{"nrhp_refnum":"89001017","name":"David's Reformed Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"80 W. Columbus St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canal Winchester","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.84182684700005,"lon":-82.80848422699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-08-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story Gothic Revival brick church built in 1881 at 80 West Columbus Street in Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio, with a center steeple plan and a later educational wing.","why_significant":"The church is significant for its architecture. It is the only center steeple plan church in Canal Winchester and one of four Gothic Revival churches in town. It retains intact interior and exterior detailing, including lancet stained glass windows, arcaded corbelling, a bell tower and a slate steeple. It was built by the German Reformed congregation after it split from a shared union church.","narrative":"Built in 1881 at 80 West Columbus Street in Canal Winchester, this single-story brick church follows a Gothic Revival design with a center steeple plan. Its brick walls rest on a textured sandstone foundation, and the gable roof is covered in slate. A projecting central bell tower rises to an eight-sided steeple, while tall lancet windows, arcaded brick corbelling and pilasters shape the facade and side walls. The church was built by the German Reformed congregation, which had shared a union church with Lutherans since about 1839 before the two groups separated in 1881. It is the only center steeple plan church in town and one of four Gothic Revival churches there. Inside, original paired sanctuary doors, pews, wood floors and colorful stained glass lancet windows survive. Later changes include an entry porch added in 1961 and a large educational wing built in 1969-70, set apart by a courtyard so the original building remains easy to recognize.","period_of_significance":"1881","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in religious use; a 1969-70 educational wing was added to the east and rear, and the masonry has been abrasively cleaned and repointed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.337622-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/89001017.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001017/f0504d7e95-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001017/f0504d7e95-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David%27s_Reformed_Church_Canal_Winchester.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:David%27s_Reformed_Church_Canal_Winchester.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985066","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%27s_Reformed_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5230391"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/davids-reformed-church-89001017/"}