The Lemont Area Historical Society (LAHS) has generously offered to share photos and accompanying information with Patch readers each week, depicting people, places and things from the village’s storied past.

On Christmas Day, the local historical society shares a photo of St. Patrick Church at 200 E. Illinois St. in downtown Lemont, with its sanctuary beautifully decorated for the holidays. The church was founded in 1839 by a pioneer Catholic population of Irish, German and Polish immigrants.

Merry Christmas!

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Discover more about Lemont history at the historical society museum in the Old Stone Church at 306 Lemont St. The museum is open to the public and welcomes visitors. For more information, visit the LAHS web site at http://www.lemonthistorical.org/ or contact lemontahs@sbcglobal.net.

The Lemont Area Historical Society also invites readers to share their photos of Lemont’s past, to be added to the LAHS archives.

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