The New St. Paul Lutheran Church

On January 8, 1961, the St. Paul Lutheran Church Council made a recommendation to improve the 1902 church building. A committee which included the church trustees was formed. The trustees also chose Hugo Vollrath, HArold Nicol, and Edgar Burns to help them. After polling the church membership, it was determined that most members favored repainting the interior of the church, remodeling the entrance, and redecorating the church. The committee was then instructed to enlist the service of an architect to determine the next course of action. The four options that the architect were 1.) Spend very little money - Paint the church, reinforce the steeple, repair bad spots in ceiling - Plan for a new building in the NEAR future. 2.) Spend $6,000 - Repair the ceiling - Redecorate the interior - Paint the exterior. 3.) Spend $30,000 - Remodel the building - Add a new front - Add restrooms - Replaster. 4.) Build a new church. When these options reached the voters' assembly, the congregation voted on option 4. The estimated cost of this option was $80,000.