St. John's Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio)
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St. John's Episcopal Church
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Front of the church
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| Location | 2600 Church St., Cleveland, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 41°29′24″N 81°42′30″W / 41.49000°N 81.70833°WCoordinates: 41°29′24″N 81°42′30″W / 41.49000°N 81.70833°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1838 |
| Architect | Hezekiah Eldredge |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 73001418 |
| Added to NRHP | February 23, 1973 |
St. John's Episcopal Church is located at 2600 Church Street in the Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. St. John's is the oldest consecrated building in Cuyahoga county. This stone gothic revival church building was designed by Hezekiah Eldredge and built beginning in 1836 and was completed 1838. Eldridge was probably familiar with John Henry Hopkins' "An Essay on Gothic Architecture", the first book on Gothic ecclesiastical architecture to be published in the United States. St. John's is a good representative of a small group of American churches inspired by Hopkins' book.
On November 9, 1816, a group of Episcopalians met in the log home of Phineas Shepard on the Cleveland's west side at what is now West 25th Street and Detroit Avenue, to organize what was to become Trinity Parish. The parish is the site of the original Episcopal in Cleveland. In 1825, east side members moved the original parish, named Trinity from Ohio City, to a site near Public Square. West side members remained in Ohio City, naming the new parish St. John's.
Trinity Cathedral is now the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio.[1] St. John's was also the mother church to several of the west side parishes.
In 1837, the Ohio City Directory described the church as follows, "The Episcopal Church, which is not yet finished, is built of hammered stone, and has a lofty steeple. Its style of architecture is Gothic, resembling that of the ancient and venerable Cathedral. This building, when finished, will be one of the best of the kind in the western country, and may be considered as an ornament to the young city".
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