- 4th Presbyterian Church of Norwood -
[Presbyterian] near Highland Avenue, east of R.R. tracks?
- Ashland Avenue Baptist - [Baptist]
founded 1915; 4255 Ashland Avenue
- Baptist-Harmon
Memorial - [Baptist]
(also, see Norwood
Baptist - same church)
External
Link to more Norwood Baptist Church history
- fall, 1887– first services were at the Norwood Town Hall
- April 19, 1892– the Harmon Memorial Baptist Church, was
built on Sherman Avenue
- March, 1917– the Moose Lodge of Norwood bought the old
Baptist church building at Sherman & Station; it was to be
converted into a "modern club house."
- October 1919– dedication of the current church building on
the south side of Courtland Avenue, between Montgomery Road and
Allison Avenue (ground was broken in July 1911)
(note: the church address was Courtland Avenue in the 1917-18
and later city directories.)
- Berean Baptist - [Baptist] Smith Road
- June 15, 1873–started in Cincinnati
- fall, 1890–services held at Mission Hall, Norwood
- 1891–church built on Smith Road
- The Bosworth Chapel - [The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints] 5505 Bosworth Place
- January 14, 1955—land purchased
- July 16, 1955—groundbreaking
- September 1, 1955—construction begins
- May 21, 1958—dedication
- home of the Cincinnati Branch, then the Southern Ohio
District, and later, the Cincinnati Stake
- Church of Christ of Norwood - [Disciples
of Christ] 2359 Norwood Avenue
- Church of God - [church] 4211 Elsmere
Avenue
- Church of God - [church] 1900 Sherman
Avenue
- Church of God - [church] 3728 Floral
Avenue
- Church of the Good Shepherd -
[Episcopal]
- swc Ashland and Monroe Avenue (some pre-1924 directories say
northwest corner and later directories give southwest corner)
- June 23, 1891–organized at home of George Bonte
- July, 1892–first services at new church, corner of Ashland
& Monroe
- Duck Creek Baptist - [Baptist]
- started as the Columbia Baptist Church at the first pioneer
settlement, near today’sLunken Airport
- 1803–log church built at a site overlooking the Duck Creek
along what became Edmondson Road
- 1808–moved from Columbia to the Duck Creek church
- 1835–the log church was replaced with a low brick building
- 1876–moved to Grace Avenue in Mt. Lookout; name changed to
Duck Creek Baptist Church at Mt. Lookout
- June, 1890–last annual meeting at the Duck Creek Church
- 1904–membership voted to move to current location at Hyde
Park Square, where the name was changed to the Hyde Park Baptist
Church
- 1907–chapel built
- 1926–main sanctuary and fellowship hall were completed
- First Church of Christ Scientist -
[Christian Science]
- December 15, 1914–met at Mr. & Mrs. G. E. Fischman's
home, 3839 Forest Avenue
- January 31, 1915–began services in Ideson Auditorium on the
west side of Elsmere Avenue, between Cameron and Ashland Avenues
- March 1915– a reading room was was opened to the public at
the First National Bank building
- April 1915– the church officially became an authorized
branch of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston,
Mass.
- February 8 (9?), 1920–purchased a lot on Weyer Avenue
- May 1923–excavation was started for the new church building
- October 25, 1923–cornerstone was laid
- October 19, 1924–new, but not finished, building opened at
2039-2041 Weyer Avenue, on the south side of Weyer, between
Montgomery and Allison
- July 15, 1928–first services in new auditorium of the
completed building
- November 23, 1940–dedication services after the church
building costs were completely paid
- a free lending library a t4318 Montgomery Road, across from
the Norwood Public Library, was opened to the public
- Church building at 2039 Weyer is currently occupied by the Word
of Truth Ministries
- First Church of the Nazarene - [Church
of the Nazarene]
- founded 1920
- 4424 Floral Avenue, or southeast corner
Smith and Floral
- a.k.a Norwood Church of the Nazarene
- Freedom Baptist Church - [Baptist] 1924
Crown
- God’s Bible School - sec Ashland
Avenue and Montgomery Road
(this is the location of the old Hopkins Avenue Railroad Station!)
