St. Louis' Catholic Church (North Star, Ohio)
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St. Louis Catholic Church and Rectory
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Front and eastern side of the church
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| Location | East of the intersection of North Star Road and U.S. Route 127 |
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| Nearest city | North Star, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 40°19′29″N 84°34′13″W / 40.32472°N 84.57028°WCoordinates: 40°19′29″N 84°34′13″W / 40.32472°N 84.57028°W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1914 |
| MPS | Cross-Tipped Churches of Ohio TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 79002835 |
| Added to NRHP | July 26, 1979 |
St. Louis' Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in North Star, Ohio, United States. Constructed in the early twentieth century, it is one of the newest churches in a heavily Catholic region of far western Ohio, but it has been recognized as a historic site because of its unique architecture.
The parish that became St. Louis' Church was established in the vicinity of North Star in 1892; at this time, it was dedicated to St. John, and its first church was located in the countryside nearly 2 miles (3.2 km) east of North Star. Shortly after this building was completed in 1893, the parish was attached for administrative purposes to St. Denis parish in Versailles, approximately 7 miles (11 km) to the southeast. In 1906, the attachment was changed to St. Nicholas parish in Osgood, only 3 miles (4.8 km) miles away to the northeast. By the early 1910s, the parish had decided to move to North Star, and its new building was completed in the village in 1914. Still remaining at the church's original site is the parish cemetery, which lies at the intersection of Mangen and North Star-Fort Loramie Roads.
The church is a rectangular single-story structure with multiple gables and an off-center square bell tower. Walls of white-painted stucco rest on a concrete foundation and are topped by an asphalt roof. The interior is lit by windows of many shapes and sizes: a rose window is located above the entrance, wide stained glass windows topped with rounded arches line the walls, and narrow rectangular windows appear in the tower. While the church reflects a range of architectural styles, many of its elements, such as the cornices on the bell tower, bear evidence of the French Renaissance style. No other Catholic church in the region resembles St. Louis' Church; the ecclesiastical architecture of the region typically employs the Gothic Revival style.
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