Nomination for Pansy Methodist Church and School Historic District

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR X State (Rev.

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - County INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) Pansy Methodist Church and omey School District AND/ OR HISTORIC: (Check One) In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments Commercial OWNER'S NAME: COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS DATE OF SURVEY: 1970 - Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Co lumbus 039 LOCATION 027 ACCESSIBLE Religious NAME Government CLASSIFICATION South Street Private Wilmington Site Military STATUS Unoccupied CATEGORY District Entertainment Museum Structure Both Park OWNERSHIP Restricted Yes: NATIONAL Educational Under investigation--see continuation sheet Building CODE Private Residence MAR201973 Public Agricultural Scientific Ohio Being Considered Industrial COMMON: Public Acquisition: Clinton County Courthouse Object Vicinity of Clarksville The Ohio Historical Society, The Ohio Historical Center NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: Clinton 1982 Velma Avenue OWNER OF PROPERTY TO THE PUBLIC Historic MAR CITY OR TOWN: Other (Specify) ENTRY NUMBER River, Mill Creek Basins, Southwestern Ohio "LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION DATE William Federal 7.

DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed [X Unaltered - Moved DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

from a country road on a level, grassy lawn shaded by several large trees. the Gothic arched doorway and above the doorway, higher up in the arcade, is sided roof is slightly onion shaped, with a short, slender four-sided steeple taining a bell, with a wood shingled base and a wood shingled roof with con- MAR 6 CONDITION Excellent Ruins REGISTER cave lines rising to a point.There are four rectangular windows with stone NATIONAL the children attending the school and gathering place for churchgoers.The ior is finished in pine and plastered and has a single pine floor. little or no alteration except the installation of electricity--the buildings school is pine finished, plastered and has a single pine floor.

tion with decorative brickwork in a label design following the roof line on lasters supporting a brickwork round arch, three bricks wide, with a stone two buildings present what we might consider a typical picture of the little are still without plumbing or furnaces, and there are no interior partitions.

the gable end and a doorway, centered on the southeast end, emphasized by pi Pansy School is a 29 x 40 foot pilastered brick building on a stone founda- Original Site tangular door centered in the arcaded southeast end.A high transom fills ridge at the front of the building is an open belfry, containing a bell, with The only other building close by is a very small house at the roadside to the The church is a 28 x 46 foot brick building built on a stone foundation and (Check One) tangle of stone carved to read,"Pansy School Dist.No.7 1900."At the Good back of the roof ridge is a chimney and at the front is an open belfry, con- Pansy Methodist Church and Pansy School are located a short distance back lintels on each side, in bays formed by pilasters.

On the southwest side is --the church is Gothic and the school Romanesque.There appears to have been northeast.The site is pleasant and must have provided a nice play yard for RECEIVED country church and school.Both are of red brick and the styles blend well a half-circle window with "Pansy M.Church 1885"lettered on it.On the roof Fair Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER 4.) The ownership of Pansy Church and School is currently under investigation.

Howard Spitnele, District Superintendent Wilmington District, United Methodist Church Wilmington, Ohio 45177 Investigation of the Pansy School ownership will continue and notification of MAR 6 1973 GPO 901.082 REGISTER DATE COUNTY NATIONAL STATE trict superintendent of the United Methodist Church is powerless to interfere. Ohio Church in Wilmington has revealed that upon the dissolution of its congregation community meeting house. Investigation so far has failed to discover further information on the 382 North South Street (Continuation Sheet) Clinton any progress sent to the National Register.

Communications concerning the building may be addressed to: As tax exempt properties it is not required that the owmer's name be listed on the church is used for Sunday school and church services, and the school as a church building is being used by some local families for services and the dis- (Number all entries) about two years ago, ownership of the Pansy M. Church should have reverted to WAR 2 0 1973 but not all, of the links necessary to prove their ownership. Meanwhile the the auditor's records.There are descriptive cards in his office stating that The Church's lawyer is currently conducting a search which has turned up some, RECEIVED PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian | AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Urban Planning - Political - Religion/Phi- - Science - Social/Human- - Theater - Transportation Of the almost countless small country schools and churches once dotting Pansy Methodist Church and Pansy School have the following charac- NATIONAL Conservation Commerce Communications Engineering Architecture teristics: losophy Aboriginal Agriculture Art Literature Education Music Prehistoric Military Landscape Industry cation and worship in the rural past. unusual to find one of each in close enough proximity to be considered a 5) The proportions of the buildings are good and the details of styling ed with change from its rural status. the landscape, few survive unaltered and/or in good condition.It is also ways found in buildings of this type. 2) Their styles are complementary.

Invention This group would seem to be a good choice to preserve the memory of edu- Sculpture STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

16th Century 4) Their setting is unusually attractive and is not immediately threaten- goa little beyond the simplest basics,giving them a charm not al- Other SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) Church: 1885 School: 1900 SIGNIFICANCE itarian 3) They remain largely unaltered and in an acceptable state of preserva- 1) The buildings stand in a near and pleasing relationship to each other.

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

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 State - MAR 6 FORM PREPARED BY Jan. 22, 1973 2. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law Nationa 1 Register. 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion forth by the National Park Service. The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: GPO 931-894 039 Degrees Name LONGITUDE Seconds DATE COUNTY Title Local Minutes ORGANIZATION LATITUDE CODE NATIONAL CORNER ATTEST: REGISTER Susannah Lane Xenia 1010 Union Road Ohio Degrees Minutes Seconds MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES No references located.

NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION I hereby certify that this property is included in the STREET AND NUMBER: As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set CITY OR TOWN: NAME AND TITLE: LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES RECEIVED Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation mack1973 National Register write-up . Federal Register entry_ 2 0 1973 Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Maps HISTORIAN Send-back Re-submit KEEPER Clinton Photos BRANCH CHIEF TECH REVIEW CONTROL REVIEW WORKING NUMBER REVIEW UNIT CHIEF PROPERTY 3/8/73 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 3/20/73 South Cornee tle: Loc. AND Pansy School Dist 3/20/73 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 54-24 NrS Numoer Loc. CL 30 Title: _ Loc.

NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 3/20/73 Scheol Dist EASt UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC MAR 2 0 1973 2. LOCATION 3. MAP REFERENCE U.S.G.S. 7 1/2' quadrangle Blanchester, Ohio 1" = 2.

000' REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRER GPO 932.010 1961 MAR61973 DATE COUNTY TOWN REGISTER NATIONAL SCALE COMMON SOURCE Clinton STATE Ohio Pansy School District Vicinity of Clarksville STREET AND NUMBER Ohio state route 730,.25 miles northeast of Pansy Road Form 10-301 PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) RECEIVED NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) MAR 6 MARROW 39° 20'59" DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY .S MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC, BLANCHESTER QUADRANGLE BLANCHESTER, OHIO STATE OF OHIO PANSY METHODIST E244240 MAR 2 0 1973 Pansy School District Seneca County -- Franilin County Hon. William B.

Ala9 Notified Director, Northeast Region NRowland: Imp Location STATE 3-29-73 Name Date Entered Xenia Cuyahoga County Achtabula County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Clinton County College) Vicinity of Clarksville Asbtabula Franklinton Post office Greono County Cleveland Arcade Sullivant (Lucae) Building Cleveland PHR Hivling-Coates Kinmey House & Warren Publio Library Paney Methodist Church and Ton. Delbert Lo Latta John Allen House) Franklin County