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Guererro near 23rd

January 1, 1973

Stewart Memorial Presbyterian Church, built 1902 at 1074 Guerrero, after arson fire on July 27, 1973. The church, at the time called Metropolitan Community Church, catered to a gay congregation and was the fourth arson fire nationwide to strike Metropolitan Community Churches. The location sat vacant until housing was built in the 2000s

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