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‘Prayers answered’: This 1933 Gainesville church isn’t being demolished — it’s being rebuilt
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Deacon Ken Lampert of Saint Michael Catholic Church, poses for a portrait in front of the old historic Saint Michael Church on Spring Street in Gainesville on Tuesday, Sept 29, 2026. The old church was built in 1933 and is currently being deconstructed to be reconstructed as an adoration chapel at the church's current location off of Enota Drive. - photo by Ashtin Barker
An old Gainesville church that dates back to the 1930s is being taken apart piece by piece — but it isn’t being demolished.