{"nrhp_refnum":"78002081","name":"St. Patrick's Catholic Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1662 Blue Rock","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.160759323000036,"lon":-84.54170119399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Roman Catholic church building at 1662 Blue Rock Street in the Cumminsville/Northside area of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, dedicated in 1873 on the site of an earlier small parish building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is architecturally unique in Cincinnati for combining a cruciform plan with a central steeple, a pairing found on no other church in the city. It also blends Romanesque and Gothic elements, and its mass makes it a focal point of the Northside neighborhood. It was built for the Irish Catholic congregation that split from the German parishioners of St. Aloysius.","narrative":"Dedicated in 1873, St. Patrick's Catholic Church is a cruciform stone-faced building on Blue Rock Street in Cincinnati's Cumminsville, or Northside, neighborhood. Its most striking feature is a central steeple with an octagonal base, small gables and a ribbed dome, all covered in red tile. The facade combines a rounded-arch entrance, pointed windows, buttresses and a large rose window, mixing Romanesque and Gothic elements. The walls were originally brick and were later faced with concrete resembling random ashlar. The parish began in 1862 when the Irish members of St. Aloysius, who had come to work on the Miami and Erie Canal and the railroad, took the name St. Patrick's after the German members left to form St. Boniface. The church was listed because its plan and massing are unique in Cincinnati, with a cruciform layout and central steeple found on no other church in the city. A 1906 parish house is also part of the nominated property.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Blend of Romanesque and Gothic church styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition, in religious use. The exterior walls were later faced with concrete and the roof now has red tile. The parish school was demolished in 1976.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.948076-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002081.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002081/9c529632d7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002081/9c529632d7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Pius_X_Church_in_Cincinnati,_southwestern_angle_closeup.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Pius_X_Church_in_Cincinnati,_southwestern_angle_closeup.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989139","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Pius_X_Catholic_Church_(Cincinnati,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591552"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/st-patricks-catholic-church-78002081/"}