Nomination for New England Lodge

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Chalmers P.

Wylie Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) MAR 2 0 1973 AND/ OR HISTORIC: NOV 30 1972 1039 | (Check One) - In Process - Structure - Preservation work - Comments OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS - Local DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Worthington Franklin LOCATION NAME Commercial DATE Military STATE ACCESSIBLE CLASSIFICATION Private Site Religious County OWNERSHIP District Government Both Entertainment Agricultural Restricted Yes: Educational Unoccupied CATEGORY Transportation Private Residence Industrial STATUS NATIONAL Museum Scientific Public CODE Franklin County Courthouse Congressional District:15 Park REGISTER COMMON: Ohio Being Considered ENTRY NUMBER Columbus.

Public Acquisition: New England Lodge NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Object STREET AND NUMBER: 634 North High Street TO THE PUBLIC TITLE OF SURVEY: Grand Lodge of Ohio CITY OR TOWN: PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Other (July 1969) X Building 049 Federal DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed I Unaltered Moved : X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

by 54' deep. with a winding staircase. Io the left of the hallway, a door Room, Located directly above the main dining room. stations supported & curved shelf, while a tapestry-draped additional two columns under a tapestry-covered shelf. A room. On the north wall, a large fireplace displayed hand- second-floor anteroom and preparation room was removed. on all sides. Inside, the furniture, ornaments, and CONDITION REGISTER Ruins platforms-- each accommodating one person-- where the officers on the right corner.A square and compass with the letter From the hallway, the staircase wound clockwise into an The original floors and ceilings remained, however. opened into a small kitchen.Another door directly behind the kitchen joined into alarger dining and social room.A the north separated the anteroom from a preparation room "G" decorated the front door.

hang from the first floor ceiling.Glass display cases fill anteroom directly above the kitchen.A wall and doorway to once overhanging the Master's chair have been removed. A symbolic arch of Masonry recessed the main entrance and and fireplace.Each room opened from the east into the Lodge in the center of the brick wall.A lantern with three circular the arch bore the circular mark of the Masonic chapter.A the front side.A Bible, square and compass, two columns, arch capped the two columns.Hand-made draperies covered the Water pipes, installed to comply with safety regulations, a an overlooking eye covered the panel. An arch curved over an engraved panel beneath the gable on door on the south wall of this room acted as a side entrance.

red brick, two-story building measured 24' on the front side square and compass rested on a Bible, which in turn rested (Check One) of the Lodge sat according to rank. Columns on two of the along the east side of High Street and running 9o' deep.The The third platform, used by the Lodge Master, featured an the evening sky. on a replica of a Persian altar located at the center of the front of the curved shelf.

Inside, the High Street entrance opened into a short hallway Fair The Lodge Room featured three Egyptian-styled stations on crafted Masonic work.A crucifix rested on the mantel.An all three windows of the High Street facade.The keystone of Shutters decorate the window stone marker with the inscription "Erected A.D.1820" rested UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY MAR 2 0 1973 New England Lodge the dining and social room, now a museum. Picture frames NOV 30 1972 Franklin COUNTY STATE DATE REGISTER NATIONAL (Continuation Sheet) and a medallion display case decorate the old kitchen. (Number all entries) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Ohio south wall of the New England Lodge dining room. When ENTRY NUMBER was converted to a window.

Form 10-300a the addition was entrance on the south wall In Grand Lodge of Ohio constructed a permanent (July 1969) RECEIVED A corridor connects the Grand Lodge building and the headquarters on land adjacent to the New England Lodge. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian ! X 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) Urban Planning - Literature STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

New England Lodge No. 4 Free and Accepted Masons, located in Worthington, Ohio, is the oldest Masonic Temple west of the of Worthington. James Kilbourne(1770-1850), a Mason and Episcopalian clergyman, founded Worthington in 1803 after were eager to establish a Masonic Lodge. On October 19, 1803, New England Lodge No. 4. Grand Lodge of Ohio. Five years later, New England Lodge virtues of temperance, fortitude, prudence, and Under the leadership of James Kilbourne, who served all hostility or internal divisions. Antimasonic sentiment in ravine near Worthington. The "Cerneau Upheaval" in 1891 1820 Commerce Architecture Conservation Communications Aboriginal Education Music losophy SIGNIFICANCE Theater Transportation Prehistoric justice.

