{"nrhp_refnum":"82001402","name":"Grace Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"315 Wayne St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.45481648600003,"lon":-82.70934055399994,"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":"Grace Episcopal Church is a limestone Romanesque Revival church at 315 Wayne Street in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, built between 1835 and 1843 by builder Ogden Mallory.","why_significant":"The congregation claims to be the only one in Ohio organized without benefit of clergy and is the third oldest Protestant congregation in Sandusky. Many prominent Sanduskians were members. The building is the oldest still standing on Washington Park and has been in continuous use since its first worship service in 1843.","narrative":"Grace Episcopal Church, at 315 Wayne Street in Sandusky, is a limestone church built between 1835 and 1843 in the Romanesque Revival style. Ogden Mallory is named as builder. The congregation began meeting in February 1835 and was selling stock to fund construction by June. Building took eight years, and the first official worship service was held on Christmas Eve, 1843. The church was originally simpler, with a center steeple; twin towers were added in 1856-1858 and restored in 1960, and the taller one housed a carillon. The front gable carries a finial and a plaque dated 1835, and rounded stone caps top the windows and doors. A west addition dates from 1955. The congregation claims to be the only one in Ohio organized without clergy and is the third oldest Protestant congregation in Sandusky. The church sits on land set aside by Sandusky's proprietors for public purposes and is the oldest building standing on Washington Park.","period_of_significance":"1835-1843","architect_builder":"Ogden Mallory (builder)","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"In continuous use as a church since 1843; interior and exterior condition listed as very good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.107626-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001402.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001402/157933aa2f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001402/157933aa2f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grace_Episcopal_Church_in_Sandusky.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grace_Episcopal_Church_in_Sandusky.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985024","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Episcopal_Church_(Sandusky,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716427"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/grace-episcopal-church-82001402/"}