{"nrhp_refnum":"85001892","name":"St. Michael Catholic Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"40 Walnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mechanicsburg","county":"Champaign County","state":"OH","lat":40.07228589500005,"lon":-83.55818033299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-08-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Michael Catholic Church is a three-bay-front, brick Gothic Revival church at 40 Walnut Street in the village of Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio, built around 1888. Architect and builder are not known.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent, well-preserved example of small-scale Gothic Revival church architecture, meeting criterion C. Though built relatively late, it keeps the major features of the style, and its modest scale and simple detailing represent the variety of church architecture in the village. It is also a visual landmark in its residential neighborhood.","narrative":"St. Michael Catholic Church is a brick church at 40 Walnut Street in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, built around 1888 for a parish organized in 1865. The rectangular building rises three stories with a gabled composition roof, a stone foundation and a central steeple. Its Gothic Revival character shows in painted pointed-arch windows with stone hood moulds, a central entrance bay with a painted arch transom, and a bracketed cornice. The architect and builder are not known. The parish's pastor believed it was the only Catholic church built in the village. It was recognized for architecture rather than religious history. Although it came late in the Gothic Revival period, it keeps the style's major features, including the gabled roofline and pointed arch windows. Its modest scale and simple detailing show the range of church design in a small community. It is a visual landmark in a residential neighborhood and one of five churches judged the village's finest architectural resources. The church remains in use and is in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a church; condition is good inside and very good outside.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.60168-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85001892.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001892/1d8c7d995e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001892/1d8c7d995e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Michael%27s_Catholic_Church,_Mechanicsburg.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Michael%27s_Catholic_Church,_Mechanicsburg.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984526","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Catholic_Church_(Mechanicsburg,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7590650"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/champaign-county/st-michael-catholic-church-85001892/"}