One of Crown Point’s oldest churches, 139-year-old Trinity Lutheran, is facing demolition.

The Crown Point Board of Public Works and Safety last week voted unanimously to reaffirm the unsafe building order, issued last December, and to proceed with demolition after Mayor Pete Land explained that redevelopment plans had fallen through.

Land said Creekside Outdoor Living had been looking to restore Trinity but was unable to reach an agreement to buy the historic church from the 1886 Foundation, which owns it.

Land said he was told the foundation wouldn’t approve the sale of the property unless there were assurances that the church would be part of the renovations.

Mike Arnold, president of Creekside, told city officials they needed to assess the structure before proceeding with any of it

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