Taj Simmons is a multimedia journalist who joined WRTV in August 2023.
INDIANAPOLIS — A church that has stood for more than 100 years is scheduled to be torn down, but people who want to save the Church of the Holy Cross have one prayer left.
In response, the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission organized an emergency meeting about the building for Wednesday night.Fr. Jeffrey Dufresne, the pastor of St. Philip Neri, said all development proposals it received for the building were"inconsistent with its inherent dignity" and"would contradict Catholic teaching or the Gospel of Jesus Christ" in the letter to the neighborhood.
Tony Ficarra lives across the street from the former church. He said he's frustrated with how the Archdiocese has managed the property since the parish left. The historic preservation commission could make a motion to designate the church as a protected landmark, which would ban its demolition."The Drake apartments on 30th and Meridian had been purchased by the Children's Museum, but the city designated the building as a protected landmark," Dollase said."I still think we have a 50-50 chance of saving the building."
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