Year	Zion Congregation	B'nai Abraham Congregation	America	World
1864	June: Public meetings to establish Zion Congregation of West Chicago. Sept 30: First service held in a Baptist Church on the west side. Later purchased house on Desplaines St. between MadisonSt. and Washington Blvd. source		President Lincoln is running for re-election. The civil war is in its 3rd year.
1865			End of Civil War
1869	erected a new building at the corner of Sangamon and Jackson streets source
1870		This house of worship located on Halsted and 14th Street was formed by a few Jews of the Southwest side of Chicago. Third congregation to adopt Reform Judaism. source
1871			Great Chicago Fire
1884	built Temple at Ogden Avenue and Washington Boulevard source
1891		Congregation’s Trustees at the Temple at Wright and Johnson Streets to rent pews source
1892		New building at Marshfield Avenue and Twelfth Street source
1914				July 28 - Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, the start of WWI
1918	Purchased lot at Washington and Karlov
1919	Congregations merge		US Congress approves the 19th Amendment for women's suffrage and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification source	June 28 - The Treaty of Versailles officially ends WWI
1920	Building dedicated