During the 1990's Calvary's congregation dwindled to a dozen members and a change was desperately needed. The church brought in Reverend Dee E. Tally to either help rejuvenate the church or to help it come to a peaceful end. He eventually decided that if the church was to have a chance the interior needed to be changed to suit the new neighborhood. No longer could it just be a church but it also needed to be a community center and events space. So he hired William Hiltner to head the redesign, he removed all the pews and installed a labyrinth based on the 12th-century Labyrinth from the cathedral in Chartres France. For this, he won an award from the American Institute of Architects which can be seen in the picture.
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- Source: AIA Award, 1999, Calvary Presbyterian Archive, Calvary Presbyterian Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 628 North 10th Street.
- Creator: Thomas Gentine and Kyle Govan