Nomination for St. Paul's Sunday School and Parish House

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) DATA SHEET UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE APR 2 3 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON Firestone Conservatory I STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN -- CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 14 - John Seiberling - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS - XYES: RESTRICTED BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 153 039 Akron DATE LOCATION CODE TITLE BOTH OBJECT GOVERNMENT Ohio ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP DISTRICT ENTERTAINMENT SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE CLASSIFICATION INDUSTRIAL CATEGORY STATE HISTORIC PARK TRANSPORTATION RECEIVED PRIVATE STATUS _COMMERCIAL NAME Summit County Building STRUCTURE COURTHOUSE. 72 South High Street OTHER: DATE ENTERED East Market and Forge Streets XEDUCATIONAL East Buchtel XBUILDING(S) The University of Akron ** St. Paul's Sunday School and Parish House FOR NPS USE ONLY _UNOCCUPIED -RELIGIOUS - MILITARY -MUSEUM * PUBLIC -FEDERAL STATE COUNTY_LOCAL COUNTY Summit XORIGINAL SITE -_MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The plan is an irregular cross-shape, but it is not entirely symmetrical. construction. The woodwork of the west room is a dark oak, and the has also obscured a corner fireplace with a Gothic hood in the northeast corner of the large west room, which formed a sort of domestic CONDITION DETERIORATED DESCRIPTION UNALTERED XALTERED parish house.The main floor meeting room faces a proscenium platform FAIR room which has sloping ceilings under the roof.The west room is a tall constitute one structure, and only the building described is nominated. CHECK ONE The walls are constructed of coursed sandstone with corner buttresses.

with three Gothic lancet windows.Some of the windows on the west elev- tower on the north side, and above the crossing there was asmall The four main gables of the building are approximately equal in size a sort of plate tracery.Each side elevation of the east end has a dormer provide an office, so the door is not used. This temporary arrangement the balcony are a number of small classrooms nowwused as offices.On "inglenook." XEXCELLENT The interior arrangement is unusual. The east half is a two-story temporary wooden passageway, but they do not for this reason at the east end. The room is connected to the west part of the building This is a two-story Victorian Gothic structure with a basement. it provides access to the upper east room.The balcony is supported pointed fleche, but they have been removed.

the north side the balcony ends at the organ chamber;on the south side -GOOD _UNEXPOSED The building is connected to the later sanctuary(1909)bya -RUINS DATE by a large folding wooden door. The second floor contains one large on wooden posts which appear to have been added after the original ceiling consists of tongue-and-groove boards. The area immediately to the west of the folding door has been temporarily partitioned to and importance.There is a corner entrance in the southeast angle of the cross. The Gothic windows on each elevation have flat masonry frames, two-story space surrounded on three sides by a balcony. Opening from ation are rectangular with lintels.Originally there was a small belfry AREAS OF

Statement of significance

private homes and rooms, the congregation built a small frame building Edison, and later the co-founder of the widely influential Chautauqua 1884-1885 1700-1799 BUILDER/ARCHITECT ECONOMICS LAW PERIOD ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC POLITICS/GOVERNMENT SIGNIFICANCE ART TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURE THEATER MILITARY PHILOSOPHY ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC SCULPTURE _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT LITERATURE became increasingly concerned with the care and education of children, cultural institution at Chautauqua Lake, New York. In the latter part of the nineteenth century religious organizations passageway, but it does not have the architectural or historical distinction _COMMUNICATIONS INVENTION proper and supervised recreation, and social service. The first building of the earlier building.Both buildings were acquired by the University to enlarge a conventional sanctuary.

Miller's original Sunday School no as the Firestone Conservatory of Music. his graded classes, consisting of a semi-circular auditorium arranged and built the existing Sunday School and Parish House at a cost of $35,000. inventor and manufacturer of reapers, the father-in-law of Thomas A.

_PREHISTORIC -1600-1699 _RELIGION XEDUCATION of Akron in 1952 with funds from the Firestone Foundation and serve -1400-1499 - ENGINEERING This is an early building designed specifically asa Sunday school and In 1907-1909,the sanctuary of St.Paul's Episcopal Church was erected adjacent to the Sunday School and is connected to it by a wooden For the Sunday School Miller createda unique plan to accommodate _COMMERCE - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN - CONSERVATION parish house, and secondarily as a sanctuary.It is located in the city Methodist Church in Akron in 1868.It was conceived by Lewis Miller, an St.Paul's Episcopal Parish was formed in 1835.Meeting at first in where the Akron plan," of which it is an excellent example, was evolved. - INDUSTRY -1900- -MUSIC church purchased the triangular lot at East Market, Forge and Fir Streets It was dedicated January 6, 1885.

to be erected solely for Sunday school purposes was built by the First as a parterre and gallery, and suggested to him by an outdoor picnic SCIENCE in 1844,and that building was subsequently enlarged in 1870.In 1884 the "Akron plan,"and frequently incorporated a large folding or lifting door

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Centennial Celebration (St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Akron, 1935). Ellwood Hendrick, Lewis Miller (New York, 1925), 144 ff. William B. Doyle, Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio_(Chicago, 1908), 219-220. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY - VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE November 1975 STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATEJS: NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), 1 criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE S. H. P. O.

FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT TYÉS PROPERTY IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ATTEST KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 CODE 216-721-5722 DATE LOCAL COUNTY TELEPHONE ZONE Cleveland ORGANIZATION Ohio Western Reserve Historical Society The University of Akron Archives. Eric Johannesen, Preservationist ZONE EASTING UTM REFERENCES Less than one hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the 10825 East Boulevard NORTHING St. Paul's Sunday School and Parish House Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - BRANCH CHIEF Send-back _ Re-submit .

1976 Summit KEEPER OTHER CONTROL Entered HAER Maps HISTORIAN OHIO Review Property Federal Register Entry State Working Number4.23.76.3220 National Register Write-up Cole 12-2-26 INT:2106 - 74 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 TECHNICAL ARCHEOLOGIST REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 5.7.76 NOV 7 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER APR 2 3 1976 Form No. 10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON VICINITY OF COUNTYSummit DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 1975 LOCATION HISTORIC RECIEVED IDENTIFICATION Firestone Conservatory I Western Reserve Historical Society PHOTO REFERENCE NAME St.

Paul's Sunday School and Parish House South elevation, looking north. SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS FOR NPS USE ONLY PHOTO NO. STATE Ohio APR 83 1976 NOV 7 APR 2 3 1976 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE APR 9 3 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NOV 7 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY, TOWN VICINITY OF STATE Ohio COUNTY Summit DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892.454 1975 IDENTIFICATION Akron HISTORIC LOCATION RECIEVED Western Reserve Historical Society PHOTO CREDIT Firestone Conservatory I NAME E.

Johannesen PHOTO REFERENCE East elevation, looking west. PHOTO NO. St. Paul.s Sunday School and Parish House NOV 7 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE APR 8 3 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF STATE Ohio NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 1975 LOCATION HISTORIC Akron IDENTIFICATION RECIEVED Western Reserve Historical Society NAME Firestone Conservatory I NOV1976 PHOTO REFERENCE E. Johannesen Northwest elevation, looking southeast PHOTO NO. PHOTO CREDIT St.

Paul's Sunday School and Parish House SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS DATE OF PHOTO FOR NPS USE ONLY NOV 7 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER APR 2 3 Form No. 10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES APR 8 3 1976 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF STATE Ohio CoUNTYSummit DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT 4 IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 1975 1976 Akron LOCATION HISTORIC RECIEVED Firestone Conservatory I Western Reserve Historical Society E. Johannesen PHOTO NO. NAME PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT St. Paul's Sunday School and Parish House SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS Interior of "Akron Plan" Sunday School.

FOR NPS USE ONLY Ohio UNITED STATES 4547/640 North DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AKRON WEST QUADRANGLE OHIO-SUMMITCO. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY School and Parish Hous 17 457/420 East AKRON WEST, OHIO NOV 7 1976 Brown, John Hartness, House Society for Savings Building Greene County St. Paul'a Sunday School and Parish Campbel1, Hugh, House (Phoenix Park) Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. John 3. Glena, JI. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Eon, Jameg V. Stanton Hon. Will1s D. Gradison, Jr. Hon, J. Will1an Stanton INT: 2950-75 Hon. Donald D.

Clancy 11/10/76 House Director Akron Location STATE MMott/row Name Regional Summit County Mansfield Hamilton County Ashtabula County Cuyahoga County Harrison vicinity ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER State Historic Preservation Officer Cincinnati Date Entered Richland County Also Notified Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Clevaland Heights Kingwood Center Clevoland Bailey-Thonpson Bouse Henderson, John, House Hon. John F. Seiberling Hon. John M. Ashbrook Hon. Charles A. Vanik Mecklenburg's Garden West Andover Hon. Clarence J. Brown The Ohio Historical Society Brown County 880 Georgetown Millen-Schmldt House - VICINITY OF OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : - Substantially intact-3 - not applicable - 7 -Interioz, exterior, environs not intact-o CONDITION - "'only" YES IF YES, NAME: Saved ?

FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) _LANDSCAPE ARCH TECTURE LARCHEOLOGY HISTORIC _LAW/Gov't/politics _SCIENCE EDUCATION SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _urban & commun _OTHER (SPECIFY) "first" YES EXTERIOR planning CONSERVATION PHILOSOPHY ARCHITECTURE Yes-unrestricted ENVIRONS MIDWEST COMMERCE SIGNIFICANCE: No access AGRICULTURE FEATURES: EXCELLENT Claims DETERIORATED _TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS UNEXPOSED MILITARY LOCATION: ENGINEERING MOVED -recreation UNALTERED ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC DATE: _COMMUNICATIONS historic district? _entertainment ART WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? EXPLORATION. -settlement ADMINISTRATOR(underline) -socio/cultural MUSIC PACIFIC NORTHWEST _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?

-Reconstructed Unknown -LITERATURE ADAPTIVE USE: -health _Excavated LORIGINAL SITE INVENTION 153 _Unexcavatea then-pa Summit 039 INITIALS: 36 DOENOV 7 1976 STREET & NUMBER CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT Junknown -6 "oldest'' YES NO SOUTHEAST COUNTY INTERIOR MID ATLANTIC Revlewer -RUINS -GOOD ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: per sonal (label role HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : 1884 SIGNIFICANCE: (maximum two sentences) architect/m.builder: DATES: artist/artisan: COUNTY NAMES: events engineer: MUNICIPAL interior decorator: OTHER landscape/garden designer: institutional STATE builder/contractor: COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) ETHNIC GROUP: appropriate date) FEDERAL AGENCY: LOCAL GOV"T DATE OF CONSTRUCTION (Specific date or 1/4 of century): SOURCE: (OF NOMINATION)