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Following increased land movement surrounding Lloyd Wright's Wayfarers Chapel, the organization will disassemble the landmark for preservation

By Mark McDermott The telltale cracks began appearing last July. They began in the asphalt parking lot, but soon spread. Reverend Dan Burchett…

The effort to dismantle Wayfarers Chapel is on pace to be finished in about three weeks, Executive Director Dan Burchett said.

The chapel was designated as a National Historic Landmark in December 2023 but closed just two months later from the worsening effects of the 1956 Portuguese Bend landslide.

Crews raced to disassemble the chapel this week so the original materials — many of which cannot be replicated — can be preserved and used to rebuild.

A decades-old landslide that's rapidly accelerating has forced the dismantling of Wayfarers Chapel, an iconic Southern California church that was designed

Crews raced to disassemble the chapel this week so the original materials — many of which cannot be replicated — can be preserved and used to rebuild.

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — A decades-­old landslide that’s rapidly accelerating has forced the dismantling of Wayfarers Chapel, an iconic Southern California church that was designed by one of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s sons and built among soaring redwoods and sweeping Pacific Ocean views. The earth beneath the chapel

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) -- A decades-old landslide thats rapidly accelerating has forced the dismantling of Wayfarers Chapel, an iconic Southern California church that was designed by one of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wrights sons and built among soaring redwoods and sweeping Pacific Ocean views.

Landslide forces closure of iconic Southern California chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wrights son | World News