{"nrhp_refnum":"75001512","name":"St. Nicholas's Catholic Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"925 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Zanesville","county":"Muskingum County","state":"OH","lat":39.93924245300008,"lon":-82.01707434099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Nicholas's Catholic Church is a church building at 925 Main Street in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, dedicated in 1899 and designed by architect W. H. Dunn of Cleveland.","why_significant":"The nomination stresses the church's decoration, especially a tile mosaic mural in the entrance tympanum designed by Herman Mueller and made by the Mosaic Tile Company of Zanesville. It also cites the stained glass and the building as a fine example of Romanesque Revival architecture. The tile mural is described as highly unusual and possibly unique in Ohio.","narrative":"St. Nicholas's Catholic Church in Zanesville, Ohio, was dedicated in 1899 for a German-speaking parish that formed in 1842 after German and English speakers separated into two congregations. The earlier church, school and convent were demolished in 1955, leaving this brick building as the surviving historic part of the complex. Cleveland architect W. H. Dunn designed it in a Romanesque style with Renaissance elements, with twin domed bell towers, a rose window and a central dome over a Latin cross plan. Its main distinction is its decoration. A tile mosaic mural of the Landing of Columbus fills the entrance tympanum. Herman Mueller designed it, and the Mosaic Tile Company of Zanesville produced it using a faster sieve-like method. Stained glass came from a Cincinnati firm. The nomination presents the mural as an unusual local example of ceramic work integrated into architecture, and the church as a fine Romanesque Revival building.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (dedicated 1899)","architect_builder":"W. H. Dunn of Cleveland (architect); Herman Mueller (tile mural designer); Mosaic Tile Company of Zanesville; Artistic Glass Painting Company of Cincinnati (Frank Shilffarth, stained glass)","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival with Renaissance elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Church in fair condition with some water damage in the vestibule; in religious use and occupied; only minor alterations noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.191301-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001512.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001512/9cdfbeaf6b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001512/9cdfbeaf6b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Nheyob","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Nicholas_Church_(Zanesville,_Ohio)_-_view_from_Putnam_Hill_Park.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nheyob</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:Saint_Nicholas_Church_(Zanesville,_Ohio)_-_view_from_Putnam_Hill_Park.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000025","name":"Muskingum River Navigation Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/muskingum-river-navigation-historic-district-07000025/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990697","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Catholic_Church_(Zanesville,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7590797"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/muskingum-county/st-nicholass-catholic-church-75001512/"}