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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1828/00/00 Rev John Pierpont Vocation The Rev John Pierpont preaches in Cincinnati, OH. He will report to the American Unitarian Association that the field is admirably suited to the maintenance of a successful Unitarian Church.
1830/05/23 Unitarian congregation dedicates their church (lost) at 4th and Race Streets in downtown Cincinnati.
1839/00/00 William Henry Channing Vocation William Henry Channing begins serving as pastor of the Unitarian congregation at 4th and Race Streets in downtown Cincinnati (lost). He will leave the position in 1844.
1864/00/00 First Congregational Church (lost) is built in classical style surmounted by a dome at 8th and Plum Streets in downtown Cincinnati.
1870/00/00 William Howard Taft Faith The Taft family attends the Congregational Church (lost) at 8th and Plum Streets in Cincinnati.
1876/00/00 Alphonso Taft Faith Alphonzo Taft, Robert Hosea, William Wiswell, John Kebler, John D Caldwell and Fayette Smith serve as Trustees of the first Congregational Church (lost), 1876-1877.
1888/00/00 Rev George Thayer (1882-1916) directs efforts to buy a new site at the corner of Reading Road and Linton Street break ground for a new sanctuary.
1889/00/00 James W McLaughlin Architect First Congregational-Unitarian's new Richardsonian Romanesque style church is built in Cincinnati's Avondale neighborhood.
1890/00/00 Tiffany Studios Artisans First Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, is completed with several Tiffany windows and a distinctive wood-carved pulpit.
1890/00/00 Frederick Wilson (artist) Artist Rose Window is installed. The center figure of Truth, dressed in flowing robes, holding a sword and flaming torch is surrounded by antique lamps honoring the virtues of Truth, Righteousness, Love, Courage, Patience, Justice and Freedom.

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Particulars for First Congregational-Unitarian Church:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property
Architectural Style Richardsonian Romanesque
Religion Unitarian



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 28th May 1976

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: First Congregational-Unitarian Church
Registry Address: 2901 Reading Rd.
Registry Number: 76001434
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: McLaughlin,James C.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Richarsonian
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1889
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-Function: Religious structure

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