{"nrhp_refnum":"80002979","name":"St. Paul's Episcopal Church","other_names":["St. Paul's Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament","Conversion of St."],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4120 Euclid Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.503381954000076,"lon":-81.65752386399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large Victorian Gothic sandstone church at 4120 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1875-1876 with a chapel and a 1930-1931 convent addition. It is also known as St. Paul's Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament.","why_significant":"It was the fashionable church of Cleveland's Euclid Avenue \"Millionaire's Row\" and is one of the most sophisticated Victorian Gothic church designs of the half dozen surviving from the 1870s in Cleveland. It also shows early concern for preservation, since it was bought by the Catholic Diocese in 1930 when the Episcopal congregation moved away.","narrative":"Built in 1875-1876 at the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 40th Street in Cleveland, this sandstone church is a large example of Victorian Gothic design. Detroit architect Gordon W. Lloyd designed it, and Andrew Dall, Sr., whose firm also built many Euclid Avenue mansions, was the stone contractor. A square buttressed corner tower rises to 120 feet, topped by an octagonal belfry and four slender turrets. Inside, an aisled nave with oaken beams and carved trusses gives the effect of an English parish church, and the original stained glass, screens, statuary and pews remain. The congregation drew prominent business leaders of \"Millionaire's Row.\" After the Episcopalians moved to Cleveland Heights in 1927, the Catholic Diocese bought the building in 1930 and rededicated it as a shrine. A brick and stone convent was added in 1930-1931, forming a cloister. The church is valued for its architecture and its link to Cleveland's elite.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Andrew Dall/Gordon W. Lloyd","architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition and occupied; in religious use, with some alterations including a 1965 replacement of the chapel tower spire.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.361605-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80002979.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002979/64fa7e005d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002979/64fa7e005d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church_in_Cleveland,_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church_in_Cleveland,_Ohio.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100006160","name":"Midtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/midtown-historic-district-100006160/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987747","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Cleveland)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591097"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/st-pauls-episcopal-church-80002979/"}