{"nrhp_refnum":"82003639","name":"All Saints Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4th and Court Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Portsmouth","county":"Scioto County","state":"OH","lat":38.73298388100005,"lon":-83.00030034099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-03-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story Gothic Revival brick church at 4th and Court Streets in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, built in four sections beginning with the original church in 1833.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is an outstanding and early example of Gothic Revival architecture in southern Ohio. Its 1850 nave was built when Greek Revival was favored for large public buildings. It is also significant, to a lesser extent, for its link to Portsmouth's early growth through a parish organized in 1819.","narrative":"All Saints Episcopal Church stands at 4th and Court Streets in Portsmouth, Ohio, and is a Gothic Revival building that grew in four stages. The oldest part, now the rear of the Guild Hall, was the original church of 1833. The main nave, measuring 52 by 86 feet, was added in 1850 with a two-story southwest tower, lancet windows, buttresses and a large wheel window on the facade. A western Guild Hall section followed in the 1880s, and a cement block parish house was added in 1953. The structure is common bond brick on a stone foundation, with slate and shingle roofs. The church was listed chiefly for its architecture, as an excellent and early example of Gothic Revival in southern Ohio, built when Greek Revival dominated large public buildings. Its parish, organized in 1819, is among the oldest Episcopal parishes west of the Allegheny Mountains, which ties the site to the early development of Portsmouth.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, on its original site, and used as a religious building; the form notes it has been altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.625544-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003639.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003639/e9155eeb51-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003639/e9155eeb51-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Saints_Episcopal_Church_in_Portsmouth.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Saints_Episcopal_Church_in_Portsmouth.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986112","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints_Episcopal_Church_(Portsmouth,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4729572"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/scioto-county/all-saints-episcopal-church-82003639/"}