{"nrhp_refnum":"82003613","name":"St. Paul's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"317 E. Liberty St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Medina","county":"Medina County","state":"OH","lat":41.13939466700003,"lon":-81.86036944199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a Victorian Gothic sandstone church at 317 East Liberty Street in Medina, Medina County, Ohio, built in 1884 and designed by Gordon W. Lloyd.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the finest example of Victorian Gothic church architecture in Medina County. It is a late work by Detroit architect Gordon W. Lloyd, who here moved from strict Gothic tradition toward the Victorian phase of the Gothic revival. It is the third building of Medina's oldest congregation, formed in 1817.","narrative":"Built in 1884 and consecrated in 1887, St. Paul's Episcopal Church on East Liberty Street in Medina is a Victorian Gothic building of Grafton sandstone with a rough-sawn ashlar foundation. It follows a traditional Anglican plan with a tower and narthex, a rectangular nave and cross-shaped transepts. The tower carries a pyramidal spire and holds the bell from the congregation's 1836 Greek Revival church. Slate roofing alternates rectangular and fishscale shapes. Inside are a vaulted ceiling, original oak pews, walnut paneling behind the altar and memorial stained glass windows. A frame parish hall was added in 1899, and a stone addition replaced an 1877 rectory in 1963. The church is the third home of Medina's oldest congregation, formed in 1817. Bishop Gregory Bedell selected Gordon W. Lloyd, a Detroit architect with many church designs in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The nomination considers it the county's finest Victorian Gothic church, noted for its solidity and picturesqueness.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Gordon W. Lloyd","architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent, original site, occupied and used for religious purposes; a 1899 parish hall and 1963 addition remain in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.951394-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003613.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003613/dbdb5e295a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003613/dbdb5e295a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Duds98","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NRHP-St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Duds98</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NRHP-St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990197","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Medina,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591115"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/medina-county/st-pauls-episcopal-church-82003613/"}