Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Plum Street Temple

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,639 words across 12 pages, filed in 1972. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 72001021, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Congressional District: 2 Donald D. Clancy Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - County NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/OR HISTORIC: JUN 20 1972 (Check One) - Structure - In Process - Being Considered - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments Industrial - Scientific OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: Reading Road and No. Crescent LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS.
ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 1960 039 LOCATION Hamilton 061 ACCESSIBLE CLASSIFICATION NATIONAL STATE REGISTER Both OWNERSHIP Commercial Site Entertainment Agricultural Restricted Private District NAME Unoccupied Government Military CATEGORY Private Residence CODE DATE Educational Plum Street Temple Yes: STATUS Museum COMMON: Cincinnati City Court and Main Streets Inventory and Appraisal of Historic Sites, Buildings and Areas B'nai Yeshurun Synogogue REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Ohio Holy Congregation of the Children of Israel Public Acquisition: Eighth and Plum Streets STREET AND NUMBER: TO THE PUBLIC Object 801 Plum Street Other (Specify) CITY OR TOWN: X Religious (July 1969) X Local DEC Federal Public Hamilton County Court House Park Cincinnati City Hall 7.
DESCRIPTION X] Excellent - Deteriorated - Unexposed X Unaltered ,whelmingly Eastern due to the proliferation of mosaic decora- CONDITION REGISTER Ruins NATIONAL ation reestablished the distinctive contrast of the masonry The tripartite division of the west facade carries on transept are a total of thirteen semi-spherical domes resting pointed arches under the clerestory windows lead the eye to Christian basilica, and a proliferation of surface detail on elements- the natural red brick and the light buff lime the altar, and these are supported with slender columns that faces west and two minarets that rise about fifty feet above into the interior.A two story nave with clerestory windows This is a brick and stone building in the Moorish style bays of the side aisles and nave and over the center of the the roof.The exterior has the tripartite division of a visible on two sides.It has a three bay front facade that The altar is at the east end under a rose window which the stone that is common to Moorish style.
The building was restored in the late 1960's, and many (Check One) JUN 20 1972 Fair Good story windows and the side aisle windows. Six pairs of Moved balances the one in the west facade.Over each of the four layers of paint were removed from its exterior. The restor- is flanked by side aisles.These lead into a vestigial tran- X Original Site RECEIVED Pre-Columbian | - Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

ing was James Keys Wilson, a prominent Cincinnati architect The Temple is reported to seat about 1400 people, and In its setting, it provides an architectural contrast JUN 20 1972 1865-1866 Conservation Communications SIGNIFICANCE Architecture Commerce Landscape Aboriginal REGISTER Engineering Theater losophy NATIONAL terian Church. Agriculture Prehistoric Education itarian Literature Science Music Political is the English Perpendicular Gothic Covenant-First Presby- Sculpture the American Institute of Architects when it was founded in Hall- making this a very significant corner in America. Invention Social/Human- Urban Planning today it is used primarily on high holidays.
the Temple is the Greek Revival St.Peter-in-Chains Cathed- leader in American Judaism.He was in charge of the congre- built, the rabbi was Dr.Isaac Mayer Wise, an important corner of Eighth and Plum is the Romanesque Revival City At the east end of the block in which the Temple is situated who became the first president of the Cincinnati Chapter of Religion/Phi. The Temple was built in 1865-66 for B'nai Yeshurun, ral, and diagonally across the street on the northwest 17th Century Industry Other SPECIFIC DATE(s) (IfApplicable andKnown) gation from 1853 until 1900. The architect for this build- Military Art PERIOD (Check One or More as

