{"nrhp_refnum":"79001953","name":"St. Timothy's Protestant Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"226 SE. 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Massillon","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.79561685900006,"lon":-81.51760319699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Gothic-style stone Episcopal church on Third Street, S.E. in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, built in 1892-93 from designs by New York architect Arthur B. Jennings, with a 1953 rear Sunday School addition.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent example of Gothic church architecture by Arthur B. Jennings. It also contains stained glass windows of outstanding artistic value, including four from Tiffany Studios of New York. The congregation was the first church organized in Massillon.","narrative":"Rising from a knoll above downtown Massillon, this Episcopal church was built in 1892-93 to designs by New York architect Arthur B. Jennings. Parts of it rest on the foundations of the congregation's 1837 frame church. Gray rock-faced sandstone forms the walls, steep slate gable roofs cover the main block, chapel and rear addition, and square corner towers with turrets and a stone-railed belfry give the building its Gothic character. A large Sunday School wing was added in 1953 in matching stone. Inside, dark oak pews, exposed timber roof framing and a chancel with arcades frame the church's best-known feature: stained glass windows. Four are documented as products of Tiffany Studios, two bearing etched signatures and two authenticated by serial numbers. The congregation, established in the 1830s, was the first organized in Massillon, on land set aside by city founder James Duncan. The church was recognized for Jennings's Gothic design and for the artistic quality of its windows.","period_of_significance":"1892-93","architect_builder":"Arthur B. Jennings","architectural_style":"Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, in excellent condition, and used as a religious property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.888702-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001953.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001953/7ed36e10c2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001953/7ed36e10c2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Timothy%27s_Protestant_Episcopal_(Massillon,_OH).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Timothy%27s_Protestant_Episcopal_(Massillon,_OH).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991386","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Timothy%27s_Protestant_Episcopal_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7592021"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/st-timothys-protestant-episcopal-church-79001953/"}