St. Procop Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland, OH, was built in 1903 and designed by respected Cleveland architects Godfrey Fugman and Emile Ulhrich. The church, resembling Montmartre's Basilica of the Sacre-Coeur in Paris, features a Byzantine-Romanesque style with a buff pressed brick exterior, twin bell towers with octagonal cupolas, and an impressive steel and glass dome. Despite facing early controversies and unfortunate incidents, the church became a place of worship, marriage ceremonies, baptisms, and funerals for the Czech community. However, declining Czech population and financial constraints led to the removal of the twin towers and exterior dome in 1962, and by 2009, the church was closed.
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