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Introduction
First Churches
Across the Canal: Over-the-Rhine
Across the River: Covington
Early Migration
Old History & New Beginnings
20th Century Architecture
Neighborhood Landmarks
Contemporary Trends
Sacred Treasures
Credits
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Cincinnati, OH 45212
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Program Outline  
 
Sacred Spaces of Greater Cincinnati is segmented chronologically into video chapters, from the first "churches" to the architecture of modern structures. The times (in parenthesis) reflect the general running time. Click on the highlighted names of featured spaces for architectural profiles and direct links to congregational websites.
 
 "Introduction" (00:30) 
   
 
 
 
"First Churches" (02:30)
 Ancient American Indian earthworks
Pioneer settlements and churches
Early churches
  Interview: Dan Hurley
(Fourth street)
Christ Church Cathedral (04:10) 
Immigration ca 1800s 
  Interview: Dan Hurley
(European immigrant communities)
The "Golden Age" of sacred architecture
Unitarian Church (archival image
 Interview: Dan Hurley (Plum & Eighth)
 Covenant-First Presbyterian Church (06:10) 
  Interview: Walter Langsam
(façade, symbolism, church history)
Interview: Jean Hodge
(Lyman Beecher)
Interview: Walter Langsam
(interior design, artworks)
 St. Peter In Chains Cathedral (10:57) 
  Interview: Rev. Christopher R. Armstrong (murals, church history and style)
Interview: Dan Hurley
(Catholic social context 1800s)
Interview: Rev. Christopher R. Armstrong (architecture, population and building deterioration)
 St. Monica Catholic Church
  Interview: Dan Hurley
(St. Peter In Chains renovation)
 Plum Street Temple (16:20) 
  Interview: Rabbi Lewis Kamrass  
(temple significance and history)
Jewish immigration and congregations
  Bene Israel Congregation, Orthodox Judaism
 Rockdale Temple
Plum Street Temple, B'Nai Yeshurin congregation and Rabbi Isaac M. Wise
  Interview: Rabbi Lewis Kamrass
(Isaac M. Wise temple history, Hebrew Union College)
Plum Street interior designs and organ
  Interview: Rabbi Lewis Kamrass
(Gem of Jewish Life)

"Across the Canal: Over-the-Rhine" (21:20)
Over-the-Rhine history mid 1800s
 Old St. Mary's Catholic Church
  Interview: Mike Crusham
(original construction, renovation and interior)
Washington Park congregations
 St. John's German Protestant Church
Nast Trinity United Methodist Church
 First English Lutheran Church
Akron Plan interior design
  Interview: Walter Langsam
(architects)

"Across the River: Covington" (24:40)
 First United Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
  Interior L-shape form, Pitman artworks, Tiffany window
 Mother of God Catholic Church
  Interview: Paul Tenkotte
(German Catholic immigration, communities, artwork, artists)
 St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption 
  Interview: Paul Tenkotte (Irish Catholic congregations, artwork of Duveneck and Barnhorn)

"Early Migration" (31:04)
Urban migration, mid 1800s
  Interview: Walter Langsam
(hilltop suburbs)
 Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church
  Interview: Walter Langsam
(church interior design, architect, truss work)
 Clifton United Methodist Church
  Interview: Walter Langsam
(Akron plan design, LaFarge & Armstrong windows)
Railroads and suburban migration, mid 1800s
 Glendale New Church
  Interview: Beth Sullebarger
(church architecture and artworks, Swedenborgian church)

"Old History & New Beginnings" (36:22)
Urban migration and adaptive re-use, late 1800s and early 1900s
 Rockdale Temple - Avondale
Adath Israel Synagogue
(Reading Road)
  Interview: Karla Goldman
(Jewish communities and buildings)
African American communities
  Interview: Dan Hurley (West End neighborhoods, ca 1930s)
Interview: Reverend Damon Lynch, Jr. (role of the church)
Highway construction and African American exodus
  Interview: Dan Hurley (intentional displacement)
Interview: Reverend Damon Lynch, Jr. (impact of mass urban "removal")
Interview: Karla Goldman, Ph.D., (Jewish migration 1940s - 1950s)
Interview: Reverend Damon Lynch, Jr. (housing issues, riots)
Adaptive re-use of vacated synagogues and churches
 Zion Temple First Pentecostal Church
  Interview: Reverend Damon Lynch, Jr. (building modifications, choir stands)
 Southern Baptist Church
  Interview: Eartell Brownlow, Church Member, (displacement, building history)
Interior artwork
Interview: Karla Goldman, Ph.D., (Jewish symbols)
 Allen Temple
Congregation history
Bene Israel Synagogue/African Methodist Episcopal Church (archival images)
Union Baptist Church
  Contemporary roles of African American churches
 New Light Baptist Church
  Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth,
Interview: Reverend Damon Lynch, Jr.
(church and Civil Rights movement)

"20th Century Architecture" (45:20)
 Holy Trinity - St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
St. John's Unitarian Universalist Church
The Oratory at Grailville
  Interview: William Schickel
(frugal splendor, architectural influences)
  

"Neighborhood Landmarks" (47:50)
Sacred spaces as community landmarks, visual montage
 St. Francis De Sales, East Walnut Hills
Philippus United Church of Christ, Over-The-Rhine
Holy Cross-Immaculata, Mount Adams
The Episcopal Church of Saint Michael and All Angels, Avondale
Knox Presbyterian Church, Hyde Park
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Over-The-Rhine
Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Madisonville
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, East End
Carmel Presbyterian Church, Avondale
St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Price Hill
Christian Scientist - Church of Christ Scientist, Clifton
Our Lord Christ the King Catholic Church, Mt. Lookout
St. Francis Desales Catholic Church, East Walnut Hills
St. Bonaventure Catholic Church (Façade), South Fairmount
Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church, Hyde Park
Grace United Methodist Church, Norwood
Phillipus United Church of Christ, Over-the-Rhine
Christ Church Glendale, Glendale
Church of the Annunciation, Clifton
Preservation and Adaptive Re-use
 St. Johns Unitarian Church, Over-the-Rhine
St. Paul's German Evangelical Church, Over-the-Rhine
St. Pius Church, Working In Neighborhoods Center, South Cumminsville
St. Paul's Catholic Church, Verdin Bell Event Center, Over-the-Rhine
Third Protestant Memorial Church, Urban Outfitters Clothing Store, Corryville
Old St. George, use and fire, Clifton
Walnut Hills Presbyterian Church, demolition, East Walnut Hills
  Interview: Beth Sullebarger
(demolition and loss)
Interview: Paul Tenkotte
(legacies)


"Contemporary Trends" (51:40)
International cultures and congregations
 Hindu Temple of Greater Cincinnati
  Architecture and interior designs
 Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati
  Muslim communities, architecture and design
Interview: Shakila Ahmad
(architectural history, chandelier, ornamentation, congregation)
Non-traditional churches
 Solid Rock Church
Vineyard Community Church
Crossroads Community Church

"Sacred Treasures" (56:18)
Conclusions
  Interview: Beth Sullebarger (expressions of cultures)
Interview: Dan Hurley (talk to us)

"Credits" (57:53)
Documentary credits (link to)

"Close" (59:30)