Indiana Landmarks to move eastern office to preserved church
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Indiana Landmarks is planning to move into a building that was once on its list of most endangered sites and was preserved to be a performing arts venue.
The not-for-profit will establish its eastern regional office in the former 1906 church building now called The Reid Center in Richmond.
“We’re so pleased to be part of the remarkable collaboration that renews Reid Memorial’s status as a community asset,” Indiana Landmarks President Marsh Davis said in a news release. “We hope our tenancy will assist not only in preserving the remarkable structure but in supporting ongoing revitalization in the surrounding neighborhood.”
The organization’s former regional office in the historic Huddleston Farmhouse in Cambridge City was sold with protective covenants to organic farmers who will use it as a private farm and educational site.
The Richmond church building was placed on the top 10 Most Endangered list in 2019 and 2020 after the Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church closed six years ago. Volunteers created a partnership to preserve and find a new use for the church.
The building and new office is located in Richmond’s Starr Historic District, which is currently on the endangered list. Indiana Landmarks said in the release it hopes relocating to the neighborhood will reaffirm its investment.
Brittany Miller, director of Indiana Landmarks’ Eastern Regional Office, and Stevie Meyer, community preservation specialist, will work out of the center.
“This is a special moment for us,” Miller said in the release. “After working for years to save the church, we’re thrilled to be among Reid Center’s first tenants and excited to be part of one of Richmond’s most important historic districts.”