Nomination for St. Mary's Catholic Church

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) OCT 1 0 1975 St. Mary's Catholic Church AND/ OR HISTORIC: 13 - Charles A. Mosher 3.

CLASSIFICATION (Check One) - In Process - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 043 039 LOCATION Sandusky Toledo Erie Both Commercial CATEGORY Religious STATE NAME NATIONAL District OWNERSHIP ACCESSIBLE Government COUNT REGISTER Site Educational Federal STATUS Being Considered Restricted Military Agricultural Private Entertainment DATE CODE Museum Unoccupied Yes: Scientific Structure Public Park Private Residence COMMON: Building Industrial Erie County Court House 323 Columbus Avenue Public Acquisition: 429 Central Avenue Ohio DATA SHEET CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: OWNER OF PROPERTY STREET AND NUMBER: Object TO THE PUBLIC 2544 Parkwood PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) CITY OR TOWN: COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: ENTRY NUMBER Diocese of Toledo - Bishop John Donovan DESCRIPTION * Excellent - Good - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X Original Site Its dimensions are; 184 feet long, 75 feet wide, the nave is 50 feet high, the main tower is 200 feet high.

The church is The church is cruciform in plan, with vestibule, nave with CONDITION Ruins original altar was elevated three steps. The buttresses are simple piers with plain caps. There is very for general lighting but does not permit space at the side in design. The trancepts are shallow in that they do not project from the little ornamentation around the entrance. The tracery is simple The sanctuary is well proportioned, elevated two steps and has octagonal terminations with lancet windows. The main center aisle; this permits large high windows in the side walls on ten large free-standing stone columns. style.The pulpit was situated on a column within the congre- The three original altars were quite ornate in the pure Gothic exterior of the building. aisle and each trancept has an unusually large window.

the front.The side aisles are high, almost as high as the groined, and while not of.masonry construction, is supported gation. The main altar originally faced the apse. of the center aisle for clerestory windows. The vaulting is of the Middle or Decorated period of the Gothic. main wall of the nave very are high as the center (Check One) - Deteriorated DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known)PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Fair is placed at the crossing and the large spire in the center at SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian| - 20th Century Other (Specify) - Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

they were able to build for themselves. From 1853-1855 separate chased six lots between Central, Jefferson and Fulton Streets. the early fall of 1873 and the corner stone was laid in October Architecture Engineering Commerce Conservation losophy Aboriginal Science Religion/Phi Literature Military Prehistoric Music Education itarian drawn for the proposed church. The foundation was finished in The object he had in view when purchasing them was to secure Theater the rapidly increasing parish.Before he could fulfill his in- Agriculture Sculpture The first Catholic Church in Sandusky was established and erected rapidly increased under the supervision of Rev.

Moes.Finally Communications Political gation and to have separate services in Holy Angels Church until Landscape not feel able to build the church.Therefore the challenge of Invention Social/Human- in 1841 at Holy Angels Church by Rev.P.J.Machebeuf.The con- Bishop Rappe for permission to organize as a distinct congre- services were held for the Germans.In June 1855,Rev.J.Hamene Rev.A. Herbstritt was appointed pastor of St.Mary's.He pur- secured a lot at the corner of Decatur and Jefferson Streets. building a church fell into the hands of Rev.N.Moes who took an eligible site for a larger and better church in keeping with of that year.From 1873-1879 the construction of the church con tentions he was replaced by Rev.V. Haussner. Rev.Haussner did "Black Friday".Work was completed little by little as proceeds limestone quarried from the Sandusky area.

Industry In 1855 a small stone church was built and dedicated to the Urban Planning 1862 to Nov.1863.Shortly after assuming charge he had plans Our Lady of Sorrows. the Moderate or Decorated Gothic. She was also built from thest from the parishioners collected. Between 1879 and 1880 work tinued at a very slow pace due to the financial panic of the AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) 1873: dedicated 1880 gregation consisted of both English and German speaking Catholics. over in January,1873.Rev.Moes was also the pastor from Sept. service of God and to the Patronage of the Blessed Virging as the expansion of the city it became readily apparent that Holy St.

Mary's Church embodies the distinctive characteristics of Angel's would be too small to accomodate the large number of par- on November 28,1880,Bishop Gilmour dedicated the church to the Blessed Virgin under the title of Our Lady of Sorrows. In 1865 Art

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MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Syracuse, New York, 1889 Sandusky Register, June 7,1873; Sept. 24, 1873; Sept. 29, 1873 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POIN| OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: JUN 2 O 1975 FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: . - James E. Hiss Nov. 22,1974 686 Riverview Drive. Apt. # 38 tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law I hereby certify that this property is included in the 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 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation June 13, 1975 * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l 039 Degrees LATITUDE Local ORGANIZATION DATE COUNTY Name ATTEST: STATE CORNER NATIONAL LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds CODE Columbus, Graduate Student-Architecture-Ohio State Univ Ohio LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Title State Historic Preservation Officer STREET AND NUMBER: Keeper of The National Register level of significance of this nomination is: 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION CITY OR TOWN: Sandusky St. Mary's 75th Anniversary Bulletin, 1855-1930 Lewis pubiisning co., Chicago & New York, 1916 History of Erie County, Lewis Cass Aldrich, P. Mason Publishing Co. ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FORPROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Seconds REGISTER Minutes The Standard History of Erie County,Hewson L. Peeke,Vol.I UTmOK Form No.

