Decorative drawing: a plain country church with a tall steeple. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Wilmot United Brethren Church

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,500 words across 10 pages, filed in 1976. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 76001529, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAR 2 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES JUN 2 8 1976 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 16 - Ralph Regula - VICINITY OF . STATE PRESENT USE DISTRICT STRUCTURE _WORK IN PROGRESS - PRIVATE RESIDENCE -IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED BEING CONSIDERED XOTHERvacant OWNER OF PROPERTY Thomas R.
Soehnlen 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 COUNTY Canton Navarre Wilmot CODE LOCATION DATE TITLE Stark SITE EDUCATIONAL OWNERSHIP ACCESSIBLE HISTORIC GOVERNMENT Ohio CATEGORY PRIVATE SCIENTIFIC TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURE RELIGIOUS COMMERCIAL CLASSIFICATION MUSEUM NAME PUBLIC UNOCCUPIED RECEIVED PARK STATUS Wilmot United Brethren Church DATE ENTERED PUBLIC ACQUISITION BOTH. _ENTERTAINMENT BUILDING(S) PH0358304 West Tuscarawas Street Massillon Street (State Route 62) DATA SHEET FOR NPS USE ONLY - MILITARY - INDUSTRIAL 1409l Stone Ford SW _OBJECT REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC. Stark County Office Building X EXCELLENT X ALTERED -MOVED DATE: DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

tion, in a mixture of Greek Revival, Italianate and Gothic styles. A later to match the windows. There is a cornice return and' wide frame. For this reason, a kind of reinforcing or tying timber is Above, the octagonal belfry has openings of a multiple ogee shape On the interior, the small vestibule area contains the stairway UNEXPOSED CONDITION DESCRIPTION FAIR since that time. surfaces are of horizontal clapboard, but the internal structure consists replaced with large frosted panes, and a large central chandelier and is flanked by two windows.There are Italianate pediments over molding frames.The tower is constructed in the same plank method. of solid walls of stacked layers of planks. There is no conventional straight-back benches by the present curved oak pews, and the which is Victorian Gothic, and still contains the bell cast in 1869.
In addition, the roof is supported by king-post trusses. CHECK ONE sloping floor was laid.No significant alterations have been made frieze characteristic of the Greek Revival style.The exterior wall shows as a part of the external design above the Italianate drop to the tower belfry. Between the vestibule and the main hall there It is topped by a tall octagonal spire. All evidence indicates that This is a small church structure of unusual wooden wall construc- center tower projecting slightly from the facade hasa single entrance - DETERIORATED the basic structure, design, belfry and spire are all contemporary.
was added (which has since been removed).In 1905-1906 the frosted inserted over each of the four windows of the side elevations, and was remodeled in 1899 when the original small pane sash were X_ORIGINAL SITE -RUINS -GOOD UNALTERED the windows, and the door frame appears to have been slightly altered windows were replaced with the present colored glass, the former DATE is a wide semi-circular archway framed in oak.The church interior AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Township, the southwesternmost township in Stark County, The area at Weimer's Hill, a few miles to the east, and decided to erect its own building in 1869. The contractor was William Bell, a "well-known" local carpenter-builder. The church was dedicated 1600-1699 1500-1599 1869 1400-1499 EDUCATION THEATER ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC LAW PHILOSOPHY PERIOD ART INDUSTRY LITERATURE MILITARY AGRICULTURE SCIENCE SIGNIFICANCE SCULPTURE _TRANSPORTATION MUSIC _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT over a hundred years, and was recently acquired by a private unsual wood construction, the walls being made of stacked horizon- _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT -COMMUNICATIONS _CONSERVATION not yet fully documented.
The building is also distinctive because tal planks.while a few houses of this type of construction are _ECONOMICS The United Brethren congregation was a part of an earlier church owner for restoration as a community building. The primary significance of this church building lies in its _PREHISTORIC in August,1869.The building served the church continuously for known in northern Ohio, the origin and extent of the method are - INVENTION of the Victorian Gothick' belfry on a basically Greek Revival body. _ENGINEERING -COMMERCE Wilmot was the first village laid out (l836) in Sugar Creek - 1700-1799 -1900- _COMMUNITY PLANNING BUILDER/ARCHITECT ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC William Bell was settled mainly by Germans and Scotch-Irish from Pennsylvania. 1869-1929), (Wilmot, 1929), n. p. Edward T. Heald, The Stark County Story (Canton, 1949), I, 289-296.

