(WIBC.com photo: Eric Berman)

A 109-year-old church on Indy's westside is being demolished.

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Holy Angels Catholic Church has been vacant since October. A health inspection found extensive mold, and a follow-up concluded the building was beyond saving.

A handful of parishioners stopped by the church parking lot on 28th Street to watch wrecking crews tear the white A-frame down. Gail Burris picked up a pair of bricks as keepsakes for her and her son -- she says there are decades of family memories wrapped up in the old church.

Father Kenneth Taylor says crews will salvage the church bell for what he hopes will be a new church on the same spot. The church will need approval from the archdiocese to rebuild, and would then launch a fund drive to raise the money.

Holy Angels School remains open. The church has been conducting mass at Marian University, but post-mass events are still held at the parish center on the church property.