[3] The original parish of St. Nicholas Croatian Church was moved to Millvale with its pastor, Father Glonjaric.

An attempt in November 2004 to unite the two St. Nicholas Congregations failed due to the aforementioned acrimony leaving the Troy Hill sanctuary vacant and it former members defecting to other parishes.

Citing the $360,000 annual maintenance cost and concern over its structural integrity, the diocese sought to demolish the property.

The city's Historic Review Commission denied the diocese's request citing an offer to convert the sanctuary to a museum.

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.