Religion

The red-brick facade of the former Euclid Methodist Church in St. Petersburg, Florida, with a white arched entrance, a round window and a square bell tower, behind a temporary chain-link fence on a brick street at sunset.

St. Petersburg Vowed to Protect Its Landmarks. Treehouse Sanctuary Inc. Says the City Shut One Down Instead.

Treehouse Sanctuary, Inc., an interfaith nonprofit, sued the City of St. Petersburg in federal court on October 12, saying the City has barred worship in the former Euclid Methodist Church since September 2025 and is demanding sprinklers and a voice alarm that would strip the 1926 landmark of its historic interior.

By The Cranberry Journal Staff 32 minutes ago

Belper Unitarian Chapel, Derbyshire UK church interior with stained glass windows and original wooden box pews.

Culture

The Congregation Shrinks. The Building Does Not

Religious institutions hold an enormous inventory of well-located, structurally sound buildings that fewer and fewer people attend. What happens to them is becoming one of the larger quiet questions in American land use.

By Thomas Gutierrez August 22, 2026

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St. Petersburg Vowed to Protect Its Landmarks. Treehouse Sanctuary Inc. Says the City Shut One Down Instead.

The Congregation Shrinks. The Building Does Not