{"nrhp_refnum":"84000261","name":"Zion Lutheran Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2062 E. 30th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50071262200004,"lon":-81.66744167999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A cruciform-plan brick church at 2062 East 30th Street in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, built in 1902-03 in a Late Victorian Gothic style, with an attached rectory and a school behind it.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the church's history as Cleveland's oldest Lutheran congregation, founded in 1843 and regarded as the mother church of many city Lutheran congregations. It also points to the building's architecture and its status as one of four churches in the Upper Prospect Multiple Resource Area. Its 1903 move from downtown reflected the shift of the German population to the east side.","narrative":"Zion Lutheran Church, at 2062 East 30th Street in Cleveland, is a cruciform brick church with stone trim, built in 1902-03 in a Late Victorian Gothic style. Three arched recessed porches sit between two towers with pyramidal roofs, and corbelling marks the cornice of the shorter tower. The brick construction is noted as a German Gothic element. An attached two-story brick rectory was built at the same time, with a school behind it. The congregation dates to 1843, when it was founded to serve the city's German Lutheran population, and it is Cleveland's oldest Lutheran congregation and the mother church for many others. This building is its third. The church moved here from downtown in 1903, following the shift of German residents to the east side, and cost $53,646. The architect is unknown, though the plan closely resembles the 1904 Anshe Emeth Synagogue designed by Albert F. Janowitz. The church is part of the Prospect Avenue Historic District.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"In use as a church; exterior condition listed as excellent, interior unknown.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.581532-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000261.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000261/b44f3eea95-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000261/b44f3eea95-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zion_Lutheran_Church,_Cleveland.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zion_Lutheran_Church,_Cleveland.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100006160","name":"Midtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/midtown-historic-district-100006160/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984688","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_Lutheran_Church_(Cleveland)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8072533"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/zion-lutheran-church-84000261/"}