Local historians’ desperate attempts to salvage a 97-year-old church built on grounds once owned by Coconut Grove pioneer Commodore Ralph Munroe failed Monday, as a bulldozer destroyed the church’s facade and tore down its bell.
A group led by preservationist Arva Parks Moore met with leaders from St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church late into Sunday evening — leaving the session, they said, believing they had succeeded in holding off the demolition.
But later Sunday night they were told the school would press forth with its plan to build new classrooms and a commercial retail building where the structure stood facing Main Highway in Coconut Grove’s central business district.
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It never ceases to amaze me how the historical society folks feel so free to use government to force others to keep their buildings.