{"nrhp_refnum":"95000170","name":"Mother of Sorrows Church","other_names":["Atb-71-3"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1500 W. 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ashtabula","county":"Ashtabula County","state":"OH","lat":41.89583163700007,"lon":-80.80355871699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Romanesque Revival Catholic church at 1500 West 6th Street in Ashtabula, Ohio, on the near west side of the city. Its cornerstone was laid in 1898 and construction was completed in 1900, to the design of a German architect whose name is now unknown.","why_significant":"The church is nominated under Criterion C for architecture as the most fully developed and significant example of Romanesque Revival design in Ashtabula. It has rock-faced ashlar walls, two towers of unequal height, and round-arched stained glass windows. It also reflects the growth of the parish alongside Ashtabula's rise as a lake port for coal and iron ore.","narrative":"Mother of Sorrows Church is a stone Catholic church on West 6th Street in Ashtabula, Ohio, just west of the Ashtabula Harbor Commercial District. A German architect, whose name has been lost, designed it in the Romanesque Revival style. The cornerstone was laid in 1898 and the church was dedicated on September 16, 1900. Built on a Latin cross plan, it has rock-faced ashlar walls and a front dominated by two towers of unequal height, one square and one octagonal, flanking a parapet gable. Round-arched stained glass windows and buttresses line the sides. Inside, carved woodwork, molded plaster, original oak pews and an organ installed in 1908 remain. The parish was organized in 1890 and first used a wood frame church, which later served as a school until it was demolished in 1954. As Ashtabula grew into a busy lake port, the congregation needed a larger building. The church is considered the city's finest example of its style and retains a high degree of integrity.","period_of_significance":"1898-1900","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Romanesque (Romanesque Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used for religious purposes; the form says it retains a high degree of architectural integrity despite a few changes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.863068-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/95000170.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000170/ab22f74e10-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000170/ab22f74e10-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Petropoxy (Lithoderm Proxy)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mother_of_Sorrows_Ashtabula.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Petropoxy (Lithoderm Proxy)</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:Mother_of_Sorrows_Ashtabula.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986651","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_of_Sorrows_Catholic_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6917492"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ashtabula-county/mother-of-sorrows-church-95000170/"}