{"nrhp_refnum":"82001392","name":"Emmanuel Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"334 Columbus Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.453903697000044,"lon":-82.71015466699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story limestone church at 334 Columbus Avenue on the south side of Washington Park in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, built in 1866 in a vernacular style.","why_significant":"It houses Sandusky's oldest German Protestant congregation. One of its pastors, Ernst Von Schulenburg, was the historian of Sandusky's Germans. It replaced an 1844 building elsewhere on Washington Park and is one of only two churches remaining on the square.","narrative":"Built in 1866 at 334 Columbus Avenue, this two-story limestone church faces Washington Park, Sandusky's main square. It has a cut stone above-ground basement, a water table, and upper walls cemented over the limestone with a rock-faced ashlar finish. Rounded arched windows of colored glass light the main body of the church, and a four-sided louvered steeple with four small corner steeples supports a tall steeple with a finial. A recent north wing serves as educational rooms. The building is important because it houses Sandusky's oldest German Protestant congregation. One of its pastors, Ernst Von Schulenburg, wrote the history of Sandusky's Germans. It replaced an earlier church built in 1844 elsewhere on the square. The area around the park has held churches, schools and the court house from its earliest days, and this is one of only two churches that remain on the square, where several other Protestant churches once stood.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a church; interior and exterior condition listed as excellent; a recent north wing addition holds educational rooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.947282-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001392.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001392/110f298d5c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001392/110f298d5c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmanuel_United_Church_of_Christ.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmanuel_United_Church_of_Christ.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985022","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_United_Church_of_Christ","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5373356"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/emmanuel-church-82001392/"}