First Baptist Church Demo
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Topic: First Baptist Church Demo
Posted By: Rhodes
Subject: First Baptist Church Demo
Date Posted: Mar 13 2013 at 11:26am
| This morning a dumpster was sitting out front and a forklift was sitting at the tower entry. I guess this building is coming down too. Anyone have photos? |
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Posted By: ktf1179
Date Posted: Mar 13 2013 at 11:35am
| Hopefully it will be getting renovated and not demolished. |
Posted By: enough is enough
Date Posted: Mar 13 2013 at 12:34pm
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Is this the church that burned a while ago downtown? ------------- Enough is Enough |
Posted By: over the hill
Date Posted: Mar 13 2013 at 2:00pm
| What is the address on the Baptist church? |
Posted By: over the hill
Date Posted: Mar 13 2013 at 2:10pm
| Well, we have a new pope! |
Posted By: swohio75
Date Posted: Mar 13 2013 at 3:35pm
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115 Main Street.
Most of the interior has been stripped and will be used at Stained 1054 Bistro (organ case, pews, stained glass).
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Posted By: Rhodes
Date Posted: Mar 13 2013 at 3:56pm
| Just heard the church is going to be dismantled piece by piece and shipped on 40 trucks to San Antonio, Texas. It will then be rebuilt as an upscale general merchandise store in a Beverly Hills type area. The process to dismantle and number the stones is supposed to take 2 months. Too bad the building will be gone, but sounds like it has an exciting future. |
Posted By: Stanky
Date Posted: Mar 13 2013 at 4:23pm
| "Up...scale"? What is this word of which you speak? Middletown would like to know. |
Posted By: over the hill
Date Posted: Mar 13 2013 at 5:31pm
| Did Stained buy the property? How were they able to get access to those things? |
Posted By: Rhodes
Date Posted: Mar 13 2013 at 5:46pm
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@over the hill, The magic of LLCs and the land of make believe, I believe. The only problem with the land of make believe is it eventually ends.
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Posted By: over the hill
Date Posted: Mar 13 2013 at 5:59pm
| AMEN |
Posted By: swohio75
Date Posted: Mar 13 2013 at 9:24pm
Here's the article i found in late Feb that mentions the project. The article didn't make it sound concrete, so I wasn't certain it was going to happen. http://impactnews.com/articles/revival-square-adding-church,-retail/
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Rhodes wrote:Posted By: swohio75
Date Posted: Mar 13 2013 at 9:35pm
It's my understanding that a 503(c) obtained certain rights to salvageable elements of the property, but not the property itself. I am uncertain from who these rights were obtained. It appears the property has been held by the State of Ohio since Nov 2012. Melissa Fox is the agent of 119SMain LLC. http://www2.sos.state.oh.us/reports/rwservlet?imgc&Din=201029101684 If anything positive comes of this: 1.) A deteriorating hazard to the neighborhood is removed 2.) It is removed at the expensive of a third party and not the local government (or so it appears) 3.) It's history is preserved (hopefully) both as a rebuilt structure elsewhere and key elements in downtown Middletown in restored property. Here's the property's history:
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Posted By: over the hill
Date Posted: Mar 14 2013 at 11:22am
| Thank You SWohio75 for the imfo. |
Posted By: 409
Date Posted: Mar 14 2013 at 5:07pm
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Posted By: 409
Date Posted: Aug 22 2013 at 9:53am
Work has resumed...    |
Posted By: 409
Date Posted: Aug 27 2013 at 10:44am
    ------------- Every morning is the dawn of a new error... |
Posted By: 409
Date Posted: Nov 22 2013 at 11:15pm
        ------------- Every morning is the dawn of a new error... |