Cadle Tabernacle

== Decline and new uses==
After Cadle's death in 1942, his wife, Ola Cadle, took over as president and director of the tabernacle, while the couple's children, Buford Cadle, Helen Cadle, and Virginia Ann Cadle, ran the evangelism business. [[B. R. Lakin]], a Baptist preacher and evangelist, took over Cadle's position as senior pastor and continued to broadcast his program.<ref name=":4" /> In 1952 the Cadle family began to air a short-lived television program hosted in the tabernacle.<ref name=":2" /> After Ola Cadle's death in 1955, the tabernacle was rented to a range of groups, including the annual [[Indiana State Teachers Association]] conferences and [[Shortridge High School]] graduations.<ref name=":2" /> [[Martin Luther King Jr.|Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.]] also spoke at the tabernacle on December 12, 1958.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" />

By the late 1960s, the tabernacle was in need of repairs. A historian visiting the property in 1967 noted the dirty walls and creaky floors. A buyer also became interested in purchasing the land.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" /> On November 1, 1968, the decision was made to demolish the tabernacle, accomplished before the end of the year. The vacant property was used as a parking lot for the [[Regions Tower (Indianapolis)|Indiana National Bank Tower]], which was under construction at the time.<ref name=":1" /> Later, the parking lot was replaced with a housing development.<ref name=":2" />