The very first abandoned building I ever shared photos of on The Dainty Squid was a church. That church is now long gone, and I’ve got a few more under my belt since then but they still haven’t lost their charm to me. Next to schools, I think they might be my favorite type of abandoned building to explore and photograph. Just something special about them!
Feeling like we’ve seen everything abandoned there is to safely see in Cleveland, we haven’t been getting out too much to explore lately. It definitely felt good to discover this hidden gem! An empty church* is always exciting but finding one with so much left behind was a real treat. Hymnals, empty offering envelopes complete with names and amounts written on them, and service programs littered the church. The pastor’s office was especially full of interesting items including a portrait of him and his wife (which if we’re being real here seems a little rude of him to leave behind, right?)
I don’t really have any information on this church or why it closed, all I can offer you today are some pretty photographs…
*Beautiful empty church shot can be found here.
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What a great find! I love all of those books!
Of course, I thought of you while we were here! You’d have definitely loved it.
Wow!!! It looks like they all left one evening and then never came back and if you asked what they were going to do with their church, they would be like, “what church?” That first picture is amazing! I loooove that grassy green carpet.
Such a strange carpet choice for a church. It was like astro turf!!
this looks amazing! i especially love all the shots of the books lying on the aisle! xx
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The pictures of the abandoned church makes me so sad! The hymnals just strewn about……It is amazing that the one stained glass window was still altogether. The picture of the husband and wife was so mysterious. Who would leave that behind? It is almost like aliens came and got them all……or God! đŸ™‚
The sides and roof had beautiful stained glass windows too! Sooo beautiful! Seems like they’d at least be able to salvage those, and make a few bucks!
Is that the trap door to Hell in the middle of the Aisle?
Probably. đŸ˜›
Oh wow! What a beautiful location. So eerie.
Right!?
I find abandoned churches so weird. Like aren’t they suppose to have special holy properties and such? So weird to think that they are left behind. Does that make sense?
No, I get it! I kinda feel that way about everywhere abandoned though. It just blows my mind the stuff that gets left behind and that *no one* wanted it.
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