First Presbyterian Church (Vandalia, Illinois)

The First Presbyterian Church in Vandalia, Illinois

Vandalia, Illinois

Vandalia is a city in Fayette County, Illinois, United States, northeast of St. Louis, on the Kaskaskia River. From 1819 to 1839 it served as the state capital of Illinois. Vandalia was the western terminus of the National Road. Today it is the county seat of Fayette County and the home of the...

is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

. The Presbyterian church joined the Register in March 1982 and is one of three sites on the Register located in Vandalia. The other two are the Vandalia Statehouse and the Italianate

Italianate architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...

Little Brick House. One other site in Fayette County is listed, found in Brownstown

Brownstown, Illinois

Brownstown is a village in Fayette County, Illinois, United States. The population was 705 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Brownstown is located at ....

, it is the Dycus House

Floyd and Glenora Dycus House

The Floyd and Glenora Dycus House is located in the Fayette County, Illinois village of Brownstown. The Dycus House has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 2001. It is one of four Fayette County sites on the Register, the other three are in Vandalia....

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