{"nrhp_refnum":"74001747","name":"St. John the Baptist Ukranian Catholic Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"109 S. Carson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.428435755000066,"lon":-79.99219341899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Byzantine-style multi-domed Ukrainian Catholic church on the South Side of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Its one-story brick and stone building was completed in 1895, with a two-story brick and stone addition built in 1919.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is significant as an expression of the Slavic immigrant community that settled the South Side from about 1863, when churches were the main place these groups could express themselves architecturally. It also argues the building adds an exotic, Eastern note to Pittsburgh's industrial landscape and represents the immigrant contribution to the city's growth.","narrative":"Built in 1895 on Pittsburgh's South Side, the St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church is a one-story brick and stone building set on a sloping site, with a rusticated ground story forming its base. Its plan is a Greek cross with a central dome and smaller domes over the facade and nave, all capped with turquoise onion domes. Classical details include a pedimented portico on Byzantine Ionic columns, dentils on the entablature and festoons on the drum cornice. A two-story brick and stone addition was built in 1919. The nomination treats the church as the principal architectural statement of the Slavic immigrants who arrived in the South Side from about 1863, a community that had little effect on domestic building. Its domes contrast with the mills and factory chimneys around it, and it is regarded as the most distinctive ethnic church in the city.","period_of_significance":"1850-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Russian interpretation of Classicism, Byzantine multi-domed church","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Original site; described as in good condition in the description section","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.314233-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/74001747.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001747/ca7ebec9cb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001747/ca7ebec9cb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.JohntheBaptistUkrainianCatholicChurch.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Paxton</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.JohntheBaptistUkrainianCatholicChurch.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997770","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John_the_Baptist_Ukrainian_Catholic_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588976"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/st-john-the-baptist-ukranian-catholic-church-74001747/"}