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Lexington founded by hunting party which included two early church members, Robert Patterson and John Maxwell.  Descendants of other founders, such as Levi Todd, William McConnell and John Haggin, also became members.

Adam Rankin founds first congregation (Mt. Zion) at a log meeting house on South Limestone Street (present site of the University of Kentucky's old Agricultural Experiment Station building).

Church splits over Isaac Watts' Paraphrases of the Psalms.  Separatists form First Presbyterian Church and construct a church building on west end of Lexington's public square.

Eleanor McCullough and Jane Lukie, were struck by lightning and killed during a Sunday worship service.  They were to become members the following Sunday.

Friday, July 19 is set aside by First Church as a day of thanksgiving marking the removal of cholera from the Lexington vicinity.

Mary and Abraham Lincoln and their family attend Thanksgiving services at First Presbyterian Church.

Famous First Presbyterian church pastor, Robert J. Breckinridge, spars with Robert Wickliffe, the state's largest slaveholder, over the peculiar institution.

In 1864 Breckinridge delivers speech at Republican Convention to re-nominate       Abraham Lincoln as president.

New church building dedicated at same site.

Congregation splits over Civil War.  First Presbyterian Church becomes Lexington's southern congregation.

Dedication of current church edifice (171 Market Street) designed by architect Cincinnatus Shryock. 

Southern Presbyterian Assembly held at First Church.  The stated clerk of the Session was Reverend Joseph R. Wilson, father of Woodrow Wilson.

Church's current organ, the 35th instrument manufactured by the Kimball Organ Company of Chicago, is installed.  It was rebuilt in 1936, had carillonic bells added in 1945 and renovated in 1976.

The Gillig Education building is dedicated.

The Gratz Education building is constructed.

First Presbyterian establishes first church-related integrated day care center in city.

Women now eligible to become church officers.

Henry Clay law office, recently discovered as part of adjacent building owned by First Church, purchased by state after heated debate.

First Church votes with Transylvania Presbytery to become a union Presbytery church (belonging to both PCUSA and PCUS churches)--bringing reconciliation to a congregation originally split by the Civil War.

Church undergoes extensive renovation including the enlargement of the choir loft and the relocation of the choir to the front of the church.

Jeb Stuart Magruder, famed Watergate figure, becomes pastor of First Presbyterian Church.

Major renovation of facility includes expansion of narthex, balcony and chancel areas of the sanctuary; complete interior renovation of the Gillig wing; relocation of kitchen and bathrooms on the main floor; and the Chapel is constructed.  Dedication of the work is May 1994.  The Henry Clay law office building is reacquired from the state. 

Youth serve first dinner to disadvantaged on Christmas day -- the forerunner of the "Just Lunch" program.

Lee Bowman accepts call to First Presbyterian Church -- the first woman to become Head-of-Staff in a downtown Lexington Presbyterian church.