{"nrhp_refnum":"80003019","name":"St. John's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"700 High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worthington","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.08856553900006,"lon":-83.01715623699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. John's Episcopal Church is a brick Gothic Revival church at 700 High Street on the Village Green in Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, built 1827-1831 by John Snow.","why_significant":"The church is a fine example of Gothic Revival design with a largely intact early 19th century form. Its congregation, established in 1804, is generally recognized as the first Episcopal congregation west of the Alleghenies, and the building is one of the two earliest Episcopal buildings in Ohio. It was also central to the founding of Worthington as a frontier haven for Connecticut Episcopalians.","narrative":"St. John's Episcopal Church stands at 700 High Street in Worthington, Ohio, beside the Village Green. Built between 1827 and 1831 by John Snow, who served as both architect and builder, it is a modified Gothic Revival church of hand-made brick laid in Flemish bond, set on a fieldstone foundation with stepped slate gables. Tall pointed-arch windows with wooden mullions pierce the symmetrical walls, and four wooden columns support the interior roof. A square tower rises on the west side. The tower was replaced by a spire in the late nineteenth century and restored in 1930, and the chancel was enlarged in 1916-18. The church matters for its largely intact early design and for its congregation, organized in 1804 and generally recognized as the first Episcopal congregation west of the Alleghenies. It is one of Ohio's two earliest Episcopal buildings and was central to the founding of Worthington by Connecticut Episcopalians. It remains an active church.","period_of_significance":"1827-1831","architect_builder":"John Snow (architect and builder)","architectural_style":"Modified Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a church; interior and exterior condition listed as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.756953-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003019.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003019/e35506341c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003019/e35506341c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church_in_Worthington.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church_in_Worthington.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"10000190","name":"Worthington Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/worthington-historic-district-10000190/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985268","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Worthington,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28126163"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/st-johns-episcopal-church-80003019/"}