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St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church

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forbade St. Casimir parish from enrolling any new members. Then, in 1998 the diocese dissolved the parish, appropriating all holdings and instructing parishioners to join other active parishes. The building, which was deemed eligible for the
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and left vacant. In May 2007, the diocese made public a plan to raze the structure due to safety concerns. Private interests arranged for the unique dome to be salvaged. The demolition was completed on 17 July 2007.
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dealer after having been salvaged from the sanctuary. Other artifacts were hand-picked by the diocese for placement in the newly renovated
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until 1998. Although it was founded as an ethnic parish, members have included Roman Catholics of diverse backgrounds, including
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industrial area of the city attracted many of its working-class neighbors. However, during the 1990s, the
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20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
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community of Sioux City in 1915, and served as a neighborhood
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exterior design, along with a distinctive "bell-cast" dome (
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St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church (Sioux City)
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and built in 1915, the church was demolished in 2007.
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