{"nrhp_refnum":"08000115","name":"German Evangelical Protestant Cemetery Chapel","other_names":["Vine Street Hill Cemetery Chapel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3701 Vine St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.15600660200005,"lon":-84.50881806299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-02-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Romanesque Revival stone cemetery chapel at 3701 Vine Street in Cincinnati, Ohio, built in 1884 within Vine Street Hill Cemetery. It is attached by a covered passageway to an 1850 receiving vault at its rear.","why_significant":"The chapel is nominated under Criterion C as a late nineteenth century eclectic funerary design with Romanesque Revival elements. It represents the work of German-American architect-builders George and August Brink and reflects Cincinnati's large German-American community. It is the only known religious building the Brinks designed.","narrative":"Set near the center of Vine Street Hill Cemetery in Cincinnati, this stone chapel was completed in 1884 and combines Romanesque Revival details such as round arches, zigzag carving and a conical steeple. Behind it stands a receiving vault built in 1850 to hold bodies when frozen ground prevented burial; the new chapel incorporated that vault and linked it with a covered passageway. German inscriptions appear on the dedication plaques and water closet carvings. The chapel was designed by George and August Brink, German-American architect-builders whose clients were almost exclusively German-Americans, and it is the only known religious building they designed. The cemetery was founded in 1849 by members of two German Evangelical churches during a cholera epidemic. The chapel is listed for its architecture, its detailed stonework and stained glass, and its link to Cincinnati's German-American community. Some water damage is noted inside, though overall integrity is high.","period_of_significance":"1850-1884","architect_builder":"Brink, George and August","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Romanesque","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used for funerary and religious functions; the interior shows some water damage to flooring and plaster, but the building retains a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.352505-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/08000115.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000115/3009215ebf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000115/3009215ebf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"CincyDe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vinestreethill_chapel.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">CincyDe</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vinestreethill_chapel.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988969","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine_Street_Hill_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7932389"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/german-evangelical-protestant-cemetery-chapel-08000115/"}