Flag Building It includes a 15-story tower topped by a bronze Scientology cross visible from much of Clearwater. Construction began in 1998, was halted in 2003, and was ultimately resumed to reach substantial completion during 2011. The long delay in construction led to substantial fines being levied by the city authorities. The building is valued at $80 million and at least $145 million has been raised by Church fundraising towards the project. The church denies accusations that the Flag Building's completion was deliberately delayed so that it could serve as a cash cow. The Church of Scientology announced in August 2013 that
Former Cathedral Church of Christ the King Former Cathedral Church of Christ the King Cathedral Church of Christ the King was formerly the mother church of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan in Portage, Michigan. In 1965, at the urging of Bishop Charles E. Bennison, a Diocesan Convention approved building the new Cathedral, and the next year Chicago-based architect Irving W. Colburn was hired. In 1967 a congregation was organized and ground broken for the Cathedral of Christ the King. The Cathedral was completed in two years, at a cost of $1,653,729.81, though the building was not consecrated as a cathedral until 1977. The cathedral organ