The church has been built since 1866.

[sitifan]

The church has been built since 1866.
Is the above sentence acceptable?

[Barb_D]

You will probably hear this, but
The church was built in 1866.
The church has been here since 1866.

[5jj]

The church has been built since 1866.

As it stands, it means that the church was built after 1866. This is an unlikely utterance, but could occur if I were looking at an 1866 map and saw that the church was not marked at the place where it now stands.

[BobK]

With older buildings, the word 'founded' is often used: 'The church was founded in the 17th century, but the bell-tower was not built until 1866.

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