{"nrhp_refnum":"82003587","name":"St. Rosa Church","other_names":["St. Rose Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2501 Eastern Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.120869963000075,"lon":-84.45050405799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Roman Catholic church complex at 2501 Eastern Avenue in the East End of Cincinnati, Ohio, beside the Ohio River. It includes a brick Romanesque church (1867), a Mansard-Italianate rectory (1880) and a school (1901).","why_significant":"The nomination argues the three buildings form a cohesive group of nineteenth and early twentieth century church architecture that reflects Roman Catholic religious and educational traditions. The church's tall steeple helped river pilots navigate a sharp bend in the Ohio River, and its four-sided clock was designed to serve people on both banks. The compact setting is described as essential to the complex's integrity.","narrative":"Rising above the Ohio River in Cincinnati's East End, this Catholic complex at 2501 Eastern Avenue groups a church, rectory and school on one lot. The brick Romanesque church dates to 1867 and has a tower roughly 184 feet tall, keystone hood moldings, corbelled machicolations and a four-faced clock added in 1888. A fire in 1894 destroyed the interior and roof, but the exterior walls remained and the church was rebuilt, with interior plans by Chicago architect A. Druiding. The rectory of 1880 is a Mansard-Italianate building, and the 1901 school has a classically inspired entrance. The group is valued for its cohesive scale and texture and for its place in Catholic religious and educational life. The steeple long guided river pilots around a sharp bend, and towboat pilots still shine spotlights on it at night. The parish has also been closely tied to the river through repeated floods.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"A. Druiding (Chicago architect, interior plans after the 1894 fire); Charles Cook (Cincinnati clockmaker, tower clocks, 1888)","architectural_style":"Romanesque (church); Mansard-Italianate (rectory)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in excellent condition and altered, on its original site. The church is occupied and in religious use. The school building houses a Montessori pre-school, and the former rectory building houses a small museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:13.052925-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003587.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003587/d98633e88a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003587/d98633e88a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Rose%27s_Catholic_Church_in_Cincinnati,_western_side.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Rose%27s_Catholic_Church_in_Cincinnati,_western_side.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989159","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Rose_Church_(Cincinnati,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591624"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/st-rosa-church-82003587/"}