Well, it’s happened again. A piece of Oklahoma City architectural history is now a pile of rubble.

With last minute/first minute demolition plans filed to raze the First Christian Church at the intersection of NW 36th and Walker Avenue, another building joins the litany of tombstones from Stage Center to Founders National Bank that have been leveled to make way for the future, however many OnCues it may hold.

Not that the warning would have made much difference, history shows. When demolition plans are announced locally, there’s sound and fury, followed by no concerted efforts to salvage or purchase the property between the commotion calming and the morning that the bulldozers roll onto the lot. The outrage has just become part of the process.

Even the governor’s mansion, which has housed every elected executive for nearly the last century, may be on a collision course with a wrecking ball soon enough. According to a report from KFOR, Kevin submitted plans for a second governor’s mansion that was expected to cost in the ballpark of $6.5 million. Those plans fell flat, and taxpayers instead footed the $2 million bill for mansion renovations completed last year.

While no one is complaining that he’s not living in public housing now (and hopefully not in the next four years either), if a future governor succeeds in getting a new residence constructed, hopefully there’s enough history in it to keep the original standing for future generations to marvel over.