BlockFrom the record
One of 37 National Register listings published here for Mercer County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Coldwater Catholic Church Complex
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 5 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1908.
The listing
- Address. E. Main and 2nd Sts., Coldwater
- When was it listed? July 1979
- Category. building
- Also known as. Cross-Tipped Churches of Ohio TR
- National Register reference number. 79002832 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Coldwater Catholic Church Complex: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John W. Karch Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| John W. Karch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Maps showing this location
5 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1908 USGS St. Henry quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Coldwater quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Philothea Catholic Church and Priest House | 2.5 miles | 1979 |
 | St. Aloysius Catholic Church | 4.3 miles | 1979 |
 | St. Henry Catholic Church | 4.5 miles | 1979 |
 | St. Charles Seminary and Chapel | 4.7 miles | 1979 |
 | Sen. Thomas J. Godfrey House | 5.4 miles | 1980 |
| Celina Main Street Commercial Historic District | 5.6 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79002832 in Record Group 79. |
| Mercer County | All 37 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.