Babeville (formerly Asbury United Methodist Church (1876)

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Asbury was the last, and perhaps most important, commission realized by John H. Selkirk.  The imposing Medina sandstone church is designed in a Gothic Revival style, and includes side galleries, something that had been abandoned by many Gothic Revival architects of the time as uncharacteristic of medieval interiors.  The original stained-glass windows were designed by the Buffalo firm of Booth and Reister, and the building also boasts a system of basement catacombs.  The last congregation for the church declared bankruptcy in the 1980s, and many of the original windows, pews and other fixtures were either sold, or later stolen.  The church was purchased in 1999 by the recording artist Ani DiFranco and manager Scot Fisher.  Restoration on the building began at this time.

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