{"nrhp_refnum":"79002829","name":"St. Henry Catholic Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"St. Henry","county":"Mercer County","state":"OH","lat":40.416111630000046,"lon":-84.63776419884309,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Henry Catholic Church is a brick Gothic-style church built in 1897 on Main Street in St. Henry, Mercer County, Ohio. It is the third church built for the parish, and the plans came from architect De Curtins of Chicago.","why_significant":"The inventory describes the 1897 church as the third built for a parish formed in 1839, with parishioners making the bricks and cutting the lumber. Its exterior is largely unchanged, with a projecting central tower, rose windows and stained glass. The form also notes that professors from St. Charles Seminary served as assistant pastors from the 1920s to the 1960s.","narrative":"Built in 1897 on Main Street in St. Henry, Ohio, this brick Gothic church was the third constructed for a parish formed in 1839. The first church took the name St. Henry in 1842, honoring pious emperors of Germany. Parishioners made bricks and cut lumber for the 1897 building. The design is credited to De Curtins of Chicago. A projecting central tower carries a slate spire and four chiming clocks. Large gabled transepts hold rose windows with tracery and stained glass, and the facade has three doorways. The exterior is described as largely unchanged since construction, but the interior was completely torn out and remodeled in the early 1970s, and the High Gothic altars and imported statues were disposed of. Professors from St. Charles Seminary served as assistant pastors from the 1920s to the 1960s. A parochial school from 1905, a rectory, a grotto and a 1970s catechetical center stand nearby.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"De Curtins (Chicago)","architectural_style":"Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Church in use. Interior and exterior are listed in good condition. The interior was completely remodeled in the early 1970s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.02171-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002829.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002829/1426a661bd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002829/1426a661bd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Henry_Catholic_Church_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Henry_Catholic_Church_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985893","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Henry%27s_Catholic_Church_(St._Henry,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588325"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/mercer-county/st-henry-catholic-church-79002829/"}