Historic 'local gem' being preserved

The Platte County Landmark Newspaper

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Historic 'local gem' being preserved

VOLUNTEERS WORKING TO SAVE 1907 CHURCH BUILDING The efforts of about a dozen volunteers who are sawing and hammering to save the structure of a crumbling Parkville church are proof that the historic building symbolizes more than a nearly-abandoned house of worship. The volunteers, who work at Washington Chapel C.M.E. Church, located at 1137 West St. in Parkville, are mostly members of construction crews of retired employees from a Kansas City en…