{"nrhp_refnum":"82002171","name":"St. John's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"230 Salem St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chico","county":"Butte County","state":"CA","lat":39.728766982000025,"lon":-121.84145741599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-01-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Gothic Revival and Shingle Style brick-and-timber church at 230 Salem Street in Chico, Butte County, California, built 1904-05 at 5th and Broadway and moved three blocks to its present site in 1912.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is locally significant under Criterion C as a fine example of ecclesiastical architecture of its period. It is also the work of Arthur B. Benton, an important California architect, and blends Gothic Revival and Shingle Style elements with high-quality design and workmanship.","narrative":"St. John's Episcopal Church is a cruciform church of red brick, red-painted shingle siding and pitched roofs at 230 Salem Street in Chico. Construction began in February 1904 at 5th and Broadway, and the first service was held on January 1, 1905. After the church sold its site for a new post office, the building was moved three blocks to its present corner in 1912 and rededicated. It has a square brick tower with corner turrets and a spire, a long north porch with trefoil detailing, a polygonal apse, lancet windows with original stained glass, and an open timber-rafter ceiling. The design is by Arthur B. Benton, a Los Angeles architect known for Mission Revival work and for several Episcopal churches in California. The nomination values the building as a well-crafted example of picturesque church design, evoking an English country parish church, and notes that it still serves its congregation.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Arthur B. Benton","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival with Shingle Style elements (\"Carpenter Gothic\")","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a church; fabric described as in excellent overall condition despite the 1912 move.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.336772-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002171.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002171/ed7baee0cd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002171/ed7baee0cd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Rifflebox","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Chico,_California.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rifflebox</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Chico,_California.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858456","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine_of_Canterbury_Anglican_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588674"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/butte-county/st-johns-episcopal-church-82002171/"}