{"nrhp_refnum":"75001538","name":"First Congregational Church of Cuyahoga Falls","other_names":["Pilgrim United Church of Christ"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"130 Broad Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuyahoga Falls","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.13348451300004,"lon":-81.48426397399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-11-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Greek Revival church at 130 Broad Boulevard, Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio, built 1845-1847 and later remodeled with Romanesque and Gothic Revival elements. It is now home to Pilgrim United Church of Christ.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a well-preserved example of a church reflecting changing architectural taste in the second half of the nineteenth century. It is also credited as the oldest church in continuous use in Summit County, apart from the Western Reserve Academy chapel in Hudson. Its front was modeled on churches designed by Charles Romanoff Prczriminsky.","narrative":"Built between 1845 and 1847, this brick church at 130 Broad Boulevard in Cuyahoga Falls began as a Greek Revival building and was later updated to suit post-Civil War taste with Romanesque and Gothic Revival details. The congregation, organized in 1834, planned the building in 1845 on a front modeled on the Episcopal church at Columbus, which had a recessed porch with two columns. A two-story addition in 1869 brought Romanesque windows and a reworked belfry. In 1883 colored glass replaced clear windows and curved pews replaced box pews. A gymnasium followed in 1927 and a larger addition in 1958. The interior still keeps its original Greek eared window casings. The church is credited as the oldest in continuous use in Summit County, excepting only the Western Reserve Academy chapel in Hudson, and it stands as a well-preserved record of nineteenth-century changes in taste.","period_of_significance":"19th century; specific dates 1845-1847; 1869; 1883","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival, later remodeled with Romanesque and Gothic Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition, altered, on its original site; occupied and in religious use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.962165-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001538.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001538/54b0b15f6f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001538/54b0b15f6f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Congregational_Church_of_Cuyahoga_Falls.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Congregational_Church_of_Cuyahoga_Falls.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991513","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Congregational_Church_of_Cuyahoga_Falls","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5452845"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/first-congregational-church-of-cuyahoga-falls-75001538/"}