From Louisiana-Construction for the new St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and school is on schedule, pastor Craig Dalferes said.
“We're very happy. In the last few weeks in spite of the weather, they've made a lot of progress,” he said.
The new church, school campus and parish center will open next spring, ending an almost three-year period of homelessness for the congregation, he said.
The church's century-old sanctuary at Belanger and Barrow streets in downtown Houma burned down in 2010. Since then, parishioners have worshiped at Grace Lutheran Church while raising money and planning for a new building on the same spot.
While the old building had few fire safety safeguards, “all three (new) buildings will have a fire-suppression system — a sprinkler system,” Dalferes said.
The $5.6 million project, designed by Broadmoor Design Group and Blitch Knevel Architects, includes a 4,400-square-foot sanctuary and parish hall and a 6,000-square-foot school building. Byron E. Talbot Construction is the contractor building the structures.
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http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20130808/ARTICLES/130809631/-1/living?Title=Work-continues-to-replace-burned-Houma-church
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