She described the gate with the broken hinge. The bell tower with the missing capstone. The well in the east courtyard filled with river stones. I found the location in church archives. Officially closed 1987, sold to an unknown private party. The 2019 satellite image shows a candle lit in the second window of the bell tower room.
the detail about the well filled with river stones is very specific. that is not an architectural feature someone invents. that is something a person saw or was told about by someone who saw it.
I have a similar situation with a farmhouse my grandfather described in detail. the location matches a structure that county records show burned in 1963. the structure in the satellite image from 2018 has the same roofline he drew for me.
I tried to locate the church archive you mentioned. the diocesan records from that region for 1987 have a three-month gap. not redacted. just absent. the archivist said it was a filing error.
that classification is unusual for a religious property transfer. church sales are typically public record with named buyers. an unknown party suggests the transaction was structured to avoid that requirement.
