While Tyler Crone and her husband Jorge Barón are concerned about hazardous dust coming from a project to demolish the Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist, others would like to see the building saved for its historical value. In fact, failed appeals of the demolition permit were made on that basis.
Saving the church would be tough financially because the congregation has dwindled to just a handful these days, and because the building is in bad shape, church spokespeople have said.
But historic preservationists, including those in the Queen Anne Historical Society, got a boost on Tuesday this week when the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation weighed in on the battle.
The trust put the church on its list of the Most Endangered Historic Properties in Washington, according to a press release from the organization. It's one of 90 threatened sites the group has identified since 1992.
The designation is largely symbolic since the church does not have landmark status at either the city or state level - at least for the moment.
That might change, but the trust sees value in the designation, anyway. "A listing creates awareness and rallies support for key historic resources in danger of being lost. As pieces of the past disappear, so too does a community's sense of place," the press release states.
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