- Gospel Baptist - 4107 Forest Avenue
- Grace Methodist-Episcopal - [Methodist]
(a.k.a. Grace United Methodist )
(see Ivanhoe Methodist Church)
- started in 1886 (one source gives June 6, 1886 as the
dedication of the church at Montgomery and Ivanhoe)
- June 2, 1906 (about) — Slane Avenue property (Curry Tract
One, from Slane to Williams) bought for $6,350
- March 10, 1910 — ground broken on Slane Avenue church;
architect was George Kramer of New York
- June 11, 1911 — the Slane Avenue church was dedicated
- south side of Slane, between Floral and Elsmere Avenues, 2219
Slane Avenue
- 2221 Slane Avenue at 4100 Montgomery Road
- Grace Missionary Baptist - [Baptist]
- founded 1958, 4336 Ashland Avenue
- sold to Living Hope Bible Fellowshio Center in March 1912 by
Pastor Jeff Pendergrass
- The "Growing Place" Church of God -
[Church of God] founded 1962, 3728 Floral Avenue
Harris Avenue M. E. Church -
[Methodist-Episcopal] Harris Avenue; August 31, 1884– 1st
organized; May 2, 1886–church building dedicated. Photo
of Harris Avenue Church →
[See Norwood First Methodist-Episcopal for
later building]
- Holy Trinity Church - [Roman Catholic]
founded 1994, 2420 Drex Avenue
External
Link to Holy Trinity R.C. Church history
- Immaculate Conception - [Latin Rite
Roman Catholic] 2310 Robertson Avenue
- Ivanhoe Methodist -
[Methodist] Ivanhoe Avenue
- 1885–start of a mission Sunday school, which developed into
the church (Another source gives the date as the fall of
1884)
- April 1, 1885 — church organized at lot at Montgomery and
Ivanhoe donated by Durrell brothers.
- June 6, 1886–dedication of church on Ivanhoe Avenue
- name changed to Ivanhoe Methodist-Episcopal, then, in 1896, to
Grace Methodist (see Grace Methodist-Episcopal)
- June 2, 1906 (about) — Slane Avenue property (Curry Tract
One, from Slane to Williams Aves.) bought for $6,3500
- January 1910–Ivanhoe building sold to Norwood
English Lutheran Church
- Kingdom Hall - [church] 5002 Montgomery
Road
- Liberty Baptist - [Baptist] founded
1948; 5301 Carthage Avenue
- Light House of God - [church] south?
side Smith Road, near Duck Creek
- Love Divine Missonary Baptist Church -
[Baptist]
- 2001 Hopkins Avenue
- late moved to 4107 Forest Avenue
- Lutheran Church of Our Savior -
[Lutheran]
- 1906–the Norwood Lutheran Church (Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Our Savior) is started
- 1917-1922 records list the location as the south side of
Williams Avenue, between Elsmere and Spencer Avenues
- later, the listings are 3959 Elsmere Avenue and swc Elsmere
& Williams
- and later as 2141 Williams Avenue
- Nazarene Mission - 5201 Hunter Avenue
- New Apostolic - [church] 5129 Montgomery
Road
- New Bethel Baptist - [Baptist] founded
1952, 2400 Norwood Avenue; cor Forest & Norwood Avenues
- New Haven Baptist - [Baptist] 2417
Indian Mound Avenue
- Norwood Baptist -
[Baptist]
(see Baptist-Harmon
Memorial - same church)
- 2037 Courtland Avenue (note: the church’s address was
Courtland Avenue in the 1917-18 and later city directories.)
- incorporated in Ohio on June 14, 1892
- still active
- Norwood Church of Christ - [church] 2312
Indian Mound Avenue ; October 23,
1951-incorporated; still active
- Norwood Christian - [Disciples of
Christ] 4400 Ashland Avenue; 4400 Ashland Avenue
- founded 1897 by 31 members, mostly
from the old Central Christian Church and the Richmond Street
Christian Church in downtown Cincinnati
- March 9, 1898–incorporated in Ohio; still active
- a 1952 newspaper article stated that a building on Smith Road
was originally the Norwood Christian Church. Sometime in the
1920s, it was converted to a varnish factory by Burgett Varnish
Company, sold to Heekin Can Company around 1937 (which still
operated it as a varnish factory until closing it in December
1951) and then sold to General Motors in August 1952. A history
of the church printed in a 1954 newspaper article states that
the first church was a brick building on Smith Road; the church
moved to 2126 Washington Avenue during Rev. C. R. Stauffer's
term (1912-22); and addition to this church was completed in
1926. A house at 2128 was donated to the church by Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. McFarland–it was used as a custodian's residence, with
one floor rented.
