Nomination for Christ Church At The Quarry

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries complete applicable sections) SEP 2 5 1975 AND/ OR HISTORIC: Seventeenth (17th) (Check One) X Building In Process PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments . Commercial OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: Township Clerk Jean Fowler; Rt.

#1; LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Register of Deeds, Recorder's Office TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: JUN 2 0 19 083 039 LOCATION historical ACCESSIBLE monument STATE Military STATUS Religious CATEGORY Government Both Private Gambier Site Entertainment REGISTER NAME CODE CLASSIFICATION Mount Vernon DATE District Local Museum Restricted Structure Private Residence Educational Unoccupied Park OWNERSHIP Agricultural Ohio Yes: Scientific Being Considered NATIONAL Knox Federal COMMON: Public DATA SHEET Public Acquisition: Industrial CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Object QUARRY CHAPEL Gambier vicinity Knox County Court House CHRIST CHURCH AT THE QUARRY STREET AND NUMBER: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TO THE PUBLIC NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 11l East High Street CITY OR TOWN: Other (Specify) Southwest corner, Intersection of College Township Roads 235 and 233 X Preservation work Board of Trustees, College Township ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION X Deteriorated X] Unaltered DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (If known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

This beautiful stone chapel, with both Gothic and Celtic influences, stands The Exterior walls are solid masonry, 18 inches thick, built of stone from a buttresses follow the line of the high pitched roof, The roofing is of grey The main entrance is two doors wide with a wood panel above, all in a pointed arched opening. Above the door, in the gable, a small window gives interior. The belfry has been straightened and strengthered. The Interior has a nave 20 feet wide and 33 feet long, a chancel 12 feet by plaster on wood lath. As the ceiling is carried across at the tie line, half The interior walls, floors, and ceiling will all need attention in the fu- Notable, both in the exterior and interior, are the beautiful proportions, a rarity. Though the building is only about 1,250 square feet in area, its CONDITION slate. Excellent and simplicity.

placed stone was still on the premises.The lost pieces have been replaced plastered areas of the ceiling in panels.A wood wainscot is carried around same shape as those in the side walls. ture, as more funds for reconstruction are donated. design and dignity demand respect. with many missing and broken pieces of slate.Luckily, most of the dis- the nave and chancel opening.A pointed segmental arch frames the chancel were originally plastered directly on the stonework;plans are to remove frame with slate facing. was partially collapsed, and the roof was open to the sky in some places and masonry work on the exterior is nearly completed.The roof has been There are three pointed arched windows on each side wall, spaced between the access to the crawl space below.

throughout the chapel and the walls had large cracks in them.The sacristy Before reconstruction was begun in l973,a chimney that accomodated the Fair (Check One) 13 a sacristy to the left l2 feet by l0 feet.The inside walls Good - Ruins - Unexposed opening.

The floor is wood on wood joist and has a small trap door giving the plaster from the walls and leave the stone uncovered.The ceiling is of the truss is exposed.These rugged members and connecting beams frame the in a grove of majestic oak and maple trees on a knoll surrounded by small light access to the belfry which straddles the ridge.The belfry is wood sacristy has been reconstructed and a cement block support wall added to its meadows and rolling hills.The building has the dignity of good proportions rebuilt and retiled with slate.The building is now weatherproof.The and the openings boarded up.The chancel has a larger window opening of the dom ashlar with cut stone framing the openings.The cut stone caps of the

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian | SPECIFIC DATE(s) (If Applicable and Known) - Political X Religion/Phi- - Science ] Sculpture ] Social/Human- - Theater - Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

In the late 1850's, a new stone quarry was opened about three miles north- a few years, the people involved in the mission decided to build a church. structure, plans were changed when stone was donated and hauled by William modeled on the one Mr. Fish had known in Warwickshire, England. It is more than probable that the plans for the church were drawn by William Tinsley, architect, who had designed Ascension Hall on the Kenyon College this has not yet been found, Mr. Tinsley's biographer speaks of the church years, theological students from Kenyon College conducted services at the and people from the surrounding country were paptized, married, confirmed, & 1945, and at the request of the trustees, who expressed interest in the care and upkeep of the building, the chapel itself was deeded to them also started in 1973.

