As shrinking congregations increasingly struggle to maintain aging religious properties, three central Indiana churches are working to restore and protect their historic buildings.

In transforming a historic Indianapolis church into their home, one couple gained a one-of-a-kind residence.

When congregations shrink, they face a tough preservation challenge: figuring out how to maintain their historic houses of worship. Across the state, Indiana Landmarks is offering advice and ideas for saving these important places.

Friends of Historic Allen Chapel formed in 1997 to save Terre Haute’s oldest African American church. More than two decades later, the work is nearly done.

Most recently used as a museum, the Ahavas Shalom Reform Temple on Ligonier’s Main Street is for sale, with potential as a great home or office.

Indiana Landmarks recognizes the outstanding restoration of Second Baptist Church, an Underground Railroad landmark.

A grant from our Sacred Places Indiana program recently helped the congregation of a modest church in Peru save its historic windows.

Indiana Landmarks is working with residents and parishioners in Whiting to avert demolition and save two historic churches for a new purpose.

Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church in South Bend debuts its original 1901 Bennett organ after a nearly $500,000 restoration.