Cuyahoga County Ohio (Page 3) has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Euclid Avenue Presbyterian Church, Detroit Avenue Bridge, Dunham Tavern, Fairmount Boulevard District and Ford Motor Company Cleveland Plant.
Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Unknown dating back to 500.
The famous person Hezekiah Dunham is associated with one of more of the Cuyahoga County historic places.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Cuyahoga County places including Goodhue & Ferguson Cram, Albert Kahn, A.M. Felgate, unknown, Walker & Weeks, Gustave B. Bohm, Searles & Hirsh, Paul Matzinger, Albert Davis Taylor and H.O. Fullerton. Prominent architectural styles found in Cuyahoga Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements and Classical Revival.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cram,Goodhue & Ferguson
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
The Euclid Avenue Presbyterian Church, located in Cleveland's vibrant University Circle neighborhood, is an architectural masterpiece of the Late Gothic Revival style. Completed in 1911, the monumental structure was designed by the renowned American architect Ralph Adams Cram of the prestigious firm Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson. Constructed of rugged, rock-faced Indiana limestone, the church's most commanding exterior feature is its massive, 140-foot square central tower, which was modeled after the famous 16th-century tower of St. Giles Church in Wrexham, Wales. The interior is equally awe-inspiring, showcasing a soaring, hammerbeam-vaulted nave, exquisite hand-carved woodwork, and a magnificent collection of stained-glass windows designed by notable artisans, including Charles J. Connick and Tiffany Studios.
Historically, the church reflects the rapid growth, wealth, and cultural aspirations of Cleveland's civic elite during the early 20th century. In 1920, the Euclid Avenue congregation merged with the Second Presbyterian and Beckwith Memorial Presbyterian churches to form the Church of the Covenant, which quickly became a progressive force for social outreach, ecumenism, and community engagement in the academic and cultural hub of University Circle. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the Euclid Avenue Presbyterian Church is recognized both as a triumph of Ralph Adams Cram's ecclesiastical design and as an enduring spiritual and architectural anchor in the city of Cleveland.
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