Nomination for St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church

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

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - County NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) NAME AND/ OR HISTORIC: (Check One) - Unoccupied - In Process X Restricted - Preservation work *- Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: OCT 5 1973 TITLE OF SURVEY: X Federal - Local 035 1967 039 Cuyahoga Site REGISTER Religious CLASSIFICATION STATE Military ACCESSIBLE Cleveland CATEGORY Commercial LOCATION DATE District Government NATIONAL Educational Structure CODE Agricultural Park Yes: Cuyahoga County Building Being Considered Both Private Residence Museum COMMON: Private OWNERSHIP STATUS Ohio Industrial Public Building Western Reserve Historical Society Scientific CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 1027 Superior Public Acquisition: TO THE PUBLIC Object Entertainment ENTRY DATE REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS St.

Michael the Archangel Catholic Church DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 1219 Ontario STREET AND NUMBER: DATE OF SURVEY: 31l4 Scranton Road CITY OR TOWN: FOR NPS USE ONLY JAN 1 8 1974 20 James V. Stanton PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) OWNER OF PROPERTY Edward F. Hoban, Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Cleveland ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X Original Site faced, stone masonry bearing walls, metal columns, timber roof is 232' tall, the south spire 180' ing the focal point of the facade, a large rose window with elabor- On the interior, the vestibule, nave, and side aisle ceilings are The nave floor is wood, and the aisles are floored with white statues, many of which were imported from Europe. interior and ceiling, installation of a new organ andnewhigh altar, CONDITION These NATIONAL REGISTER without windows.

This is a large church in the High Victorian Gothic style, measur- support a smaller range of clustered columns which in turn support has two towers, which are square for approximately a third of marked by engaged buttresses, and a shallow transept. and the replacement of a former system of electric and gasolier and a larger one in each end of the transept. lighting along the nave with less elaborate hanging fixtures. Excellent Between the towers, three arched doorways are surmounted by statue of St. Michael has been removed from the central front gable There are four windows on each side of the nave, ate stone mullions, now obscured by protective sheet glass.A 22' basic fabric of the building is unchanged. In 1930 a major renovation of the interior included repainting the (Check One) Good Ruins framing, and plaster vaulting.

The OCT 5 DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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nettes, supporting naturalistic foliated stucco capitals. These marble and blue tile. At eye level, a band of high relief blue and interior is painted in tones of light tan, deep rose, yellow and RECEIVE The north spire The church is furnished with over fifty polychrome Fair The east facade on Scranton Road the ribbed vaulting. The multiplicity of ribs is derived from the the octagon is marked by a steep pointed gable. pale blue. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Political [X Social/Human- St. Michael's Church, at the time of its completion in 1892, was Toledo for four months in 1886. Although the exterior windows are obscured, and the interior redecorated, St. Michael's is still one of the most impressive 1888-1892 Conservation losophy Commerce Aboriginal Engineering Architecture Communications Transportation schedule. Literature

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SIGNIFICANCE Theater Music itarian Prehistoric Science Pre-Columbian Another connection is that Father Industry Landscape examples of High Victorian Gothic church architecture. columns and vaulting. Sculpture Agriculture the immigrant communities so important in the development of Military Invention Koudelka had served as a temporary substitute pastor in Adolph Druiding was also the architect of St.Patrick's Church 189l, the congregation had to occupy the new building sooner to the destruction of the earlier temporary church by fire in 18th Century STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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the largest, the most costly, and the most artistically notable Bishop Gilmour from a number submitted at the request of the 188l to minister to the needs of German Catholics in Cleveland, 1889, and the completed church dedicated on November 2,1892. place on June 19,1888,the cornerstone was laid on July7, St.Michael's was the outgrowth ofa mission established in alideas within the Catholic Church in northern Ohio. than anticipated, and it was completed five years ahead of two churches, especially in the treatment ofthe interior Urban Planning largest church in Cleveland, with a capacity of l,5o0 persons. Religion/Phi. in Toledo.(l892-l901).Toledo was then a part of the Cleveland Other (Specify) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) aby architect Adolph Druiding of Chicago were selected by pastor, Father Joseph M. Koudelka.

The groundbreaking took Completed in stages, the church finally cost $148,000. Due Diocese.There are striking resemblances in the design of the church in the Cleveland Diocese.For many years it was the immigrants largely from Danzig and West Prussia.The plans It is an important example of a church built to serve one of Cleveland.It also gives evidence of the commerce ofarchitectur Education Art

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GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMA TE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY:. 1oct. 1973 Western Reserve Historical. Society 2. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion forth by the National Park Service. The recommended NAME AND GPO 931-894 039 DATE Degrees LONGITUDE typescript.

COUNTY LATITUDE Ohio Cleveland ORGANIZATION NATIONAL STATE Title CORNER CODE REGISTER Local ATTEST: Historic American Buildings Survey, Fourteen Structures In and NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Degrees Minutes Seconds MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation I hereby certify that this property is included in the Cleveland (Western Reserve Historical Society, 1967), unpaged National Register.

level of significance of this nomination is: evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- in the National Register and certify that it has been Keeper of The National Register CITY OR TOWN: DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY Sandusky Region (Chicago, 1929), VanTassel, Story of the Maumee Valley, Toledo, and the LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTYBOUNDARIEA, 10825 Seconds Minutes East Boulevard 7-31-73 Eric Johannesen, Preservationist STREET AND NUMBER: FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: less than one STATE Ohia PHOTOS 3 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Accept JAN 1 8 1984 KEEPER Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit 10.5 Send-back WORKING NUMBER MAPS Federal Register entry TECH REVIEW National Register Write-up CONTROL REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF HISTORIAN Cuyahoga 3-6-74 10.5.

73, 3722 INT: 1538-73 NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ap. 18,1974 Title: Loc. Jan 18,1924 NPS Number Loc. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Title: SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO 44122 991 - 1599 PHOTOGRAPHER MARTIN LINSEY Loc. 18310 SCOTTSDALE BLVD. NPS Number PRPERTY OF THE NATHONAL REGISTER 4492 CLEVELAND SOUTH, OHIO CLEVELAND SOUTH QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC CATHOLIC CHURCH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Columbus, Ohio 43211 Director, Midwest Region PR MMOTT: p1 1.23.74 Location JAN181974 STATE Cuyahoga County Name Date Entered The May Company Director Mr.Daniel R.Porter ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. The Ohio Historical Society Cleveland Hon. Janes V. Stanton St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church State Historic Preservation Officer OHIO