Nomination for Freedom Congregational Church

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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) JUL 7 1975 NAME ANDY OR HISTORIC: (Check One) * Building - In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments - Scientific OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: JUN 2 0 039 133 Portage Freedom Religious OWNERSHIP Commercial Ravenna STATE Military LOCATION CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION Government Educational Ohio District Private Residence Agricultural Museum ACCESSIBLE Structure Restricted Both Being Considered REGISTER Site Private STATUS CODE Freedom Congregational Church Yes: Public Entertainment Unoccupied Park Industrial Public Acquisition: Portage County Courthouse COMMON: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: West Main Street Object REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TO THE PUBLIC STREET AND NUMBER: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES OWNER OF PROPERTY CITY OR TOWN: Other (Specify) County - Federal - 11 - J.

William Stanton DATE ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed X Unaltered X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

is that of a meetinghouse of the late Federal period, but the roof, clapboard siding, five tall windows on the side elevations ing feature, a four-column portico with a prominent entablature and pediment. The columns are massive, cylindrical, unfluted horizontal. So far as is known there was never a spire, which to make the tower somewhat overpowering. ieth century, with a heating plant, an exterior chimney on the CONDITION Ruins stone and concrete. cornices, the second especially being massive and emphatically ance with changing mid-nineteenth century taste. The triple-hung Revival style.The basic disposition of its architectural elements proportions and details are the robust ones of the Greek Revival.

Projecting from the facade is the building's most distinguish- rising directly flush with the facade wall.This placement tends fitted together to form hollow cylinders.The tower consists of This is a medium-sized wooden frame church in the Greek and three doors and second-story windows on the north facade.

sash have apparently been replaced at some time, and most of The interior of the church was remodeled in 1865 in accord- shafts of the Tuscan order: They are made of vertical boards would have been inconsistent with the horizontality of the purest The door frames consist ofa characteristic fluted post-and-lintel three diminishing cubical stages.The upper two have Greek Greek Revival.A very unusual feature is the placement of the The body of the church is a plain rectangular block with a gable foundation and stepsof the portico have also been renewed with (Check One) Excellent Good Moved ( tower so that it straddles the roof and the portico, instead of the glass is colored. There is a gallery over the entrance foyer.

A basement was constructed underneath the church in the twent- south wall and an exterior dog-house entry on the west.The X 19th Century - Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Literature - Military STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

is very typical, but the architectural significance of this particular JUN 2 0 1975 1845 Communications Architecture NATIONAL Engineering Aboriginal losophy Conservation Commerce SIGNIFICANCE Science Transportation REGISTER Agriculture Religion/Phi Invention Music Theater Pre-Columbian rather than doctrine. Education itarian Industry Sculpture of the tower over the portico are the elements which make it especially notable.

Social/Human- the rest was extensive beech forest, and it was considered undesirable The historical, social and cultural significance of such a church The Freedom Congregational Church is one of the half-dozen gregational, but this was not at all an unusual transition in the their first small frame structure in 1835.The present church was Landscape bytery of Portage County.They met first in a log cabin and built ing in northeastern Ohio.Its primary significance is architectural. The church was first organized in 1828 by members of the Pres- not organized until 1825,the last in the county except one. This Although Freedom was first settled in1818,the township was land in the county.

erected in 1845at a cost of $3,000.The church later became Con- Other(Specify) PERIOD (Check One or More as Political SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) After the land had been drained, it became some of the finest farm- nineteenth century, as the differences are those of church government building is paramount. The fine portico and the unusual placement Art Portage County Historical Society, Portage Heritage (Ravenna, 1957), 351, 354. (Cleveland, 1963), 54. DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY:

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

FORM PREPARED BY 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION 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 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: DateJune 12, 1975 * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l 039 Degrees Seconds Local LONGITUDE LATITUDE January COUNTY CORNER STATE Cleveland Minutes DATE Western Reserve Historical Society National Ohio CODE ORGANIZATION TitleState Historical Preservation Officer ATTEST: MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Degrees Minutes Seconds Margaret Manor Butler, A Pictorial History of the Western Reserve NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES NAME AND TITLE: STREET AND NUMBER: National Register. CITY OR TOWN: History of Portage County, Ohio (Chicago, 1885), 452-455. Two acres ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 10825 East Boulevard forth by the National Park Service. The recommended .Keeper of The National Register Nam Eric Johannesen, Preservationist REF.

#75001521 Photos _ ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 1975 HAER OTHER CONTROL KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit Maps Send-back Review HISTORIAN 7-3-75 TECHNICAL importance. Federal Register Entry State National Register Write-up Portage 6-27-75 BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Accept Cole Entered _L 2 IN T:2106- 74 E. smith 6.25.15 Form No. 10-301a DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Tower and portico, looking east.