The rest of the file

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - 1 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE - Western Reserve Historical Society STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National 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 criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER FTL KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 216-721-5722 DATE TELEPHONE CODE ORGANIZATION NORTHING COUNTY Cleveland ZONE EASTING Ohio Eric Johannesen, Preservationist August 1975 less than one 10825 East Boulevard Historical Sketch of Wilmot United Brethren Church (Jubilee Homecoming MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 4.510,01630 LOCAL ATTEST: Photos - 3. 22.76 Inventory - JUN 2 2 1976 OTHER KEEPER CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST TECHNICAL Entered HAER Send-back Maps Re-submit Review HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF State National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Working Number 3. 2. 76.
26.5 2 627 Ntheruuse IN T:2106-74 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN 5/25/76 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 6.18.76 NPS Number NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 2.42 Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAR 2 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM JUN 2 2 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - ENCLOSE WITH MAP AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF STATE Ohio MAP REFERENCE U. S. G.S. Wilmot Quadrangle 1:24, 000 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES INT: 34 64 - 75 1961 Wilmot RECEIVED LOCATION HISTORIC DATE SCALE REQUIREMENTS SOURCE NAME Wilmot United Brethren Church DATE ENTERED U. S. G. S.
1976 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WILMOT QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) MAR 2 United Brethren 1976 ROA CLASSIFICATION REGISTER RECEIVED GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 4500/630 North DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS OHIO 17 446/570 East DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WILMOT, OHIO ) State Rout STATE OTIO St. Raphael Church Cook, Zimri, House Butler County Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Eon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. Clarence J. Brown Hon. Donald M. Mottl Hon. James V. Stanton INT: 2950-75 Lester Location Independence Name Oxford Springfield Cleveland Salt House ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Bethel Vicinity Cuyahoga County Langstroth Cottage Clermont County Wilmot United Brethren Church South Park Site Regional Director,Midwest Region Date Entered Also Notified Stark County Lake Township School Wilmot St.
Stanislaus Church Medina County Unlontown Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Hon. Ralph S. Regula Hon. Willian H. Haraha Director,The Ohio Historical Society JUN 2 2 1976 Dr. Thonns Il. Srith PR:MMott: cam:6/24/76 State Historic Preservation Officer 76001529 Hon. Charieg E. Mosher Hon. Thonas N. Kindness NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET 2 OTHER NAMES: - county code: SLOCATION street & number CONGRESS.
DISTRICT 16 TH )SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL 1 CONDITION D deteriorated 17) features: Omoved EO NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed O UNKNOWN-5 Dunexcavated 30 NOT APPLICABLE -7 - No Access DAREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : C LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21 SOCLAIMS: explain - ENTERTAINMENT-26 C LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 CARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE - 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 C] MILITARY- 18 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 C MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' O - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 functions @dates of initial construction 1860 68 architectural style(s) GREEK REVIVAL/GOTHIC REVIVAL/ITALIANATE 3 landscape arohiteot / garden designer: I interior decorator: @builder/contractor: EVENTS : IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE ASSOCIATION ETHNIC GROUP ENGINEERING-11 PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: STARK PRIVATE ORGANIZATION historic events: ARCHITECTURE-4 XSTATE Xunknown URBAN PLANWING-31 MID-WEST WILMOT SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 ADMINISTRATOR: Xoriginal site master builder: vicinity of 06-22-76 CNAME as it appears on federal register: SAVED?YES RECREATION-28 if state who prepared form?
3artisan: ELEMENTS OF: Oruins GNPS REGION: of entry: MASSILLON ST. (U.S.62) -good Oreconstructed 'first'O CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric -2 - COMMERCE -6 CURRENTLY: VACANT Sarchiteet: engineer: artist: Xaltered Dfair NAMES give role & date Xoxpellent ISPROPERTYA HISTORIC DISTRICT?yes