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Summary
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By 1975, when the Methodists left the building, its congregation had declined to 300 members. A second congregation occupied the building briefly but left in the early 1980s; some storefronts and office space were utilized. City Methodist was torched in what has become known as "the Great Gary Arson of 1997." It is now (2016) owned by the City of Gary.
Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:103-1).
Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Tags
indiana
lake county
gary
urban blight
city methodist church
great gary arson of 1997
abandoned churches
digital photographs
carol m highsmith
cities
high resolution
carol m highsmith america
color photography
methodist episcopal church
urban landscape
detroit publishing company photograph collection
library of congress
Date
1980 - 1989
Location
gary
Source
Library of Congress
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