Abandoned City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana

City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana, was a monument to religion, architecture, and excess. The enormous English gothic church, built for the equivalent today of almost 10 million dollars, opened in 1926 to great fanfare. But the financial burden to maintain such an opulent building was an ongoing problem for its leadership. And, after reaching a peak membership exceeding 3000 in the 1950s, attendance declined to approximately 100 by 1975, causing the church to close its doors forever. The latest proposal from city officials in 2018 called for the sanctuary to be transformed into a tourism ruins garden. The remaining Seaman Hall section would be demolished. Join me as we investigate the ruins of City Methodist Church and go exploring past the present future. C H A P T E R S ⇢ 00:00 – Introduction ⇢ 01:29 – Sanctuary ⇢ 02:45 – Main floor ⇢ 04:04 – Seaman Hall ⇢ 09:06 – Offices ⇢ 11:48 – School ⇢ 13:53 – Main floor ⇢ 16:33 – WHAT IS UP GUYS? ⇢ 17:03 – Sanctuary ⇢ 19:07 – Drones ⇢ 21:10 – Outro J O I N T H E C O M M U N I T Y ⇢ Instagram –   / chrisluckhardt   ⇢ Discord –   / discord   ⇢ TikTok –   / chrisluckhardt   ⇢ Reddit –   / chrisluckhardt   ⇢ Twitter –   / chrisluckhardt   M U S I C ⇢ Intro Music – "Garden of Ruins" ⇢ Theme Music – "Past the Present Future" ⇢ All music written, performed, recorded, and engineered by Chris Luckhardt. B I O G R A P H Y Chris Luckhardt has documented and photographed some of the most iconic and viral images of abandoned places around the world. He was among the first photographers to publish photos in the press from legendary abandoned places like Hashima Island, Nara Dreamland, Michigan Central Station, and Six Flags New Orleans. His body of work has led to collaborations with The White House, Netflix, Ford, GQ China, ABC News, Good Morning America, Scholastic Canada, Yahoo! Japan, and many more. In 2016, the Obama administration invited Chris to photograph a private citizen "haunted" tour of The White House. #PastThePresentFuture #ChrisLuckhardt #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces #Freaktography