{"nrhp_refnum":"82001487","name":"St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, School, Rectory, and Convent of the Sister of the Precious Blood","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. Perry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Riegel","county":"Seneca County","state":"OH","lat":41.05701779950007,"lon":-83.33031372745378,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of four main buildings (church, rectory, school and convent) plus a small cemetery and mortuary chapel on the west side of Perry Street at the northern edge of New Riegel, Seneca County, Ohio. The buildings date from 1875, 1893, 1904-1905 and 1927.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the buildings are significant for architecture and religion. The church is an excellent example of Gothic and Romanesque design from the 1870s, and the convent echoes its features. The complex reflects New Riegel's German Catholic heritage and the early work of Father Brunner and the Sisters of the Precious Blood, whose convent was called the 'cradle' of the Society in America.","narrative":"Four related buildings along Perry Street at the northern edge of New Riegel form the religious center of this Seneca County community: St. Boniface Church, a rectory, a school and a convent of the Sisters of the Precious Blood. The brick church, designed by Bernard Kokenge of Upper Sandusky and built in 1875, is the third church on the site and combines Gothic and Romanesque features. The convent of 1893 repeats its round arches and buttressed bays. The rectory of 1904-1905 shows Neo-Classical Revival details, and the 1927 school has Georgian Revival touches. The site's history reaches back to 1844, when Father Francis deSales Brunner helped establish a convent for the first Sisters of the Precious Blood, who began Perpetual Adoration there that Christmas night and continued it until 1979. New Riegel was settled by German Catholic families, and these buildings reflect that heritage. The church, school and rectory remain in use.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Bernard Kokenge (Church)","architectural_style":"Gothic-Romanesque (church); Neo-Classical Revival (rectory); Georgian Revival features (school)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Church, school and rectory remain in active use; the convent was vacated by the Sisters on December 31, 1979 and sold, with plans to convert it to housing for the elderly.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.002594-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001487.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001487/ea0ea1b84f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001487/ea0ea1b84f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Saints_Catholic_Church_at_New_Riegel,_northern_side.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Saints_Catholic_Church_at_New_Riegel,_northern_side.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991281","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints_Catholic_Church_(New_Riegel,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4729413"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/seneca-county/st-boniface-roman-catholic-church-school-rectory-and-convent-of-the-sister-of-th-82001487/"}