FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Headwaters Church isn’t the first organization to fill the cavernous campus at 2000, but they appreciate the beauty of the buildings they have inherited.
An orphanage (the St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum) was first built on the 25 acre campus was in 1886 and the Young Women’s Christian Association of Fort Wayne purchased the property in 1978.
Renovating with love: former orphanage off Wells Street shining again – and there are tunnels
In February of 2019, Headwater’s Church purchased the property, and have filled the halls ever since.
“Dostoevsky once wrote that beauty will save the world, when this facility was built it was done with an obvious eye toward beauty,” said Luke Suciu, Senior Pastor…