Rebuild or replace?

Fortunately the church's loss was insured. The interior of the church contained interesting features including a drop-down pannel to close off a portion of the sanctuary for smaller groups, but steep entrance steps and other features made it difficult to handle caskets. When this church was built, it was popular to hold funerals at home or at graveside. Now that adjacient house lots are owned by the church, there is room for a larger redesigned church with improved functionality while perhaps still preserving the old walls and windows that gave the original building its character.

Done