It remained abandoned for a few years, until being renovated to serve as a community center and now an event venue renamed as Riverside North.

[1] The church had wood shingle siding, built in the Late Gothic Revival style, and was 300 feet by 215 on about one and a half acres.

There are only about five or six families who live within blocks, in fact miles, of the church which is in the most deteriorated and unsafe part of the Parish.

"[1]During the latter half of the 20th century, the area declined economically, crime increased, and parish membership began to decrease accordingly.

Joseph Notarpole, appointed in 1979, a Jungian psychologist and diocesan priest who split his time between pastoral duties and counseling.