The rest of the file

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Commercial, May 13, 1865. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINA TES DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES FORM PREPARED BY John C. Garner, Jr., Executive Director NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set level of significance of this nomination is: ATTEST GP 0 901.087 Degrees Seconds Cincinnati LATITUDE DATE Minutes COUNTY LONGITUDE 1-1/2 CORNER CODE STATE Degrees Minutes Seconds National Register.
Ohio Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the 8l2 Dayton Street As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- Description of the Design of the New Temple.In the Cincinnati I hereby certify that this property is included in the in the National Register and certify that it has been NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: State of Ohio, Cincinnati, A Guide to the Queen City and APPROXIMA TE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Pecember, 1971 Name National ORGANIZATION STREET AND NUMBER: Keeper of The National Register .22.7 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: PHOTO CREDIT: DATE OF PHOTO: November, 1971 NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.
039 Hamilton Cincinnati 061 NAME IDENTIFICATION DATE COUNTY STATE CODE PHOTO REFERENCE NATIONAL Ohio Detail- Tower looking northeast NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM JUN 20 1972 (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) RECEIVED ENTRY YUMPER John C. Garner, Jr. Eighth and Plum Streets Miami Purchase Association, 8l2 Dayton St., Cincinnati, Ohio B'nai Yeshurun Synagogue DEC UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Hami lton FOR NPS USE ONLY AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: Cincinnati, Ohio PHOTO CREDIT: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT:Temple Office Reading Road and No. Crescent DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.
PROPERTY OF THE NATIOMAL REGISTER 061 DATE COUNTY Title: unknown Ohio STATE COMMON: Eighth and Plum Streets CODE REGISTER B'nai Yeshurun Synagogue PHOTO REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NPS Number (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) Plum Street Temple View of the Interior JUN 20 1972 CITY OR TOWN: NAME NATIONAL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.
039 Hamilton 061 November DATE COUNTY STATE DEC PHOTO REFERENCE Eighth and Plum Streets CODE IDENTIFICATION (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) Ohio PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Cincinnati, Ohio NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES West facade looking northeast NAME JUN 20 1972 John C. Garner, Jr. PHOTO CREDIT: Temple STER B'nai Yeshurun Synagogue PROPERTY OF THE NATCMAL FEOSTER Missing Core Documentation Reference Number Plum Street Temple _ Nomination Form 72001021 County, State Photographs Property Name The following Core Documentation is missing from this entry: Hamilton, OH _X_ USGS Map 'Form 10-301 UNITÉD STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUM BER: 1: 2400 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.
1965 Hamilton Cincinnati NAME COUNTY LOCATION DATE REQUIREMENTS STATE CODE MAP REFERENCE COMMON: SCALE: Ohio Plum Street Temple B'nai Yeshurun Synogogue 061 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENTRY NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) CITY OR TOWN: (July 1969) DEC 27 1972 No. 331 JN 20 1972 Metropolitan Topographic Survey Sheet SOURCE: Eighth and Plum Streets CITY OF CINCINNATI AND HAMILTON COUNTY METROPOLITAN TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY SHEET NO. 331 METROPOLITAN AREA CINCINNATI HAMILTON COUNTY ONE THOUSAND FOOT GRID LINES ARE LAMBERT PROJECTION FOR OHIO SOUTH ZONE (SHEET Gorical society/ohio historical center columbus, ohio 432l/belephone (614) 469-4663 June 7, 1972 Dr. William J. Murtagh, Keeper Washington, D.C. 20005 Advisory Board meeting May 19, 1972. the buildings nominated--Plum Street Temple, St.
Peter-in-Chains Cathedral, and City Hall of the City of Cincinnati. They were not Daniel R. Porter St. Peter-in-Chains Cathedral City Hall, Cincinnati Stewart, Benjamin, House Director Cordially, National Register REGISTER NATIONAL historical characteristics. DRP/eg President's House, Central State University Plum Street Temple applications were approved by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Cuvier Press Club Covenant-First Presbyterian Church Completed applications Hamilton County Memorial Building Homewood Cottage Dear Bill: Please note that we recognize the geographic closeness of three of RECEIVED mark possessing distinctive rather than common architectural and Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation 1100 L Street, N.W., Room 3209 Encs : These We intend to keep them coming in an increasing crescendo. Historic Places application forms for as many Ohio buildings.
Iam transmitting herewith nine (9) completed National Register Interstate 7i and 17th Avenue DEC 27 1972 Cincinnati Mz. Daniel R. Porter Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. Donald D. Clancy Columbus, Ohio 43211 # Director, Northeast Region NRowland :mm Location STATE Name PHR 12/27/72 Director Also Notified Hamilton County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Date Entered State Liaison Officer The Ohio Historical Society OHIO Hon. William B. Saxbe Plum Street Temple (Reference Number|s]) HAMILTON 1. MISSING - 2. REMOVED/ 4. TR - 5. MRA 8. DOE - 9.
RESTRICTED Available on: Microfiche ( ); Optical Disk ( (NHL Name, if different than NRHP Name) (Where found, or source of replacement) (County) UNDOCUMENTED DEMOLISHED EXPLANATION: 72001021 COMMENTS: Locator Card (Date Removed) (Date Designated) (Current source of partial documentation) OWNER OBJECTION (Cause for removal) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Location of oversize file) National Register of Historic Places (State) _ 3. NHLL - 6.OVER- - 7.NPS 7. NPS - (If multi-state/county MRA, state/county where filed and location) WASO 21 JAN 1986 05/15 /1975 SIZED (Resource Name) STATUS: (Date Found/Replaced) (Target Date) (TR or MRA Name)