Indiana Landmarks News
Sacred Places
Money will expand work to preserve historic churches and support congregations
KEEP READINGEstablished as Indianapolis’s first parish to welcome Black Catholics, Saint Rita Catholic Church maintains its forward-thinking focus today.
KEEP READINGAdvocates have raised more than $350,000 to repair and maintain Holy Angels Catholic Church, a significant landmark previously targeted for demolition.
KEEP READINGCongregants and community members gathered in August to celebrate completion of a multi-year effort to save West Baden Springs’ historic First Baptist (Colored) Church.
KEEP READINGA December tour highlights architecture, history, and changes at historic churches in and around Indianapolis’s Old Northside neighborhood.
KEEP READINGA volunteer-powered renewal project helped a historic African American church in West Baden Springs reclaim its role as a house of worship.
KEEP READINGExecuted in fieldstone, concrete, even geodes, Indiana’s historic grottos still offer pilgrims a place for spiritual and emotional contemplation.
KEEP READINGAfter more than a century serving its congregation, Phanuel Lutheran Church is on the market in Fountain County, ready for a new owner to carry on its loving stewardship.
KEEP READINGAs shrinking congregations increasingly struggle to maintain aging religious properties, three central Indiana churches are working to restore and protect their historic buildings.
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