From Wisconsin-A historic Episcopal chapel in Dunn County could be demolished if no one comes forward to claim it.
Once owned by the Episcopal Diocese, the chapel is on the property of Bundy Hall, a Menomonie mansion that spent three years on the market before being purchased for a retreat center.
The Buddhist organization that bought the hall uses the conference room for meditation, according to real estate agent Pat Sabota of Andale Real Estate.
They have no need for the chapel and can’t afford to maintain it, she said, so the buyers, Sabota and the Episcopal Diocese are seeking someone to move the structure off the property
Built in 1863, the chapel was later moved to Bundy Hall from its original home in Star Prairie in St. Croix County.
A shipbuilder and then-minister Rev. Peabody designed the building from wood and, to the best of a local historian’s knowledge, it is pegged together rather than nailed.
“The roof has a leak in it, but it could be easily restored,” said John Russell, who has helped with winterizing the chapel in the last couple of years.
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