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RYDER DIVINITY HOUSE

The Church of St. Paul's on the Midway (Universalist) was organized as St. Paul's Church in June, 1836. Its first building was erected in 1844 near the corner of Washington and Clark streets. A second edifice (1857) at Van Buren Street and Wabash Avenue was burned in the great fire (1871). The third building was erected at Wabash Avenue and Sixteenth Street in 1872. The fourth structure was built in 1888 at Prairie Avenue and Thirtieth. The present structure, the fifth used by the church, was dedicated January 6, 1918 and was designed by Coolidge and Hodgdon who have sought to make it somewhat reminiscent of the first building. The Reverend William H. Ryder, D.D., held the pastorate of St. Paul's longer than any other minister, and the Ryder Divinity House is named in honor of his memory.

Ryder Divinity School, a Universalist organization, is a department of Lombard College at Galesburg, Illinois. This divinity school was moved to Chicago and allied to the University of Chicago in 1912. In 1919 the present group of buildings at the corner of Sixtieth Street and Dorchester Avenue was completed and occupied. Back of the Church of St. Paul's on the Midway is a large building used for Sunday school and other purposes. This is a very busy community center which furnishes an excellent school for observation and practice in actual church and parish problems and opinions. Adjacent are the residence of the Dean and the dormitory for students. The Swan Library occupies the space between the dormitory and the community building, which is also used for classrooms.

The whole plant is always open for inspection by any members of the University. Ryder Divinity House desires also to render loyal service to the great institution which so generously extends her wonderful privileges to the allied organizations.

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ST. PAUL'S ON THE MIDWAY AND RYDER DIVINITY HOUSE

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