{"nrhp_refnum":"77001083","name":"St. John The Baptist Roman Catholic Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"OH 694 and Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glandorf","county":"Putnam County","state":"OH","lat":41.03054764600006,"lon":-84.07952522999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-06-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["European","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A High Victorian Gothic brick Roman Catholic church at the intersection of State Route 694 and Main Street in Glandorf, Putnam County, Ohio, built 1875-1878 with a rectory (1902) and convent (1915) on the same lot.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example of High Victorian Gothic church architecture, designed by the Cleveland firm Cudell & Richardson and true to the German cathedrals that inspired its plan. It is also the mother parish church of Putnam County, and its carved altars, pulpit and communion rail by local German immigrants reflect the congregation's Germanic background.","narrative":"St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Glandorf, Ohio, is a High Victorian Gothic brick church completed between 1875 and 1878 to designs by the Cleveland firm Cudell & Richardson. It has a basilican plan, a three-part facade with Gothic arched entrances, and a central three-stage tower with clock faces and a pyramidal roof. Inside, a vaulted ceiling is painted pale blue and white with red and gilt accents, and elaborate carved altars, a pulpit and a communion rail were made by German immigrants living in the community. Once called the \"Cathedral of the Northwest,\" it was for many years the largest Catholic church in the Cleveland diocese and is now the largest in the Toledo diocese. It is also the mother parish of Putnam County, with Catholicism established in Glandorf in 1834. The listing also covers a 1902 rectory and a 1915 convent, and the church tower is visible from the county's two major highways.","period_of_significance":"1875-1878","architect_builder":"Cudell & Richardson (church architects); Schumacher Doepher (rectory builder)","architectural_style":"High Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition; the form lists the property as 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 02:53:10.118678-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/77001083.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001083/3e82b992b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001083/3e82b992b4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._John_the_Baptist_at_Glandorf,_pathway_view_vertical.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._John_the_Baptist_at_Glandorf,_pathway_view_vertical.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991074","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John_the_Baptist_Catholic_Church_(Glandorf,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588948"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/putnam-county/st-john-the-baptist-roman-catholic-church-77001083/"}