16 January 1970
Zion Chapel to come down - brick by brick
The controversial Zion Chapel in Rylstone stone will be demolished brick by brick.
Rylstone Shire Council decided this in the interest of safety and history.
But it will need the help of the public to do the job.
In the public interest, councillors resolved the building, regarded as a menace to young lives, should be demolished.
But because of its historical significance, and the quality of the bricks, they decided to have it carefully taken down by hand.
The bricks will be taken to the Rylstone Historical Society’s museum in Louee Street.
If funds permit, it is intended, as part of the Captain Cook Bi-Centenary celebrations, to re-erect the front wall of the chapel at the museum property1
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