{"nrhp_refnum":"82001410","name":"Holy Angels Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W. Jefferson St. at Tiffin Ave. and Clinton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.44929935300007,"lon":-82.72296326299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Holy Angels Church is a Gothic Revival Roman Catholic church of limestone at the corner of Tiffin Avenue, Clinton and West Jefferson Street in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, built 1841-1845 by builder Robert Cassidy.","why_significant":"It is the oldest standing church in the Diocese of Toledo. The parish was founded in 1840 by Rev. P.J. Machebeuf, who designed the church after small French churches and later became the first bishop of Denver. It is also the mother church of the other two Roman Catholic parishes in Sandusky, and it is significant for its Gothic Revival architecture.","narrative":"Holy Angels Church is a limestone Gothic Revival church at the corner of Tiffin Avenue, Clinton and West Jefferson Street in Sandusky's West End. Built between 1841 and 1845 by Robert Cassidy, it is the oldest standing church in the Diocese of Toledo. The parish dates to 1840 and was founded by Rev. P.J. Machebeuf, a French missionary who later became the first bishop of Denver. He designed the building, drawing on small French churches. It is the mother church of the city's two other Roman Catholic parishes. The walls are coursed rubble and ashlar under a shingled gable roof. An ocular alpha and omega window from the 1840s was once on the front. Two rear wings were added in 1850, and the front was extended 35 feet with the pyramidal-roofed tower added in 1902. Stained glass side windows date from 1887. A rectory from 1895 and a school from 1887 stand nearby. The church remains in use.","period_of_significance":"1841-1845","architect_builder":"Designed by Father P.J. Machebeuf; builder Robert Cassidy","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a church; interior condition good, exterior very good, with the interior severely changed in the late 1970s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.805245-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001410.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001410/332aa5a7d9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001410/332aa5a7d9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_Angels_Catholic_Church_in_Sandusky.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_Angels_Catholic_Church_in_Sandusky.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984781","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Angels_Catholic_Church_(Sandusky,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716456"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/holy-angels-church-82001410/"}