Donations between August,1972, and October, 1974, amount to It is hoped to preserve this building as an architectural gem. 1863 Conservation Engineering Commerce Ireland. Music Literature losophy Architecture Communications Aboriginal itarian Prehistoric Education Landscape deteriorating. Military Art Industry Urban Planning members decided that it should be stripped; the furnishings were given away, were often discontinued.While unused in 1937,the Chapel was broken into $11,031.45. Fish who operated the stone quarry nearby.The church is said to have been Agriculture The cemetary lot was deeded to the Trustees of College Township in April, in 1966.In 1972 a fund drive was begun, and work on the reconstruction to the Chapel.

18th Century starteda mission and a Sunday School for the children in the area.After as having many of the characteristics of a Tinsley design, and points out Chapel under the supervision of the rector of Harcourt Parish in Gambier, Later rectors of the parish took little interest in country work and servicep that it is similar toa little church he had designed earlieratCloghan, AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Invention Other (Specify) ¡east of Gambier, and several English families whose men were stone masons With the help of Bishop Gregory I. Bedell, Bishop of the Diocese of Ohio, a the quarry, but it has always been popularly called Quarry Chapel. For many worshiped there. They were also buried there in the small cemetary adjacent and the chapel deconsecrated.

It stood deserted for years, neglected and While written or printed confirmation of built houses in the vicinity.Some students from Kenyon College in Gambier small stone church was encted.While original plans were for a wood frame campus at about the same time. The church was dedicated January 18,1863,with the name of Christ Church at

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MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES author, 1967. Forbes, J.D.; Victorian Architect. The Indiana University Press. (A bio- Mr. Forbes of Wabash College.) Gambier, Ohio 43022. DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ÁCRES UTM 17 383 640 4471 480 0.424 acres JUN 2 0 1975 FORM PREPARED BY Beverley C. Clifford, Chairperson Jan.

1975 STREET AND NUMBER: Box 288 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 c-iteria and procedures set level of significance of this nomination is: Date June 12, 1975 GP0 931-894 039 LATITUDE Degrees Seconds DATE LONGITUDE Minutes CODE COUNTY Local Gambier ATTEST: REGISTER CORNER Ohio STATE NATIONAL NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Knox County Historical Society Degrees Minutes Seconds Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation graphical and historical study of William Tinsley, architect,by STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA NAME AND TITLE: National Register.

CITY OR TOWN: DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: [LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Keeper of The National Register Adams, Louise Gessner; Harcourt, An Unusual Parish, 1827-1967. Published by UTMOK Nam ORGANIZATION RECEIVED Quarry Chapel Restoration Committee of the Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SEP 2 5 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER the beauty of simplicity and fine proportion seldom found in rural or urban Society and plans are underway to restore the chapel to its former grace and to use it a local historic landmark. NOTE: Architecture, not agriculture, should have been checked on the PAGE RECEIVED nomination form.