039 133 1975 Freedom NAME Portage DATE COUNTY STATE Public Green CODE NATIONAL Ohio ENTRY NUMBER REGISTER PHOTO REFERENCE COMMON: PHOTO CREDIT: Freedom Congregational Church LOCATION FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) AND/OR HISTORIC: January 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Eric Johanne sen NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CITY OR TOWN: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STREET AND NUMBER: IDENTIFICATION (7/72) DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: -JUN 2 0 1978 USGOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 87 6 - 167 Western Reserve Historical Society Form No.

10-301a AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION JUN 2 01975 NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC 039 1975 133 IDENTIFICATION Portage DATE NATIONAL COUNTY STATE CODE Eric Johannesen Freedom Congregational Church COMMON: Western Reserve Historical Society ENTRY NUMBER Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR January 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM West bay of portico, looking south. PHOTO CREDIT: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) FOR NPS USE ONLY DATE OF PHOTO: (7/72) NAME CITY OR TOWN: Freedom U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 87 6 - 167 STREET AND NUPUbiic Green Form No. 10-301a AND/OR HISTORIC: DATE OF PHOTO: JUN 2 0 1975 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. NATIONAL West and south elevations, looking northeast.

039 133 NAME Portage Freedom DATE COUNTY Ohio Western Reserve Historical Society Public Green CODE STATE REGISTER PHOTO REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION Freedom Congregational Church FOR NPS USE ONLY COMMON: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Eric Johannesen January 1975 PHOTO CREDIT: STREET AND NUMBER: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) CITY OR TOWN: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NEGATIVE FILED AT: (7/72) JUL 7 PDOPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER LOCATION ENTRY NUMRER Form No. 10-301a -UN 2 0 1975 LOCA TION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. East elevation and north facade, looking southwest.

PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 039 133 Portage COUNTY Eric Johannesen DATE CODE Freedom Congregational Church STATE REGISTER Ohio Western Reserve Historical Society COMMON: FOR NPS USE ONLY PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PHOTO REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION NATIONAL PARK SERVICE January 1975 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER NEGATIVE FILED AT: DATE OF PHOTO: (7/72) JUN 2 0 1975 NAME NATIONAL Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUM BER: U.S. G. S. Ravenna Quadrangle JUN 2 O 1975 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-148/1441 3-I 1970 039 133 1975 NAME Portage COUNTY DATE REQUIREMENTS STATE LOCATION MAP REFERENCE CODE Ohio Public Green 1:24,000 RECEIVED SCALE: SOURCE: ENTRY NUMBER PROPERTY MAP FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CITY OR TOWN: Freedom REGISTER COMMON: JUL7 C DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR RAVENNA, OHIO UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC RAVENNA QUADRANGLE Congregational Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey 81° 49* OHIO-PORTAGE CO 4° 14' 06" Portage Couoty Location STATE Name Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Ciacinnati Lake County Cravford County Palnesville Franklia County Allen Teaple JUL 7 1975 1975 Big Four Depot 7/9/75 Freedon 2 OTHER NAMES: GNPS REGION: 12) SOURCE Of NOMINATION -STATE 1)CONGRESS.

DISTRICT - deteriorated O -NOT INTACT - O - Unknown -unexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? DyesX)no AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21 *first'C - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW - 16 C RELIGION- 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 CXARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY- 13 C MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 *funetions major alterations : 1865, 20th C. 3 interior decorator: Frame, clapboarding; 2 stories, gabled roof, exterior end chimney; front centerttetrastyle Dordy portico with prominent entablature and pediment, surmounted by 3-stage square tower; interiorremodeled, 1865; window lreviewers initials.

_date. 133 portage Freedom ASSOCIATION CONDITION PERSONAL: ENGINEERING-11 Xaltered FEDERAL INSTITUTIONAL: EVENTS: CURRENTLY: builder/contractor: vicinity of artist: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: Greek Revival PRIVATE ORGANIZATION historic events: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 Xoriginal site architectural style(s): Eric Johannesen NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP URBAN PLANNING-31 FREEDOM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH landscape architect/ garden designer: Dexcellent UNKNOWN-6 ADMINISTRATOR: NE Ohio. master builder: county code: Dunexposed Mfeatures: Omoved Oruins -9-75 Public Green on OH SAVED? DYES CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION - 12 dates of initial construction: 5 NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET town -reconstructed QNAMES give role & date sash replaced; basement added, 20th C. Greek Revival.

One of few Greek Revivwal churches remaining in ETHNIC engineer: GROUP LOCAL artisan: COMMERCE-6 Xgood architect: Dfair prepared ADAPTIVE USE YES NO BACCESS