{"nrhp_refnum":"79002838","name":"St. Rose Catholic Church Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"St. Rose","county":"Mercer County","state":"OH","lat":40.407393702000064,"lon":-84.5146986184892,"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":"A Gothic-style brick Catholic church complex in the village of St. Rose, Mercer County, Ohio, built around 1911. It includes the church, a 1905 rectory and an 1892 one-room brick schoolhouse.","why_significant":"The church is notable for its high pointed arches, octagonal tower and belfry, twin corner spires and ornate white reredos. The complex was recorded as part of a thematic group of cross-tipped churches in the Ohio historic inventory. The rectory and school show the growth of a small rural parish.","narrative":"St. Rose Catholic Church and its neighboring buildings form a small parish complex along State Route 119 in the village of St. Rose, Mercer County, Ohio. The church, built by the parish around 1911 after its first brick church became too small, is Gothic in style. It is built of pressed brick with blue Bedford stone and has high pointed arches. Its most striking feature is an octagonal tower and belfry with louvered openings, flanked by small twin spires over stacked arched windows. Inside, delicate white reredos with niches for statues rise in multi-spired forms with gold finials. The interior was redecorated in 1927 and 1948. Nearby stand a slate-roofed brick rectory built in 1905 for $6,000 and a one-room brick schoolhouse dated 1892, later used as a recreation center. The school operated until 1957. A cemetery lies behind the church. Together the buildings show the development of a rural Catholic parish.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic (church); Transitional (rectory)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Church in good condition and in use; the rectory is a priest house in good exterior condition; the old school is now used as a recreation center.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.636214-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002838.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002838/8109008c5d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002838/8109008c5d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Rose_Church,_Mercer_County.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Rose_Church,_Mercer_County.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985877","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Rose%27s_Catholic_Church_(St._Rose,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591620"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/mercer-county/st-rose-catholic-church-complex-79002838/"}