Sunday, December 9, 2007

A Damn Shame

Zion German Evangelical Reformed Church, on Canton Avenue. I'm afraid it's even worse now, than when this picture was taken. Last time I saw it, you could look up through the window the top of the tower and see the sky through the roof. Not much hope for this one.
It was built in 1882 and was Edward Fallis' first important commission for a church building. From 1915 to 1954 it was the synagogue of the Anshai Stard Congregation, then as Ebenezer Baptist Church.

2 comments:

Alex Fries said...

you'd think a building with such potential would be used...

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d81/afries52/untitled.png

that's it correct??

Jeffrey Smith said...

That's it. Unfortunately, Toledo has taken a rather odd course, over the years, in handling its downtown areas. I'll have to post on that.