Top stories of 2015: Historic church avoids demolition and celebrates grand opening
Our 10th top story of 2015 is about how the former St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church miraculously managed to avoid demolition.
After closing its doors for two years the church, which is now the Prince Albert Baptist Church, was filled with the sounds of worship once again on the evening of Dec. 11, 2015.
In 2013 the church shut its doors and members of its congregation had no choice but to continue to worship else where due to unsafe structural damage in the buildings attic. Up until last summer, the building’s fate remained in limbo until the Prince Albert Baptist Church organization purchased it for only $1.
Upon purchasing the building pastor David Webster said they planned to give the church a “general face lift” to both inside and outside of the church while still maintaining the historical integrity of the building.