Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Stanford Memorial Church yakatambura kudengenyeka kwepasi kukuru kuviri, muna 1906
uye muna 1989. Kunyange zvazvo rakakuvadzwa zvikuru, chechi yacho yakadzorerwa pashure peimwe neimwe. Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika muna 1906 kwakaparadza chikamu chikuru chechechi yacho, kukoromora shongwe, kutsemuka kwemadziro, uye "kukanganisa zvisingagadzirisiki" mifananidzo yakavezwa uye mifananidzo yemarble yeCarrara yaiva muchechi. Chikonzero chikuru chakakonzera kukuvara kwakanyanya kwacho ndechokuti kuvaka kwokutanga kwechechi kwakakundikana kubatanidza chimiro chokuyambuka kune zvivako zvematombo uye zvematenga zvakapoteredza. Apo kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakarova chechi, chimiro chokuyambuka chakazvimiririra kubva kuchimwe chikamu chechivako, chichigadzira maburi makuru mumatenga pamusoro penzvimbo dzokumabvazuva nokumadokero dzokufamba nadzo, nave, uye chancel. Chivako chacho chepakutanga chakanga chine mativi 12, chakanga chakareba mamita 80 uye shongwe yacho yaiva nekero yakawira pamusoro pedenga reimba yokunamatira, ichiparadza "rondedzero yechivako cheshongwe yeVictorian yeziso raMwari rakazara nemisodzi rakakomberedzwa nemakerubhi nenyeredzi inopenya". Matongo acho akarova ndokuparadza zvivezwa zvemarble zvavaapostora vane gumi navaviri zvaishongedza atari.