I stumbled upon this earlier and felt it was a really good example on how removing detail affects the appearance of historic buildings. I don't know when the steeple was removed, but will say that it looks a little top heavy and even the 1899 photo looks like there has already been some significant masonry repair to it.
Regardless, the conversion to condos was done in the 1980s and while I'm glad they decided to not knock down the old building, I am somewhat astounded as to how relatively bland it appears today compared to the 1800s.
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