The small stone chapel is an excellent country church building which exemplifies A local restoration group has been formed through the Knox County Historical had for the chapel.Unused since 1936,the chapel has fallen into disrepair. Christ Church at the Quarry (Quarry Chapel) - Knox Co., Ohio structures. Built of local stone and in its original rural setting, the SEP chapel characterizes the dignity and respect that the original congregation Photos _ Inventory - Send-back - Re-submit . OTHER KEEPER HAER CONTROL TECHNICAL ARCHEOLOGIST Entered HISTORIAN Review State National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF ARCHITECTURAL.HISTORIAN 11-4-25 6.25.15 INT : 2106-74 Maps 9-11-75 .17.75 PAOTO TAREN Title: NPS Number Faces EAsT PROPERTY OF TEE MATOKAL REGISTER Faces West PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Title: _ NPS Number Loc. Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEP 2 5 1975 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN Dale White, Architect DATE OF PHOTO DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET 1972 COUNTY PHOTONO HISTORIC LOCATION Christ Church at the Quarry IDENTIFICATION Gambier vicinity STATE PHOTO CREDIT Ohio Knox Quarry Chapel Faces west, prior to restoration PHOTO REFERENCE NAME XVICINITY OF NEGATIVE FILED ATMount Vernon, Ohio FOR NPS USE ONLY Faces south NPS Number Loc. PROPERIY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Knox Co, OHíi PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NPS Number Title: Loc 9/25-/7- Face Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7+) - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 2 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEP 2 5 1975 AND/OR COMMON CITY, TOWN X VICINITY OF DATE OF PHOTO DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Faces southwest, roof ready for slate, belfry completed 1974 COUNTY IDENTIFICATION HISTORIC STATE LOCATION Knox RECEIVED Ohio Christ Church at the Quarry Gambier vicinity PHOTO CREDIT PHOTO REFERENCE NAME DATE ENTERED PHOTO NO SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS Timothy Grant Mill Quarry Chapel Title: NPS Numoer Faces Loc. PROPENTY OF THE NATONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7 +) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEP 2 5 1975 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN -X VICINITY OF DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED ATBox 407, Gambier DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO S 1974 LOCATION HISTORIC COUNTY IDENTIFICATION Knox Gambier vicinity Christ Church at the Quarry NAME STATE Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE Timothy Grant Mill DATE ENTERED PHOTO CREDIT Faces southeast, showing new slate roof Quarry Chapel FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED UN 2 0 1975 Form No. 10-301 (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 2 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN Gambier vicinity _VICINITY OF COUNTY Knox MAP REFERENCE 1: 24000 4 REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES INT: 3464- 75 LOCATION SCALE SOURCE STATE NAME RECEIVED Ohio DATE 1961 Quarry Chapel 7.5 minute HISTORIC Christ Church at the Quarry Knox SEP251975 USGS Danville Quadrangle DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DANVILLE, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1961 DANVILLE QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES 17 383 640 44 71 480 OHIO-KNOX CO September 4, 1975 SEP 9 1975 Mr. William Lebovich Department of the Interior National Park Service 18th & C Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C.

20240 They are for Quarry Chapel, Knox Co.; Grand Pacific Hotel, Cuyahoga Co.; Franklin Township Hall, Portage Co.; and the Eighteen Mile House, Ohio Historical Center 1-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-8727 Sincerely, NATIONAL REGISTER Ohio Historic Preservation Office RECEIVED through on them. Gretchen Klimoski Hamilton Co.(this was last one was requested by Ward Jandl ages ago.) The remaining ones will follow soon.Our regional offices are following National Register of Historic Places Dear Bill: Enclosed are four continuation sheets as requested by your office. Hon, John 1. Glenn, Jz. DE. Thomas H. Smith Hon.

Wayne Is Hays Columbus, Ohio 43211 INT: 2950-75 Location STATE Name Knox County Christ Church at the Quarry Jefferson County Gambier vicinity Also Notified Hodgen's Cemetery Mound Zanesville Tiltonsville vicinity ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Regional Director, Midwest Region Muskingum County Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue St.Nicholas's Catholic Church The Ohio Historical Society State Historic Preservation Officer Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. SEP 2 5 1975 9/29/75 MMott/je Date Entered Director Hon. Clarence E. Miller 2 OTHER NAMES: 3 date of entry: 4 county code: (12)SOURCE of NOMINATION L WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? YES. NAME * CONDITION D deteriorated Dexeellent EC NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown Dunexcavated &O NOT APPLICABLE-B - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

Dyes Ono II AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 @CLAIMS: explain 'first'O -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 C LAW - 16 1 RELIGION-22 C SETTLEMENT-29 CARCHEOLOGY- historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-1 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' D - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS-9 C INDUSTRY- 13 -O MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY-20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 functions WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT:Cheench 3g architectural style(s) ,master builder: @engineer: ©landscape architect / garden designer: IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE ASSOCIATION builder/contractor: INSTITUTIONAL: FEDERAL ACREAGE PERSONAL: COMMERCE-6 URBAN PLANNING-31 PRIVATE ORGANIZATION EVENTS: ENTERTAINMENT-26 SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 historic events: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP artist: OENGINEERING-11 Coriginal site ADMINISTRATOR: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Dunaltered SAVED?YES Dfeatures: ESTATE GNPS REGION: LOCAL 083 Omoved 25 -75 'only' D 1 interior decorator: ARCHITECTURE-4 dates of initial construction3 YES-Restricted YES-Unrestricted Gambier AGRICULTURE-3 Dgood vicnity of LANDSCAPE ARCH.-15 Dfair WITHIN MATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT?

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