{"nrhp_refnum":"78002350","name":"St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church","other_names":["Brick Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Culp, Tyronne Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Culp","county":"Blair County","state":"PA","lat":40.59431798500003,"lon":-78.25010993099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A red brick cross-gable church in Culp, Blair County, Pennsylvania, known as St. John's Evangelical Church of Sinking Valley. The present brick building was built in 1892 at a cost of $10,000.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is one of the oldest congregations in Blair County, with a congregation history dating to a log church of 1804. Its present brick building is significant for its Queen Anne style influence, shown in varied decorative clapboard and shingles, turned pillars and a shingled tower with turrets.","narrative":"Red brick, cross-gable church in Culp, Blair County, Pennsylvania, serving the congregation known as St. John's Evangelical Church of Sinking Valley. The present brick building was completed in 1892 at a cost of $10,000. Its steep gables, square tower with a spire and four shingled turrets, and semi-circular classroom show the influence of the Queen Anne style, seen in its varied decorative clapboard and shingles, turned pillars, and large many-paned stained glass windows with semi-circular arches set in the gable ends. The interior holds a large sanctuary with a semi-circular pew arrangement, five classrooms, and additional classrooms in the basement. The congregation is one of the oldest in Blair County. Its first church was a log structure with galleries on three sides, built in 1804, and that log church is still standing. A brick building was added on the present site in 1840. The property is significant for its architecture and for its religious history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent and the church is described as in original site, with the form indicating it is unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.980815-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002350.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002350/d84a780643-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002350/d84a780643-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ST._JOHN%27S_EVANGELICAL_LUTHERAN_CHURCH,_BLAIR_COUNTY,_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</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._JOHN%27S_EVANGELICAL_LUTHERAN_CHURCH,_BLAIR_COUNTY,_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995188","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_(Culp,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588725"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/blair-county/st-johns-evangelical-lutheran-church-78002350/"}