By the late 1960s, this growth made the century-old church too small for its parish, and efforts to erect a new church began in 1969.

In 1987 the century-old church was torn down, destroying the paintings.

In other areas, everything from ancient fossils and tools, a century-old church, and a former graveyard for freed slaves have appeared out of the lake bed.

The Ghostlight Theatre is a community theater in a century-old church.

The lease also made sense for the century-old church, which was empty during the week and hoping to regain some vitality.

Members of a traditionalist group, the Episcopal Synod of America, demonstrated both inside and outside the century-old church during the ceremony.

In October 2010 a special mass was celebrated to consecrate the century-old church vessels recently recovered from the robbery.

As with other century-old churches (St. Martin's was built in 1887) and synagogues, deferred maintenance has often been the order of the day.

And so they sang it again, this time with a force that rocked the century-old church.