YOUNGSTOWN - The Diocese of Youngstown is set to hold a private groundbreaking ceremony for its new All Saints Diocesan Archives Center on Monday.

The Archives Center is being built on the property of the former Saints Cyril and Methodius Church that sits at 252 East Wood St. in downtown Youngstown.

A new two-story, 4,900 square foot building will be built adjacent to the church building. Meanwhile, the original building itself will be preserved and repurposed as a public programming space, according to the Diocese press release.

The new facility is designed to allow easy execution of the "diligent protection and systematic ordering of records required by church law."

Some of the planned features include expanded green space, energy efficiency upgrades and repurposed woodwork taken f

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