congregation and diocese appealed to the Common Pleas Court and was successful in summer 2012. Work began in October 2012 to remove windows and some artifacts and the structure was razed in January, 2013. The National Trust for Historic Preservation cited the site as one of ten historic sites lost in 2013. Even if a buyer for the structure had been found to preserve the building, it is likely that it would still have been demolished. Concurrent with the debate over the building's fate were plans for PennDOT to widen Pennsylvania Route 28 and eliminate at-grade crossings from Millvale to the North Shore, making it a complete freeway from the city to Kittanning. PennDOT subsequently bought the property from the diocese after demolition via eminent domain, using the leftover land after widening as a small park with a promenade and a retaining wall which features several murals on the city's history, including that of the structure itself on the structure's site. References External links Roman Catholic churches in Pittsburgh Roman Catholic churches completed in 1904 Former Roman Catholic church buildings in Pennsylvania Croatian-American culture in Pennsylvania Croatian-American history Religious organizations established in 1894 Religious organizations disestablished in 2012 Troy Hill (Pittsburgh) 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States