10-300a Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED EP 5 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE ENTERED OCT 1 0 1975 INVENTORY -- NOMINA TION FORM St. Mary's Catholic Church 429 Central Avenue Sandusky, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Architecturally, St. Mary's Catholic Church is significant because it is Limestone was quarried around Sandusky and there were a significant number use of this cut limestone is a significant local feature of architecture in of immigrant stone cutters who worked and lived in the Sandusky area.The constructed of local sandstone (Sandusky Blue Limestone)and Berea sandstone. Erie County to the original architectural plan.It is also of interest because it is an excellent example of decorated Gothic style that has had few alterations the Sandusky area.

FOR NPS USE ONLY Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF IN T:2106 - 74 OTHER HAER CONTROL KEEPER Re-submit Maps Review Send-back Photos HISTORIAN National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF TECHNICAL Working Number 6.20. 75, 1147 Cole Erie religious pro pertyis architectural. 18-25 9.18.75 , Signiticance ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN ofthe church. I'm inclined to ARCHEOLOGIST State Accept United States Department of the.Interior National.Park Service WAso No.7 6.23.75 12-2-25 sheet elaboruting on how the Accz ST. MARU'S CATHOLiC CHURCH ERiE CO., OHtio Title: NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. Form No. 10-301a OCT 10.1975 LOCA TION JUN 2 0.1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT: Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 043 039 NAME Sandusky Erie DATE IDENTIFICATION NATIONAL COUNTY STATE PHOTO REFERENCE CODE West.

COMMON: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM View from the corner of Decatur and Jefferson Streets looking Ohio (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) AND/OR HISTORIC: FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO CREDIT: STREET AND NUMBER: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CITY OR TOWN: James E. Hiss (7/72) St. Mary's Catholic Church Nov. 29, 1974 429 Central Avenue DATE OF PHOTO: REGIS Ect.10 -1975 ERie Co, OHio St. Mary's Catholic Chuch PROPERTY OF THE NATONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a LOCA TION Nov. 28, 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 043 1975 039 Central Avenue Erie STATE Sandusky DATE COUNTY IDENTIFICATION NAME CODE COMMON: PHOTO REFERENCE Ohio REGISTER View from West Jefferson St.

looking northeast ENTRY NUMBER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) STREET AND NUMBER: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE St. Mary's Catholic Church FOR NPS USE ONLY (7/72) DATE OF PHOTO: James E. Hiss CITY OR TOWN: Form No. 10-301 Rev. 7-72 FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: JUN 2g 1975 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

INT: 155-72 1969 043 039 Erie COUNTY NATIONAL Sandusky DATE 1:24000 NAME REGISTER Ohio COMMON: Central Avenue STATE REQUIREMENTS CODE SCALE: SOURCE: MAP REFERENCE State Of Ohio--Department of Natural Resources NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) LOCATION St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC UNITED STATES SANDUSKY QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SANDUSKY, UIM 1 356840 4590 060 STATE OF OHIO SANDUSKY, OHIO St. Mary's Catholic Church OCT 1 0 1975 Brow County Clark County Hon. John H. Glenn, Jx. ME.

Richard Ieverty, Corps of INT: 2950-75 Location 10/17/75 STATE Name Cuyahoga County Sandusky MMott/row Engineers Date Entered Stonehurst Ripley vicinity ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Regional Director, Midwest Region Adams, John and Maria Hoadley, House Also Notified State Historic Preservation Officer Grand Pacific Hotel Springfield vicinity Erie County Director, The Ohio Historical Society Olmsted Falls Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue St.Mary's Catholic Church Hon. Charles A. Mosher Crabill, David, House Hon. William H. Harsha Hon. Ronald M. Mottl Ion, Robert Taft, Je. DE- Thomas H. Smith Hon. Clarence J. Brow Columbus, Ohio 43211 3 OTHER NAMES: 429 Central Ave.

(12) SOURCE OF NOMINATION - deteriorated Ounaltered CO NOT INTACT-O Ogood - Unknown Ounexcavated -O NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access -RECREATION -28 2OCLAIMS: explain - LAW - 16 'first'O - SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS - 7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 - URBAN PLANWING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE- - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH - 27 - MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3) functions edates of initial construction: 1873÷ 1880 major alterations : @master builder: @builder/contractor: EVENTS : |IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE 043 10-10-75 Midwest Erie Sandusky ASSOCIATION FEDERAL ENGINEERING-11 artist: INSTITUTIONAL: ENTERTAINMENT-26 CURRENTLY: STATE vicinity of WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP historic events: ADMINISTRATOR: Dunexposed Cexcellent 4county code CSt.

Mary's Catholic Church 3artisan: IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yes PERSONAL: GNPS REGION: 3) date of entry 3 LOCATION street & number city / town 19) ADAPTIVE USE DYE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 32(h) Ethnic C INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 ") interior decorator: 7 OWNER -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 -COMMERCE - 6 Parchiteet: CONDITION reviewers initials LOCAL BACCESS NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET PRIVATE ORGANIZATION SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT NAMES give role & date ARCHITECTUREE 4OTHER(SPECIFY) Tfeatures: Oruins DNAME as it appears on federal register: SAVED? OYES Baltered Dfair