{"nrhp_refnum":"87000444","name":"Third Church of Christ Scientist","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3648 W. Twenty-fifth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.454751428000066,"lon":-81.70157192699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-03-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small Neoclassical church at 3648 West 25th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1906 to designs by Frederick N. Striebinger, with Carl Audus as builder.","why_significant":"The church was built for West Side Christian Scientists during the denomination's rapid growth around 1900. It is a rare, well-executed Cleveland example of turn-of-the-century Neoclassical religious architecture, with a large free-standing portico and fine Neoclassical details. It is also tied to Striebinger, a prominent Cleveland architect who also designed the larger Second Church of Christ, Scientist.","narrative":"Built in 1906 at 3648 West 25th Street in Cleveland, this Neoclassical church served Christian Scientists on the city's West Side during a period of rapid growth for the denomination. Architect Frederick Striebinger designed it on a rectangular plan, set on a brick podium with a broad flight of steps rising to double entrance doors with transoms and deep surrounds. A central oculus is echoed by a semicircular vent in the pediment, and Ionic columns form a large free-standing portico. The original plan had a recessed central entrance, but a later alteration kept the side windows and the columns intact. Carl Audus was the builder. The church sits on a knoll facing Riverside Cemetery near a depressed interstate highway. It is more modest than Striebinger's domed Second Church on Euclid Avenue, yet it was judged a rare and well-executed local example of turn-of-the-century Neoclassical religious design, which supported its listing despite being a religious property.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect: Frederick N. Striebinger (also given as F. W. / Frederic W. Striebinger); Builder: Carl Audus","architectural_style":"Neo-classic revival (Neoclassical)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Inventory lists interior and exterior condition as good, with the building still in use as a church. An alteration changed the original recessed central entrance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.016943-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87000444.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000444/3dddc90d4c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000444/3dddc90d4c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cricchetti","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Third_Church_of_Christ_Scientist.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Cricchetti</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:Third_Church_of_Christ_Scientist.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000238","name":"Brooklyn Centre Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/brooklyn-centre-historic-district-99000238/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984622","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Church_of_Christ,_Scientist_(Cleveland)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7784800"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/third-church-of-christ-scientist-87000444/"}