{"nrhp_refnum":"84000264","name":"Zion Lutheran School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2074 E. 30th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50044381600003,"lon":-81.66719929199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick school building at 2074 East 30th Street in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, built in 1901 and designed by architect William H. Dunn for Zion Lutheran Church.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its architecture, a good example of the Queen Anne/Colonial Revival style, and for its religious association. Zion Lutheran School began Cleveland's first Lutheran school in 1848, teaching originally in German. It is also the only school in the Upper Prospect Multiple Resource Area.","narrative":"Built in 1901 at 2074 East 30th Street in Cleveland, this two-story brick school was designed by architect William H. Dunn, who also designed St. Stanislaus Church. It replaced an earlier building for a congregation whose school dated to 1848 and was the first Lutheran school in the city, with classes originally taught in German. The building cost an estimated $13,000. German Lutherans regarded education as an important complement to religious training, and the church used the school's auditorium until a new church building was finished in 1903. The design combines Queen Anne and Colonial Revival features, including a dentilled cornice, gabled dormers with Palladian windows, round arched window hoods and openings tied together by a continuous brick course, and recessed corner entrances with stone surrounds. It is the only school in the Upper Prospect area, which was a significant residential neighborhood at the turn of the twentieth century.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William H. Dunn (architect); Alring (contractor/builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne/Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior condition listed as good in 1984; interior condition unknown. Owned by a church and still identified as a school in the inventory.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.510293-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000264.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000264/11e439f51f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000264/11e439f51f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Tim Evanson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Front_-_Zion_Lutheran_Church_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Evanson</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Front_-_Zion_Lutheran_Church_School.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/71984602","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_Lutheran_School_(Cleveland,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137707216"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/zion-lutheran-school-84000264/"}