. Thanks, neighbors!
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Other options are free street parking, the free municipal parking deck by the library, or the Hoogland's parking garage. Let's try to leave the 7th Street parking spaces for those with accessibility needs.
Thank you, Illinois Times, for sharing our vision
and our renovation story.
With Our New Season: Building Community, we are excited to begin dreaming with our community partners. Thanks, Karen Witter, for your attention to detail!
First Pres enlarges its welcome
Renovation to create new opportunities for community collaboration
The Rev. Susan Phillips welcomes all through the iconic red doors of the 1868 sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church.
The bright red arched door of First Presbyterian Church, across from Lincoln Library on Seventh Street in downtown Springfield, beckons people from all walks of life to enter.
September 2024 UPDATES
The solar panels are being installed.
June 2024 UPDATES
The elevator shaft and basement walls were framed in the week of June 20th.
The week of June 10th there was more movement forward. The first photo below shows construction of the forms for the new elevator and the second photo shows part of the new HVAC units.
May 2024 UPDATES
The week of May 27th was a VERY exciting week as the piers for our new construction were dug and concrete was poured! This is a tremendous milestone in our Rooted and Reaching Renovation. Thanks be!