{"nrhp_refnum":"79002773","name":"Pfleiderer Center for Religion and the Humanities","other_names":["Library","Fine Arts Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"28 Greenfield St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tiffin","county":"Seneca County","state":"OH","lat":41.11544705400007,"lon":-83.16798278199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick and stone building on the Heidelberg College campus at 28 Greenfield Street in Tiffin, Ohio, built 1911-1912 as the college library to designs by Patton and Miller.","why_significant":"The building was funded by a $25,000 Carnegie gift, an unusual second library grant for the same city, secured through alumnus Dr. John H. Prugh. It served as the college library until 1967, then as the Fine Arts Building, and was renovated in 1970 as a center for religion and the humanities. It is nominated as part of a group of campus buildings tracing the college's growth and architectural development.","narrative":"Built in 1911-1912 on the Heidelberg College campus in Tiffin, Ohio, this two-story building was designed by Patton and Miller in a Modern English Gothic style. It has brick walls with a stone facing of squared, coursed rubble, a rock-faced ashlar foundation, corner buttresses, mullion windows with radiating voussoirs, and a gable roof of terra cotta tile. The elliptical main entrance has a cut stone head and quoins, and its transom panel once bore the word \"Library.\" Andrew Carnegie gave $25,000 for the college library on condition that a matching sum be raised, an unusual grant because Tiffin already had a Carnegie library. Alumnus Dr. John H. Prugh helped secure it and raised the second $25,000. The building served as the library until 1967, then became the Fine Arts Building. In 1970 a gift from Dorothy Painter Pfleiderer paid for its renovation as a center for religion and the humanities, named for her husband, Arthur B. Pfleiderer, a trustee from 1953 to 1969.","period_of_significance":"1911-1912","architect_builder":"Patton and Miller","architectural_style":"Modern English Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used for classrooms; condition listed as very good inside and out.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.06436-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002773.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002773/c0ac2d9e5d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002773/c0ac2d9e5d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pfleiderer_Center_for_Religion_and_the_Humanities.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pfleiderer_Center_for_Religion_and_the_Humanities.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986128","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138673346"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/seneca-county/pfleiderer-center-for-religion-and-the-humanities-79002773/"}