{"nrhp_refnum":"92000150","name":"English Evangelical Church of the Reformation and Parish House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"111 N. Chestnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.159089692000066,"lon":-77.60310385099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Romanesque Revival church (1902, architect William J. Brockett) and an adjoining parish house and church school building (1928, Gordon and Kaelber) at 111 North Chestnut Street, Rochester, New York.","why_significant":"The church is argued to be a representative example of early twentieth century Romanesque Revival church design, the final phase of a dominant church style in Rochester since the pre-Civil War period. It carries a full set of Romanesque motifs, including round arches, corbeling and patterned brickwork. The 1928 parish house is a contributing building designed to complement the church.","narrative":"At the corner of North Chestnut and Pleasant Streets in Rochester stands a brick church built in 1902 to designs by local architect William J. Brockett, together with a parish house and church school completed in 1928 by the Rochester firm of Gordon and Kaelber. The church is built of cream-colored gauged brick with cast-stone trim, a red sandstone base and two asymmetrical square towers flanking a gabled north facade. Round arches, arched corbel tables, patterned brickwork and large stained-glass windows mark it as Romanesque Revival. Inside, a broad auditorium-style sanctuary faces an octagonal chancel. The property was listed as an example of the last phase of a church style that dominated Rochester from before the Civil War. Surrounding streets were realigned during urban renewal, and the neighborhood around it was cleared. The parish house is a flat-roofed beige brick building that complements the church and is little altered apart from a late-1980s entry addition. Both buildings remain in religious use.","period_of_significance":"c1902-1928","architect_builder":"William J. Brockett (church); Gordon and Kaelber (parish house)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th century revivals: late Romanesque Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a church and church school; the parish house has a modern entry block added about 1988 that is counted as non-contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.814773-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92000150.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000150/8729829ee0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000150/8729829ee0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_Evangelical_Church_of_the_Reformation.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</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:English_Evangelical_Church_of_the_Reformation.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313544","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Evangelical_Church_of_the_Reformation_and_Parish_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5378254"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/english-evangelical-church-of-the-reformation-and-parish-house-92000150/"}