The doors and windows of the church stand open to air out the water logged frame.
Wharton, Texas, September 4, 2017.
My grandmother's original wooden church house from the 1940's stands in the shadow of the modern brick structure that was barely impacted by water from Hurricane Harvey. The sidewalk shows how close flood waters came to the brick building while the wooden structure was swallowed up by the same water.
Wharton, Texas, September 4, 2017.
Items such as the communion table and baptismal pool were set out as trash across from a sign that states no dumping is allowed.
Wharton, Texas, September 4, 2017.
Anything that was salvageable was removed and put out to dry, leaving a vulnerable shell of a building.
