The Basilica of St. Josaphat on Milwaukee’s south side is trying to raise more than a half of a million dollars to install a new state-of-the-art fire system.
CBS 58 has covered its many restorations, in the last 25 years, more than $20 million have gone into building repairs and restoration.
Milwaukee's fire chief, Mark Rohlfing, says the fire system upgrade would cost $580,000.
He says people grew concerned with the building's fire system following the destructive April fire of Notre Dame in Paris and the 2018 fire of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee.
Chief Rohlfing also serves on the St. Josaphat Basilica Foundation.
He says the new fire detection system would detect the earliest signs of a possible fire in hidden spaces. The basilica does have a fire detection system in place but it is 10 to 15 years old.