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   The Church With No Floor in Cleveland, Ohio.
   (via Jessie Barber Photography)

   This is what used to be the St. Joseph Byzantine Catholic Church. It was built in 1933 and designed by Joseph E. Fronczak. In the ’70s, the original owners moved the church location to the suburbs, leaving the building to the Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church community. The group left the building abandoned.

   “Getting into this location was extremely easy. The doors were missing. I wish I knew who the mural artist was, as the ceiling and walls of the church were quiet amazing. For whatever reason, the floors have been busted out, hence the nickname “The Church with No Floor.”“

   Submission by Jessie Barber, who also took the photograph.

   I reblogged this primarily because of the magnificent significance I see in a “church with no floor.” The implications that can be drawn here as far as metaphors about the church go are just wonderful. What is a “church without a floor?” can we truly say that ANY church has a floor? And when our churches are abandoned in such a sense, losing their base (literally), are they no longer holy?
   

    

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       A very interesting find. And a pity for this beautiful church. I have found a very similar design

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       Barber Photography) The Church With No Floor in Cleveland, Ohio

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       I want to go here!

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