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Old 05-03-2015, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 2BNTV View Post
It was a church originally. My guess is the Morse family didn't want the added expense to remove it!!!

Nothing more, nothing less.
The building was not built to be a church. It was designed, along with the rest of the buildings in Spanish Springs, to create the impression of an old Spanish settlement which always had a "Church on the Square". While it hosted religious services by a various groups, it also functioned as a concert hall and meeting place, among other things. This was never a consecrated church.

The crucifix is an architectural adornment. Nothing more. Nothing less.
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