National Register of Historic Places

First Universalist Church

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Listed
March 3, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80003055

About this property

First Universalist Church is a registered historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on March 3, 1980. This church incorporated as City Temple—First Universalist Church was the result of a merger between the "First Universalist Church of Cincinnati" and the "New Thought Temple". It was located on Essex Place in the Walnut Hills section of Cincinnati. The church has stained glass windows dedicated to early Cincinnatians such as the poets Alice Cary and Phoebe Cary. The tower was at some point capped with a conical steeple-like roof and topped with a stone cross. There was an ink drawing of it published in the Cincinnati Enquirer by Carolyn Williams. In the drawing that roof is shown. The founder of the New Thought Temple was Dr. Harry Grannison Hall, he and his followers found a home in the Universalist Church and eventually blended into that organization. The church later moved its location and changed its name to Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church.

Location

2600 Essex Pl.
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
39.12707, -84.49522

Categories

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Sources

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When was First Universalist Church listed on the National Register?

First Universalist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 3, 1980.

What type of historic resource is First Universalist Church?

First Universalist Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for First Universalist Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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