Building Description (cont'd)

Today, the Church is on the Providence Preservation Society's Ten Most Endangered Properties list for the third time in four years. It has been vacant and without a cohesive congregation since 1981, when the separate groups of the congregation filed suit against each other for ownership of the building. The lawsuit was finally settled earlier this year but the church building continues to deteriorate. In April 2003, the Providence Department of Inspection and Standards found a number of violations including the crumbling of brick veneer, falling bricks, and loose window frames which pose a danger to the surrounding community.

The current owner hopes to re-establish a church there, under the name Church Jesus New Deal, and rebuild the congregation.

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