{"nrhp_refnum":"79002834","name":"St. Remy Catholic Church","other_names":["St. Remigius Catholic Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St. and Russia-Versailles Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Russia","county":"Shelby County","state":"OH","lat":40.233677466000074,"lon":-84.40824214299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Remy (St. Remigius) Catholic Church is a brick Romanesque-style church with a Gothic-style tower, built about 1890 on Main Street at the Russia-Versailles Road in Russia, Shelby County, Ohio.","why_significant":"The church was recorded as part of a thematic group of cross-tipped churches in western Ohio. It reflects the French-speaking Catholic parishes that grew up in this part of Ohio after the first Catholic settlement in 1823. The form also records heavy changes, including a 1954 addition and a 1976 interior remodeling.","narrative":"St. Remy Catholic Church, also called St. Remigius, sits on Main Street at the Russia-Versailles Road in Russia, Shelby County, Ohio. Built around 1890, it is a one-story brick church with a stone foundation, a slate gable roof and a Romanesque design topped by a Gothic-style tower. The original building had three round-arched stained glass windows in its facade, three smaller arched windows in the gable peak, and two sets of double doors. An off-center square tower with a spire stood at the northeast corner. The congregation has local roots in the early Catholic settlement of this area, where a circle of French-speaking parishes developed beginning in 1823. Itinerant missionaries served early parishes until the Precious Blood fathers arrived in the early 1850s. The church was documented in a group of cross-tipped churches in western Ohio. A 1954 addition now blocks the original facade, and a 1976 remodeling replaced the altars and altered the stations of the cross. It remains in use as a church.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Romanesque/Gothic tower","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a church. A 1954 addition blocks the original facade, and the interior was remodeled 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 02:53:12.601887-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002834.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002834/f3c910717b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002834/f3c910717b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Remy_Catholic_Church,_Russia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Remy_Catholic_Church,_Russia.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986184","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Remy%27s_Catholic_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591598"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/shelby-county/st-remy-catholic-church-79002834/"}