St. Paul Church (Over the Rhine)

Infobox_nrhp | name =St. Paul Church Historic District
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caption =St. Paul Church taken from Carew Tower
location= Cincinnati, OH
lat_degrees = 39 | lat_minutes = 6 | lat_seconds = 15.9 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 84 | long_minutes = 30 | long_seconds = 23.33 | long_direction = W
locmapin = Ohio
area =
built =1848
architecture= Romanesque
added = January 18, 1974
governing_body = Private
refnum=74001513 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The St. Paul Church (Over-the-Rhine) was a Roman Catholic Church located in the St. Paul Church Historic District at the SE corner of East 12th and Spring Streets, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The congregation was first organized in the winter of 1847-48. The original church was dedicated: January 20, 1850. St Paul's was organized to take care of the members of the Old St. Mary's Church, who lived east of Clay Street. It was a German speaking parish. The Parish owes its founding to Father Joseph Ferneding.

This brick Romanesque structure has broad Doric pilasters set in its corners and between its tall, round arched windows. It has a Renaissance tower capped with a Pope's Mitre cupola roof and gilded cross. The three arched doorways face Spring Street.

A fire in 1899 destroyed all but the church walls and stained glass windows. The large stained glass windows were made in Germany. Reconstruction began at once, and on October 7, 1900, the new St. Paul's was dedicated. Light fills the interior and the proscenium is supported by twelve Corinthian columns.

The church was deconsecrated in 1974 and was named to the National Register of Historic Places that same year. In 1981, The Verdin Company, a bell and clock company, purchased the church, convent, schools, and rectory. The buildings were restored and the church was transformed into a bell and clock museum/showroom. The other buildings were transformed into art galleries.

The records for this parish are located at Old St. Mary's Church.

References

*"Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors", American Guide Series, The Weisen-Hart Press, May 1943, page 212

External links

* [http://www2.eos.net/dajend/parish3.html Parish Profiles Cincinnati]
* [http://www.saintpaultarsus.com/html/saint_paul_church.html St. PAUL CHURCH TARSUS MERSIN TURKEY]
* [http://www.cincinnatimemory.org/gsdl/collect/greaterc/archives/HASH0175/f4505fd4.dir/ocp000213pcpfb.jpgSt. Paul's Church and School, circa 1910]
* [http://www.cincinnatimemory.org/gsdl/collect/greaterc/archives/HASHfc3d/45f7dbdd.dir/ocp000214pccpc.jpgInterior St. Paul's, Cincinnati]
* [http://www.cincinnatimemory.org/gsdl/collect/greaterc/archives/HASH0112.dir/ato000573ccchc.jpgRev. Albin Bernard Overmann, Assistant Rector, St. Paul's Church, From the Souvenir Album of American cities: Catholic Churches of Cincinnati, circa 1896]
* [http://www.cincinnatimemory.org/gsdl/collect/greaterc/archives/HASH0164.dir/ato000571ccchc.jpgRev. Augustine C. Fortmann, Assistant Rector, St. Paul's Church, From the Souvenir Album of American cities: Catholic Churches of Cincinnati, circa 1896]