I have seen it

After nearly twenty years, I have seen the church that I based the one where I kill my heroine off in my novel. It's not quite right because it's a lot more... right in the middle of everything than I imagined (suburb girl's first time alone in San Francisco), but, ironically, it's perfect for when it reappears in the third novel.

It's beautiful however, and it's not name dropped in the novel. I just got the idea for it. So it's fine. I'm glad I finally got to see it in person.