1852: August 29, site and land for Carbondale was secured.
1852: November 24, town laid out, 4 lots reserved for churches.
1852: December, 1st Presbyterian sermon preached in Connor’s unfinished log cabin (2nd house).
1853: January 4, first Presbyterian record book started.
1854: February 13, “First Presbyterian Church of Carbondale organized.
1856: Daniel Brush home was built on southwest corner of Main and Normal.
1856: First Presbyterian Church was begun at 210 West Monroe.
1859: July 12, building completed. Total cost was $3,642.50.
1859: September 24, the new church was dedicated.
1867: The building was repaired and a new furnace added.
1893: Electricity was installed; plans for buying a lot for a new church began.
1900: (approx.): Mission at 310 E. Birch was established. It was supervised until 1925 by Miss Amanda Templeton, David Kenney’s relative.
1902: December, two lots purchased on Normal Avenue at Elm for a new.
1904: January, Isaac Rapp, one of the builders of the first church, began construction of the building. His two sons were the architects. The original church at 210 W. Monroe Street was sold.
1906: In May, the debt was liquidated.
1906: June 23, the second (new) Presbyterian house of worship was completed.
June 24, first church services held (1st pipe organ in Carbondale).
1907: The second Sunday of July, dedication service was held.
1922: A manse was built at 302 W. Elm, the rear of the church lot.
1952: On March 28, lots to the north of the church are purchased.
1953: “Centennial Advance” Program for building an Education Wing began. At completion the building addition costs were $80,000.
November 8, 1953 Centennial Sunday- speaker reviewed history.
Three lots west of the church were purchased to provide parking space.
1967: A Christian Education wing was added at a cost of $130,000. The stone from the original building was used across the University Ave. side of the new addition.
1952: Mrs. Miller was the only women up to that year to serve as a Trustee of the church.
1953: In December, the front of the sanctuary, which had been newly redecorated, was destroyed by fire which started in the furnace/steam boiler below the pulpit. It was immediately redone.
1954: A new organ was purchased and Alice Milligan became the first female Elder.
1955: The new educational wing cornerstone was laid.
1962: The Grand Avenue Mission site was brought and Gordon and Violet Parrish donated five acres in Parrish addition in memory of their son Archelle. Camp Carew on Little Grassy Lake became a church focal project. Church membership totaled 750.
1965: A proposal to extend the building to the west from the 1955 addition was accepted.
Late 1960's: Teenagers were asked to serve as Deacons, Elders and Trustees.
1968: First Presbyterian Nursery School Program for four-year-olds was started by Mary Ann Booth, Karin Lanchester and Clara Mc Vicker.
1972: First Presbyterian Child Development Center began with six infants with Joan Lougeay as director.
1973: The church became the “kitchen” for home delivered meals for persons 60 and older in October.
1974: “The Golden Goose”, a dining center for senior citizens began in the church dining room and continued there until it outgrew the facility in 1976.
1975: The congregations sponsored Vietnamese refugee Kim Nyugen and her three children with Evelyn Engelking serving as co-coordinator.
1980: A Major Mission Fund effort was undertaken and over $51,000 was raised. Half went to missions and half was used to protect the stained glass windows and repair the organ. Bonds were sold to repair and replace portions of the roof.
1987: The former manse, just west of the rear of the church was renamed Covenant House and became a site for Christian Educational classes.
1988: Continuing in the church office were: Carolyn Hooker, Secretary and Carolyn Jefferson Pastoral Assistant.
A Major Mission Project including a fellowship hall is begun.
2001: Reverend Janice West was installed.
2002: Exterior construction of a new addition, including a fellowship hall is completed.
2004: A new mission statement is adopted: Seeking the Faith, Sharing the Spirit, Serving God’s People.
2006: June 14 is recognized as Centennial Sunday for our original church structure.