{"nrhp_refnum":"96000926","name":"Second Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"801 Waller St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Portsmouth","county":"Scioto County","state":"OH","lat":38.736410757000044,"lon":-82.98958186299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-08-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brownstone church at 801 Waller Street in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, built in 1911 with a two-story education wing added in 1935. It is the congregation's third church building.","why_significant":"It is nominated under Criterion C as an example of Late Gothic Revival architecture, designed by church architect George W. Kramer. It is the only church in Portsmouth in that style with Tudor Revival interior features, the interior dating from a 1935 remodelling after a 1933 fire. It shows how early twentieth century church architecture developed in the city.","narrative":"Second Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Eighth and Waller Streets in Portsmouth, Ohio, is a rusticated Pennsylvania brownstone church completed in 1911 to designs by architect George W. Kramer. Its front facade has a massive gable, a four-story bell tower modelled on Magdalene Tower at Oxford, and a large stained glass window above a three-arched entrance. A two-story education wing was added in 1935. A fire in September 1933 gutted the interior and destroyed several original windows, though three 1911 windows by the Horace I. Phipps Company survived. The interior was rebuilt in 1935 with Tudor Revival features such as carved wood, fireplaces, and diamond-paned windows. The sanctuary seats 600 and holds a Kilgen organ. The church is considered significant as the only Late Gothic Revival church in Portsmouth with Tudor Revival interior elements, and as an example of early twentieth century church design. Kramer was a nationally known church architect.","period_of_significance":"1911-1936","architect_builder":"George W. Kramer (1911); J.C. Fulton & Sons/Wesley P. Ridenour (1935)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century/Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility; the exterior retains its 1911 appearance and the interior was remodelled in 1935 after a 1933 fire.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.190364-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/96000926.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000926/7ae6a51ce4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000926/7ae6a51ce4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Second_Presbyterian,_Portsmouth.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Second_Presbyterian,_Portsmouth.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991255","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Presbyterian_Church_(Portsmouth,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7443480"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/scioto-county/second-presbyterian-church-96000926/"}