174-Year Old Church Building Has New Owner


	174-Year Old Church Building Has New Owner

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11-26-2008 12:53 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5c854df2-8ace-4173-b16d-34a123609004/71F0755D-942A-4B5F-A72B-3235819A22DE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.marionstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/BF/20081009/NEWS01/810090313/1057/PREPSSPORTS" href="http://www.marionstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/BF/20081009/NEWS01/810090313/1057/PREPSSPORTS" style="font-size: 11px;">www.marionstar.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marionstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/BF/20081009/NEWS01/810090313/1057/PREPSSPORTS"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.marionstar.com/img/58253A2A-5396-4B47-A059-BABA32277150" alt="Joe Bowden, of Bowden Construction, discusses the history of Trinity Episcopal Church, built in 1834 on South First Street in downtown Newark. It has served different purposes since then -- most recently Snider Muffler Shop. Park National Bank plans to use the property for office space. Additional floors have been added in the church and used as vehicle storage since the 1920s. Much of the original woodwork can be seen on the upper-most floor." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marionstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/BF/20081009/NEWS01/810090313/1057/PREPSSPORTS"> Few buildings could claim a wider variety of uses than the 174-year-old building at 22 S. First St., where Snider Muffler Shop operated until December.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marionstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/BF/20081009/NEWS01/810090313/1057/PREPSSPORTS"><P>It's been home to two churches, a parking garage, a muffler shop, army training center, possibly a car dealership, survived two fires -- and soon it will be converted into office space for a bank.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marionstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/BF/20081009/NEWS01/810090313/1057/PREPSSPORTS"><P>It might be Licking County's oldest church building still standing, constructed by Trinity Episcopal Church in 1834. Part of the bell tower, showing the construction date, the thick stone walls and ceiling beams inside the church are about all that can be seen of the old church building.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marionstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/BF/20081009/NEWS01/810090313/1057/PREPSSPORTS"><P>The building, although old, might not be worth saving or restoring, however.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marionstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/BF/20081009/NEWS01/810090313/1057/PREPSSPORTS"><P>"The building has been pretty compromised," Downes said. 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