{"nrhp_refnum":"70000555","name":"St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW corner of 20th and Cherry Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.95631019800004,"lon":-75.17289138699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church is a brownstone church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a slate roof, a semicircular chancel and a three-story square tower on the northeast corner. A spire that once topped the tower was demolished in 1869.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is significant for its architecture, including interiors designed by Horace Wells Sellers and a High Altar by Henry Vaughn, along with stained glass by Charles J. Connick and a Crypt Chapel with stones from the ancient church of St. Clement in the Crimea. It also cites the church's central role in a 1870s controversy during the move toward the Catholic Revival, when it was under the English Order of St. John the Evangelist.","narrative":"Brownstone church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a slate roof, a semicircular chancel and a three-story square tower on its northeast corner. The building was designed by John Notman, and later interior alterations were made by Horace Wells Sellers. A spire once topped the tower but was demolished in 1869. The church was moved about 40 feet back from 20th Street in 1929 when the street was widened. Its interior includes a High Altar by Henry Vaughn, renovated in 1908 after the pattern of San Clemente in Rome, and stained glass windows designed by Charles J. Connick. The Crypt Chapel contains stones from the ruins of the ancient church of St. Clement in the Crimea. In the 1870s the church was the center of a sensational controversy during its move toward the Catholic Revival. From about 1875 to 1890, when the parish was under the English Order of St. John the Evangelist, the name St. Clement's became a byword for Anglo-Catholic practice.","period_of_significance":"1856","architect_builder":"John Notman (architect)","architectural_style":"Italianate style of Victorian Eclectic","criteria":[],"status_note":"The church was moved about 40 feet back from 20th Street when the street was widened in 1929.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.496208-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/70000555.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000555/43c1d29a41-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000555/43c1d29a41-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"user:Dgf32","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_clement%27s_church_philadelphia_exterior_apse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">user:Dgf32</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:Saint_clement%27s_church_philadelphia_exterior_apse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997370","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Clement%27s_Church_(Philadelphia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7401123"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/st-clements-protestant-episcopal-church-70000555/"}