Building Restoration Update

Considerable progress has been made towards addressing the needs of our glorious – but aging – building. Over a year in the making, the comprehensive study of the structure is in its final draft. It is a massive, detailed report, running to some eight hundred pages. In addition to historical materials, the report documents in detail the current conditions in the building. It also identifies the work that needs to be done to preserve the it for future generations, and prioritizes that work.

For the past nine months a special committee has been meeting every two weeks to plan the project and the fund raising efforts that will allow it to become a reality. We are currently digesting the material in the report and formulating our next steps.

The foundation which underwrote the report has recently funded a planning grant which will enable us to plan and cost estimate the first phase of work. That work will focus on roof replacement and repair, replacement of gutters and leaders, and critical masonry work.

We are also moving ahead in making plans for our capital campaign – for, of course, we must do our part to preserve this godly heritage with which we have been entrusted.

Check back here over the course of the next few months to see how you can contribute to the preservation this great heritage.

The first two photos above show the Lady Shrine in the nave in 1928 and 73 years later in 2001. The next two photos below extend the view from the shrine toward the St. Stephen chapel to show the effects of water infiltration on the base of the arch into chapel sanctuary.

The following three photos show the effects of water infiltration in the second and third arch of the west side of the nave, at the base of the pier adjacent to the confessional, and behind the St. Joseph shrine in the baptistry of the Lady Chapel.

For additional photos of All Saints' see the Brief History and the Brief Guide to the church.

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