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Smoke rises above the historic First Baptist Church in downtown Dallas
The historic church was built in 1868 with its sanctuary added in 1890
Published July 19, 2024 10:12pm EDTA fire that broke out Friday at the First Baptist Dallas church, a landmark in the city’s downtown, appeared to cause major damage to an old part of the church complex.
The church’s pastor, the Rev. Robert Jeffress, said that he understood from his conversations with fire officials that in the fire’s final phase, the roof of what is known as the historic sanctuary had collapsed.
“We will have to see about whether we try to recreate it or do something else,” he said in an interview.
Dallas Fire-Rescue did not immediately provide information about the fire, but a spokesman told The Dallas Morning news that part of the structure had collapsed.
Fire Badly Damages Sanctuary of a Landmark Church in Dallas
The roof of a 19th-century part of the First Baptist Dallas Church in the city’s downtown appeared to have collapsed.
www.nytimes.com