{"nrhp_refnum":"87000640","name":"Old Peace Lutheran Church","other_names":["Old Gahanna Sactuary"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"78--82 N. High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gahanna","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.028917619000026,"lon":-82.17440445499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-04-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Gothic Revival brick church at 78-82 North High Street in Gahanna, Franklin County, Ohio, built in 1895 for the Peace Lutheran congregation, with a rear assembly hall added in 1938-1939.","why_significant":"It is nominated for architectural significance as an excellent, well-preserved example of Gothic Revival religious architecture. It is described as the only such example in Gahanna. Its three-story corner bell tower, Tudor arched stained glass windows and buttresses are the defining features.","narrative":"Built in 1895 on North High Street in Gahanna, this one-story brick church was the second home of the Peace Lutheran congregation, organized by German settlers in 1838. It was constructed with bricks from the first church at a cost of roughly $10,000, and church records name no architect or contractor. Gothic Revival details include Tudor arched stained glass windows, stone-capped buttresses and a three-story corner tower with steeply pitched dormers and a conical roof topped by a finial. Some windows carry etched German or English phrases, reflecting separate German and English congregations that shared the building until about 1917. A parish hall designed by local architect Ralph Clotts was added in 1938-1939. The congregation moved to a new building in 1963, and a non-profit group formed in 1980 to restore the church, which now serves as a community center. It was listed for its architecture, as the only Gothic Revival church in Gahanna.","period_of_significance":"1895","architect_builder":"Church: Unknown; Addition: Clotts, Ralph","architectural_style":"Gothic (Gothic Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a community center for a variety of groups and activities; restored and preserved by a non-profit community organization formed in 1980.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.77917-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87000640.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000640/9efdea0a67-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000640/9efdea0a67-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Peace_Lutheran.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</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:Old_Peace_Lutheran.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988338","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138332924"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/old-peace-lutheran-church-87000640/"}