{"nrhp_refnum":"74001513","name":"St. Paul Church Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Spring, 12th and Pendleton Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.10451148200008,"lon":-84.50642329999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-01-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-building Catholic parish complex at Spring, Twelfth and Pendleton Streets in Cincinnati, Ohio, made up of the church, rectory, boys' school, girls' school and convent. The church was built 1848-50, with the other buildings added through 1908.","why_significant":"The district is presented as representing the full development of a Catholic parish, from its 1848 founding through its schools and convent. The church is notable for its classical design and interior, its stained glass and frescoes, and a 1899 facade redesign by Samuel Hannaford & Sons. Areas of significance checked are architecture, education and religion.","narrative":"Five buildings at Spring, Twelfth and Pendleton Streets in Cincinnati make up a complete Catholic parish: a church, rectory, boys' school, girls' school and convent. The parish began in 1848, when Catholics bought six acres from Nathaniel Greene Pendleton, including his house, which was later moved and rebuilt as the rectory. The church, the ninth Catholic church in Cincinnati, was dedicated in January 1850 after work paused for the 1849 cholera epidemic. Its brick exterior and classical interior include paired Corinthian columns, frescoes of the life of St. Paul, and stained glass, one window prized at the 1893 Chicago exposition. After a fire in 1899, Samuel Hannaford & Sons designed a new facade and steeple. The schools and convent were added between 1862 and 1908. The complex sits in an area undergoing rehabilitation. The boys' school serves community needs, the girls' school operates as a day care, and the church holds monthly mass and special events.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1848-50)","architect_builder":"Samuel Hannaford & Sons (1899 facade and steeple redesign)","architectural_style":"Classical details (church interior and exterior); no formal style classification given","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition fair and altered. The church is still used for monthly mass and special events, the boys' school is used for community services, and the girls' school is a day care center. The church's future is described as uncertain.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:08.932377-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001513.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001513/9c89ab6d58-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001513/9c89ab6d58-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StPaulDistrict.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)</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:StPaulDistrict.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989079","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul_Church_(Over_the_Rhine)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591238"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/st-paul-church-historic-district-74001513/"}