Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1914 — MAKE WAREHOUSE OF CHURCH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAKE WAREHOUSE OF CHURCH

Sacred Edifice at Brighton, England, Has, Been Unfortunate Since Its Erection. To serve as a cold storage warehouse for meat and eggs—such is the fate of the beautiful Church of the Resurrection at Brighton, England. Built at the expense of the late Rev. H. D. Wagner for the accommodation, it is said, of the poorer members of the congregation, and for those who preferred a ritual simpler than that of St. Paul’s church on West street, this building Vlrst attracted the public attention as the subject of a curious lawsuit. Mr. Wagner planned to build a remarkably jtall church, and the owners of'the adjoining property, by means of a lawsujt, prevented him from so doijig. Accordingly he caused deep excavations to be made, and

thus secured* the desired internal height. The Church of the Resurrection proved to be a great expense and was dosed in 1908, being, in the opinion of the present vicar of St. Paul’s, no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was built. In 1909, after prolonged opposition on the part of Rev. E. P. B. Weber, ope of the trustees, it was sold. Since then it .has stood empty and in disrepair, until the grotesque tragedy of itr present usage oo currPdf—The Churchman. \ * s.