{"nrhp_refnum":"79003451","name":"St. John Catholic Church and Parish Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW Corner of Schlemel and Van Buren Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fryburg","county":"Auglaize County","state":"OH","lat":40.51595479300005,"lon":-84.14719166199995,"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 and stucco Catholic church built in 1850 and a former parish school (1877) now used as a parish hall, at the southwest corner of Schemel and Van Buren Streets in Fryburg, Auglaize County, Ohio.","why_significant":"The church is described as the second oldest Catholic church in the Cincinnati archdiocese that has not undergone basic changes in structure. The 1877 school is noted as one of the few early schools left standing. Both were listed under the Cross-Tipped Churches thematic group for their architecture.","narrative":"Two buildings on the corner of Schemel and Van Buren Streets in Fryburg make up this parish complex: St. John Catholic Church, built in 1850, and the former parish school, built in 1877 and now used as a parish hall. The church is a one-story Gothic building of brick with stucco, a low slate gable roof, a square belfry with an octagonal spire, and a pointed-arch doorway beneath a single lancet stained glass window. Inside, a Romanesque-style altar area has round-arched niches for statues, low domes topped by gold crosses, frescoed angels, and old pews with cross-tipped ends. The two-story school has five bays, six-over-six windows, and stucco pilasters, one forming a large cross. The church is described as the second oldest Catholic church in the Cincinnati archdiocese without basic structural change, and the school as one of few early schools still standing. Both were listed in 1979 for their architecture.","period_of_significance":"1850-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic (church); Federal (parish hall)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Church remains in use as a church; the former school is used as a parish hall/meeting hall. Church interior and exterior are listed in good condition, the hall in poor condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.881335-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79003451.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003451/c16f556d3f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003451/c16f556d3f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._John_Catholic_Church_and_Parish_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._John_Catholic_Church_and_Parish_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984465","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Catholic_Church_(Fryburg,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588594"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/auglaize-county/st-john-catholic-church-and-parish-hall-79003451/"}