page_title: Timothy Christian School (Illinois)
section_title: Cicero campus
hierarchical_section_title: Timothy Christian School (Illinois) / History / Cicero campus
caption_attribution_description: The third home of Timothy Christian School on 12th Street and 60th Court in Cicero. It was erected in 1952 when the school moved within Cicero.
context_page_description: Timothy Christian School is a private, coeducational Christian school in Elmhurst, Illinois. It was founded in Chicago as a school for the children of Dutch immigrants in the area. It has moved twice in its history, following its Dutch students to Cicero before moving further west to Elmhurst.
context_section_description: By 1927, the Dutch population had shifted from the west side of the city to the inner western suburbs of Chicago. As the families moved, so did their churches, and parents became less willing to send their children back to schools such as Timothy that remained in the old neighborhood. Early in 1927, Timothy was able to sell its Tripp Avenue school building to a Jewish congregation, but were forced to vacate within six months. Work began on a new building almost immediately. It was decided to build the new school in Cicero, Illinois because it was a central location to many of the families that had relocated west of the city of Chicago. The new school building opened in September 1927 with 156 pupils in four completed rooms on 14th Street.
caption: Timothy Christian's second home in Cicero, Illinois
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