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How former Gainesville historic church is getting new life

The old New Holland Methodist Church is about to be renovated into apartments. A group of investors that include Frank Norton plan is to also add affordable housing in space adjacent to the church. - photo by Scott Rogers

01272019 CHURCH 6.jpg — The old New Holland Methodist Church is about to be renovated into apartments. A group of investors that include Frank Norton plan is to also add affordable housing in space adjacent to the church. - photo by Scott Rogers

Equipped with a camera his parents gave him as a teenager, Frank Norton Jr. went around on weekends taking pictures.“And I found this building, and I still have the pictures,” said the chairman and CEO of The Norton Agency in Gainesville, looking up at New Holland United Methodist Church, which closed in 2013.