{"nrhp_refnum":"82001485","name":"St. Henry Roman Catholic Church and Rectory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"36573 County Rd. 47","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harriettsville","county":"Noble County","state":"OH","lat":39.629554609000024,"lon":-81.33821553599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-12-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Gothic Revival stone church and a wood-frame rectory on a hillside overlooking Duck Creek, just south of the village of Harriettsville in Noble County, Ohio. The church was built in 1894 to a design by Chicago architect A. Druiding.","why_significant":"The buildings are nominated for their collective role in the religious life of a small rural community and as examples of elite architectural styles in an area of vernacular building. The church is the only stone building in the area and one of few stone buildings in Noble County, showing a high level of craftsmanship. It is also the work of Adolph Druiding, a Chicago architect known as a church designer across the Midwest.","narrative":"St. Henry's is a Gothic Revival stone church with an accompanying wood-frame rectory, set on a hillside above Duck Creek just south of Harriettsville in Noble County, Ohio. The parish began in 1867 with a frame church near the parish cemetery. In 1894 land was bought for a new church, designed by Chicago architect Adolph Druiding, who prepared church plans across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. Limestone quarried east of the village was hauled to the site free of charge by parishioners, and the church was dedicated in the fall of 1894 at a cost of $12,000. It has lancet-arched openings, buttressed side walls and a corner tower with a tall octagonal spire. The rectory blends Greek Revival gable returns, a bay window with sawn bargeboard and an Eastlake-style porch. The church is the only stone building in the area and one of few in the county, reflecting notable craftsmanship in a rural setting.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"A. Druiding, Chicago, architect","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival (church); rectory shows Greek Revival, late nineteenth-century eclectic and Eastlake influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, on its original site and altered; present use is religious and private residence. The church's original slate roof has been replaced with composition roofing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.12681-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001485.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001485/8576c20c63-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001485/8576c20c63-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Henry%27s_Catholic_Church,_Harriettsville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Henry%27s_Catholic_Church,_Harriettsville.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990789","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Henry%27s_Catholic_Church_(Harriettsville,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588334"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/noble-county/st-henry-roman-catholic-church-and-rectory-82001485/"}