Science Political itarian Agriculture Social/Human- over a seceding majority group from the Northern Jurisdiction Landscape Allegheny Mountains used continuously for Masonic purposes. Industry return of Lodge property to loyal Lodge members. of the Scottish Rite split the Lodge membership apart until Sculpture the home of James Kilbourne, next at the Worthington they received a Charter from the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, original settlers accompanying Kilbourne were Masons, they thus becoming No.48 on the Grand Lodge register. James two occasions did the Lodge membership face outside a journey westward from Connecticut. Since many of the Engineering under the supervision of Mason, architect, and pioneer received a new Charter from Ohio's Grand Lodge and became but one year as Master from 1803-1812,the Lodge became the Religion/Phi.

Formally dedicated in 1827,the Lodge was completed in 1820 The history of the Lodge is closely related to the settlement Until the present-day Masonic Temple was completed in 1820, settler John Snow(1780-1852). 1907, when a Supreme Court ruling ordered an immediate June 28,1808.In 1809,the Lodge joined the newly-formed Academy, and last at the home of John Snow. The Lodge the 1830s and 1840s forced the Lodge members to meet in a Invention second largest in Ohio.In the 169 years after its NOV 30 1972 founding, the Lodge is_today an active organization. on only NATIONAL Art Kilbourne became the first Master of the officially-named members reaffirmed at each meeting the four cardinal REGISTER the Lodge held its meetings at several locations:first at Military

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES 05 - 10.5 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES NOV 30 1972 FORM PREPARED BY July 13, 1972 STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended GP 0 901-087 039 Degrees ATTEST DATE ORGANIZATION Minutes LONGITUDE Seconds LATITUDE STATE COUNTY CODE NATIONAL CORNER Columbus Degrees Minutes Seconds Ohio REGISTER 10 North Drexel Avenue LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES National Register. STREET AND NUMBER: level of significance of this nomination is: NAME AND TITLE: William H. Carlile CITY OR TOWN: DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Local O GEOGRAPHICAL DATA N 4439070 Title Name A History of New England Lodge No.4 Dumaree, Edward L., Forking number National Register write-up _ WAR 2 0 1973 Maps KEEPER ARCHITECT ARCHEOLOGIST Acknowledge Register no. Photos Send-back BRANCH CHIEF EDITORIAL REVIEW TECH REVIEW HISTORIAN Re-submit Federal Register entry5/73 NPS Number _ PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 3/20/73 Loc.

New England Lodge No.4 Chartered 1803 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. Feauklin ohio Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) STREET AND NUM BER: TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. 039 1965 Worthington Franklin COUNTY DATE STATE CODE MAP REFERENCE REGISTER LOCATION AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL Ohio ENTRY NUMBER SOURCE: 634 High Street REQUIREMENTS PROPERTY MAP FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CITY OR TOWN: 1"/ 24,000" NAME SCALE: U.S.G.S. Topographical Map.

Northwest Columbus Quadrangle, 7 NORTHWEST COLUMBUS, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NORTHWEST COLUMBUS QUADRANGLE 40 05 105 1965 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND LODGE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) the ohio historical society/ohio historical center/columbus, ohio 432ll/telephone (614) 469-4663 NOV 30 Dr. William J. Murtagh, Keeper Washington, D.C. 20240 Daniel R. Porter New England Lodge, Franklin County Haydenville Historic Town, Hocking County Administration Building, Lake Erie College, Lake County November Encs. Sincerely, Director National Register three buildings. 1972 REGISTER NATIONAL DRP/eg have been notified of their impending registration.

