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Future of the 1862 Stone Church

This spring the Valley Grove Grace Cemetery Association, as a vote of confidence in our organization, made a proposal to our Preservation Society that we could not refuse. The Cemetery Association offered to let us have a fifty year lease on the 1862 Stone Church for one dollar. The agreement was signed and as of June 15th we became responsible for the 1862 building. This opens the door to the preservation/restoration of the Stone Church. -- Computer rendering

The Project has started

Off with the old
The old steeple was removed November 6th 2007 It took seven minutes .

On with the new
The steeple was built off site and craned into place November 16th 2007. There was 1 1/2" clearance between the new steeple and the stone church roof.

Topping off the steeple
This six sided part of the steeple was also build off site.

Compare with our rendering above
The Rooster finial was installed March 6th 2008

The way it was before steeple restoration
Work is beginning the fall of 2007 to rebuild the stone church steeple.

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