Scaffolding masks steeple as historic downtown Catholic church gets new roof

People walk past St. Joseph Catholic Church, which was shrouded in scaffolding along East Commerce Street downtown.The steeple of one of the oldest churches in San Antonio is almost completely obscured after workers recently installed a scaffolding system that fully envelops the spire.

Damage to the roof of the church, as well as to the roof of San Fernando Cathedral and about 50 other facilities in the archdiocese, occurred during hailstorms in April and May 2021, leading to the need for repairs across many of the facilities. St. Joseph is one of the last of the structures to be fixed, Underdown said. The roofer is SLK Construction, which is based near Houston.

The activity and other structures surrounding St. Joseph made the scaffolding installation complicated and required temporarily blocking of the street, Underdown said. In addition, a great deal of scaffolding is necessary during the repair because of the steeple’s height. There are about 175 locations where churches, schools and social service organizations are overseen by the Archdiocese of San Antonio in its sprawling 19-county region of South Texas.

In some cases, churches were able to use the roof replacements and upgrades to transition to a more sustainable metal roofing material because the cost of asphalt shingles had increased significantly due to demand.Bria Woods / San Antonio Report

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