Lloyd Wright chapel to be disassembled following ongoing landslide
Following increased land movement surrounding Lloyd Wright's Wayfarers Chapel, the organization will disassemble the landmark for preservation
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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.