Cambridge chapel burns down

18 May 2009 @ 3:51 pm | 2 comments

So sad that the chapel where I was blessed burned down yesterday morning in Cambridge Massachussetts. The fire was ruled accidental. It was the first Mormon chapel in New England, dedicated in 1951. The article includes a nice YouTube video.

It’s interesting that it has made such news on the AP wire and a WP glitch caught the ire of my favorite media-bias cranks.

And Gov. Romney paid his respects.

Later in the afternoon, former Gov. Mitt Romney, a member of the Mormon church community, stopped by with his wife. Romney does not attend the Cambridge church.

“We definitely will rebuild,” said church spokesman Grant Bennett.

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  1. Brian Duffin’s avatar

    Brian Duffin on 19 May 2009 at 12:09 pm

    How sad. It was a beatiful and magnificent structure. Perhaps the church will forgo the typical cookie-cutter design and rebuild something that closely resembles the old structure.

  2. David H. Sundwall’s avatar

    David H. Sundwall on 19 May 2009 at 4:26 pm

    I’m hopeful as well. The Church seems to have placed a new emphasis on building some impressive urban building of late (Harlem, DC) and I imagine they won’t pass this opportunity up. Especially since it was such a landmark.