Nomination for First Presbyterian Church Of Maumee Chapel

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

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Luc as INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) 1 4 1973 AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCATION OF - CITY OR TOWN: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 9 Thomas Ludlow Ashley (Check One) * Building 4 Private - In Process 4 Restricted - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments OWNER'S NAME: COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: JUL 2 1973 095 039 Maumee Toledo STATE Military Religious Government CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY District Commercial Site ACCESSIBLE NAME Entertainment REGISTER Unoccupied OWNERSHIP Both NATIONAL STATUS Being Considered CODE Structure Educational Yes: First Presbyterian Church Agricultural Private Residence Federal Park East Broadway Public Museum Ohio Industrial First Presbyterian Church of Maumee COMMON: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Public Acquisition: TO THE PUBLIC OWNER OF PROPERTY STREET AND NUMBER: Scientific DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Adams & Erie Streets COUNT Other (Specify) PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION DATE First Presbyterian Church of Maumee Chapel Lucas County Courthouse Object ENTRY NUMBER REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS AUG - Unexposed - Unaltered X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Simple and classic in its symmetrical composition, the rectangular building is three-bays across the front. The the historic, original church building of 1837 became a JUL 2 1973 CONDITION REGISTER NATIONAL Moved Ruins DESCRIPTION Deteriorated corner pilasters with pyramidal conforming to the bottom of the modified scissors truss RECEIVED central entranceway has a pedimented porch with square influence from English church architecture of the early The square tower has The interior is simple and unembellished with pews spandrels flank the entry.There is a fan window in the 1837,is essentially Greek revival in style with a stong center of the gable. The belfry was strengthened and modern lighting installed. 18th century. that supports the roof. With the dedication of a new adjoining sanctuary in 1969, In l95l a Parish House was added for church and social affairs rededicated in 1923.

spire.The bell was cast in Albany, New York in 1835. The church, said to have cost $6oo when it was built in (Check One) The frame is 2'x6"timbers joined by handmade nails. X Excellent wood lap siding replaced the original, narrower, siding. of "V" groove vertical boards. The ceiling is arched, In 1922 the deteriorating structure was restored. 1" x 10" chapel. columns and pilasters.Above the double doors is a Fair New heating replaced the old coal stoves.The church was Good

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian | 18th Century - SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning Other (Specify) - Agriculture - Literature STATEMENT OF SIGNFICANCE Rev. Dyer Burgess of Central Ohio and Rev. Moses or in the school. Restored and rededicated in 1923, the First Presbyterian 1837 1973 Conservation Commerce Communications Transportation Military Engineering Education REGISTER losophy Landscape Religion/Phi Industry Prehistoric Aboriginal Science NATIONAL Music itarian Social/Human- building in Maumee and vicinity.

revival church architecture and as the earliest church Sculpture The First Presbyterian Church of Maumee City was the For many years services were held in members homes aside for religious purposes when Maumee City was John Monteith, who had organized the first protestant Church is significant as a specimen of fine Greek In 1836-37 the church was built one of the British batteries stood there. first church to organize in the lower Maumee Valley. Political at the corner of E.Broadway and Gibbs on lots set It was constituted on January 9th,1820 when Reverend school teacher, and first clerk of Lucas County. Miles Square Reserve and during the War of 1812 had held it until their defeat at the Battle of church in on horseback to the small X Architecture members, including Dr. Horatio Conant, pioneer doctor, Indians Theater There were eleven charter Hunter of Philadelphia.

AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE He was assisted by village on the Maumee River. (Check One or More as Appropriate) Art MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Collections, Ann Arbor, Michigan. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES W83 - 11. FORM PREPARED BY Ohio Historical Society 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 Nationa 1 Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: GP 0 931-894 039 Seconds Degrees LATITUDE DATE Minutes Columbus LONGITUDE Name Local ORGANIZATION STATE NATIONAL COUNTY CORNER N41 Gretchen Klimoski REGISTER CODE Degrees Minutes Seconds Ohio ATTEST: Session records of the First Presbyterian Church of Maumee. June 1973 STREET AND NUMBER: NAME AND TITLE: GEOGRAPHICAL DATA CITY OR TOWN: Shepherst, Mildred. Northwest Ohio Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 2, 1971. pp 7-9. Shepherd and Mckay, no date, p. 39 03 " APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 1982 Velma Avenue ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Director, Office of Archeology and His toric Preservation Title RECEIVED Slagle, History of the Presbytery of Maumee. "The First Presbyterian Church of Maumee Bernard.

Accept KHC Federal Register entry _ 10-2=?3 AUG 1 4 1573 Maps Entered Send-back HISTORIAN Re-submit ARCHEOLOGIST Photos KEEPER PROPERTY WORKING NUMBER CONTROL REVIEW TECH REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF National Register write-up 7.2.73.3226 7107mh PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 100-22 NPS Number NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 14,1973 Loo. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) 1. NAME 2. LOCATION Luc as 3.

MAP REFERENCE U.S.G.S 7.5' Maumee REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: JUL 2 GPO 932-010 1964 Quadrangle COUNTY TOWN REGISTER DATE SCALE COMMON SOURCE STATE NATIONAL Ohio Church of Maumee First Presbyterian NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC 200 East Broadway Form 10-301 STREET AND NUMBER NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Church of Maumee Chapel PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) Maumee NUMERIC CODE (Aesigned by NPs) AUG 14 1973 RECEIVED Ca DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR First Presbyterian MAUMEE QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) ROAD CLASSIFICATION Longitude: Latitude: Church of Maumee 1964 UNITED STATES WATERVILLE Chape1 Hart, Gideon, House /PHR MMott:jal Location STATE 8/22/73 Name Date Entered Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Franklin County Director,Northeast Region Lake County Unionville Conneoticut Land Company office Maumee Chapel Lucas County Hancock County Hon.

Tennyeon Guyer AUG Weste nville Seeley, Url, Touse Columbus, ohio Hon. J. William Stanton 43211 PHR State Historic Preservation Officer Hon. William B. Saxbe Painesville Maumea