of Historic Places application forms for one district and Preservation Advisory Board and owners of subject properties These applications have been approved by the Ohio Historic Site Department of the Interior Federal Land Office of Steubenville, Ohio Jefferson County Transmitted herewith are four (4) completed National Register Interstate 7l and 17th Avenue Dear Bill: Hon. William B. Saxbe Tr- Doniol R- Porter, Director Director, Northeast Region Location STATE Springfield Name Licking County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Date Entered Also Notified MAR201973 Cincinnati Vorthington Franklin County Clark County Eaydenvillo Baydenville Historic Town Hamilton County Hon- Robert 2eft, Jr. Columbus, Chio Kon. Willinn J. Keating NRowland: Imp 3-30-73 PHR The Ohio Historical Society 43211 New England Lodge page 1 of 4 +Ola. Control No. T120T. 105a.

Vicinity Public (local) (B, D, S, U, O) 12-19-84 List Date Stop City County Sites State Code Field may be left blank if information is not given. Field that must be caupleted unless addiess is not fot publicat ion. This field should be left blank. Non-contr ibut ing Start Objects Resource Type Bui ldings NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISIORIC PLACES DATA OOLLECTION FORM Public (State) Structuten Resource Nane 1l.No.of Contt ibuting Ownet ship: +01. Reference Number *08. County Code +12. Feretal Agency Restt icted Addtess Private Public (Fedeial) T120) Other : - - *18a. Certification Date *18. New Certification LL +19a. Other Certification Dates 2-19-84 Federal State Local Multiple Nane Field may be left bland if information is not given. This field should be left blank. Mandatoty data element; field must be filled in.

t16.Nan.Nane/Designations +19.Curient Certification NaninatoL Construction Matet ials Level of Significance Other Description *28. Petiods of Significance Cultutal Affiliation * Mandatory data element that wust be corpleted. Data element that may be left blank if infotmation is not given. 2-19-84 Applicable Criteria Arch Style This field should be left blank. 21/2la.Curtent Foundation Roof Walls Other 26. Criteria Consideration +29a. Specific Significant Yeats Mandatory data elenent that must be conpleted in the fitst occutancn in each field of the building sections. +31.Architect/Buildet/Engineet/Designet Citca +32. Othet Documentation Mandatory data element; field wust be filled in. DOE 32a. HABS/N This field should be left blank. 12-19-84 C/--/1_1-- +01. Refetence Nunbet NHL N_-/1_1-- Ohio Historic Preservation Office Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 2. County 5.

Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories Basement? Yes O 634 High Street 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership 36. Changes 9. Coordinates Private O in #42) Owner's Name & Address, Moved O Long if known Grand Lodge of Free & 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Preservation Site O Structure - Building X. Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included District Visible from Hist. Dist.? 15. Name of Established District 252' x 134' 42.

Further Description of Important Features Federal style. 2 bay by 4 bay brick building with gable roof. 24' x 54' foundation fine cornice and symbolic masonry blind arch de- 43. History and Significance Oldest Masonic Temple west of Allegheny Mountains, which has been in constant use. Building of exceptional architectural style of Federal period with blind arch and key- 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings 15. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by N. Reechie Inventory Form, OHS, July, 1972 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 1820/1956 10-79 Worthington 7-75 Side Zone Northing Underway? Easting Lodge Stone Front Franklin Excellent Exterior Federal Register? Brick FRA-30-3 Lat. OHS Interior Eligible? Ohio Historical Center (Explain Altered Architecture/l9th Accepted Masons Frontage on Road New England Lodge National Register of Historic Places stone of facade.

Gable/Comp. Public Road? Potent'!? 35. Plan Shape rect, 3|2796 0 634 High Street, Worthington 13. Part of Estab. Yes G Distance from and lodge room intact. South addition erected 1956. James Kilbourne, founder of Worthington helped organize lodge. Lodge constituted in 1808. No O Addition England New 2-27-80 612 Photos 32 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - CONTROL KEEPER OTHER TECHNICAL Maps Entered HAER Send-back HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit Review Working Number Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 4.16.80 2.3.8 accept APR United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: _64000658 Multiple Property Cover Sheet Please refer to the map in the