- a 1917 record lists the church's address as the north side of
Washington Avenue, between Montgomery Road and Judge Street
- 2126 Washington Avenue;
(moved to Ashland Avenue when the 1970’s Urban Renewal removed
Washington Avenue between Montgomery Road and Lafayette Avenue)
- Pastors:
- Dr. Alva Taylor, 1897-1901
- Thaddeus Tinsley, 1901-03
- H. H. Clark, 1903-05
- Joseph D. Armistead, 1905-07
- W. J. Shelturne, 1908-12
- Clarence R. Stauffer, 1912-22
- J. H. MacNeill, 1922-31
- Norwood Christian Assembly - [church]
2145 Washington Avenue
- Norwood English
Lutheran - [Lutheran]
- June 13, 1909– met at Ernst home, Washington Avenue
- late June, 1909– first services in the First National Bank
Building
- January, 1910– lot and church building at 3851 Montgomery
Road (at nwc Montgomery & Ivanhoe) was purchased from Grace
Methodist Church;
also, described as west side of Montgomery Road, opposite
Wayland Avenue
- June 6, 1910-incorporated in Ohio
- 1926– old building coverted to educational purposes and new
church built
- Sept. 26, 2002– incorporation canceled
Norwood First Methodist-Episcopal (a.ka.
Norwood First United Methodist)
- [Methodist]
- Norwood Gospel Chapel - [church] 2118
Ross Avenue; a.k.a. Norwood Gospel
Hall
- Norwood-Hyde Park Church of Christ -
[church] 3834 South Madison
- Norwood Presbyterian - [Presbyterian]
- early 1900’s–s.e.c. Floral and Smith Road
- current location–n.e.c. Floral and Washington Avenues, 4400
Floral Avenue
- founded in May 1887 with services at the Norwood Town Hall
- April 8, 1889–incorporated in Ohio, still active
- February, 1891–first church building at Floral and Smith;
- Norwood Weslyan - [Weslyan] 5407 Warren
Avenue
- Salem Evangelical & Reformed -
[Evangelical]
- south side of Courtland Avenue, between Montgomery Road and
Allison, was the recorded location in 1919
- later, the address was given as 2057 Courtland Avenue or
southwest corner of Courtland and Montgomery
- ? name changed to Salem United Church of
Christ - 2053 Courtland
- Solid Rock United Baptist Church -
[Baptist]
- 4650 Allison Street, opposite Elm and Section Avenues
- replaced a shoe store at this location in 1967
- mission of United Baptist Church of Hamilton
- Sons of Abraham - [Jewish]
- in 1917-1922, it was listed at 2112 East Sherman Avenue
- later records give the location as the n.e.c. Hopkins Ave at
end of Allison (2000 Hopkins Avenue) up to 1967
[Click
here for photograph]
- The South Norwood Church of Christ -
[church]
- founded 1946
- April 7, 1948-incorporated in Ohio
- May 2, 1959-changed name
- 3836 South Madison Avenue
- St. Elizabeth's R. C. Church - [Roman
Catholic]
- swc Mills & Carter Avenues
- August 31, 1884–creation of St. Joseph's Catholic Men's
Society of Norwood
- October 3, 1886–dedication of 1st church building at Mills
and Carter Avenues
- 1890–church was moved to Lincoln & Carter and enlarged
- July 11, 1901–construction of a new church is started;
- May 17, 1903–new church building is dedicated
- St. John's Evangelical German Protestant -
[German Protestant] - Montgomery road
- March 27, 1892-first organized
- April 21, 1892-incorporated in Ohio
- 1893-church was dedicated
- September 30, 1966-incorporation canceled for failure to file
a statement of continued existence
- St. Matthew's R. C. Church - [Roman
Catholic]
- 1917-1922 directories list location as sec Floral and
Kenilworth Avenues
- later listings give nec Floral Avenue & Robertson Avenue
(Floral between Robertson and Kenilworth)
- 1906–dedicated
- SS Peter & Paul R. C. Church -
[Roman Catholic]
- n.w.c. Drex Avenue and Montgomery Road
- 1906–first organized
- July 21, 1907–dedicated
- Trinity Baptist Church of Norwood -
[Baptist]
- November 26, 1996-incorporated
- November 26, 2001- incorp. canceled due to failure to file
statement of continued existence
- Victory Baptist - [Baptist] founded
1980, 3837 Elsmere Avenue
- Washington Avenue Baptist Mission -
[Baptist] 2147 Washington Avenue
- Wesleyan Methodist - [Methodist] 5407
Warren Avenue
- Word of Truth Ministries -
[non-demominational] 2039 Weyer Avenue;
founded 1995
- Zion United Church of Christ [Church of
Christ]
Zion Evangelical & Reformed -
[Evangelical and Reformed], also Zion Church
(German Reformed)
- at swc Sherman and Walter Avenues
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German Reformed Church at southwest corner of Sherman
and Walter Avenues, ca. 1904. |
- 1937-38 directory gives address as north side of Sherwood east
of Montgomery Road
- other, post 1924 directories record address as 2332 Sherwood
Lane
- October, 1891–first services at Norwood Town Hall
- fall, 1892–dedication of new church at Sherman & Walter
Avenues
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