The Diocese of Davenport has ordered that four churches be demolished in Clinton, a river town along the Mississippi. The diocese cites suburbanization and falling parish membership for the order.
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Earlier this month, demolition began on St. Patrick's, a century-old, Romanesque-style building that for decades served Catholics who lived in downtown neighborhoods. St. Irenaeus is expected to be next, followed by St. Boniface, built in 1905, and St. Mary's, erected in 1884.
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Read the complete article Churches to close in Iowa town from The Washington Times.
Having taken several summer road trips up and down the Mississippi along the Iowa side, I can say that the river towns have some of the best examples of church architecture in Iowa. They proud buildings that are landmarks of the Catholic heritage of eastern Iowa. Perhaps they aren't financially viable anymore, but there ought to be better options for these pieces of history than demolition.
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