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

Nomination for Wyandot Mission Church

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,709 words across 13 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 76001552, 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 RECEIVED DEC 3 0 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 STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN X VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X PRIVATE -WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS XYES: RESTRICTED - YES: UNRESTRICTED -TRANSPORTATION 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Ohio Historic Survey, Phase 1: February, 1967 DEPOSITORY FOR 039 UNOCCUPIED CODE Wyandot 175 HISTORIC DATE TITLE LOCATION SITE SCIENTIFIC ACCESSIBLE COUNTY GOVERNMENT ENTERTAINMENT CLASSIFICATION STATE CATEGORY DISTRICT Mission Cemetery OWNERSHIP INDUSTRIAL Courthouse Square STRUCTURE Ohio Historical Society PARK Wyandot Mission Church PUBLIC MILITARY Church Street Upper Sandusky STATUS NAME DATA SHEET Columbus Ohio _BEING CONSIDERED CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Wyandot County Courthouse XBUILDING(S) DATE ENTERED XRELIGIOUS "Ohio Historic Landmarks SURVEY RECORDS _OBJECT John Stewart Methodist Church _EDUCATIONAL FOR NPS USE ONLY 4th - Tennyson Guyer - COMMERCIAL -BOTH AGRICULTURE _OTHER: - MUSEUM X EXCELLENT X ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The Wyandot Mission Church is built of cut limestone on a stone foundation. It now boarded over with plaques bearing the names of those buried in the cemetery The entraces are original. carved hardwood. Originally a one square mile tract contained the mission school, farm and the CONDITION DESCRIPTION DETERIORATED FAIR GOOD UNALTERED CHECK ONE identical doorways which are placed toward the outer sides of the building.These altar is not original but was added during the restoration and is constructed of consists of a single story and is gable roofed. The north facade has two recessed, member of the complex.The property now consists of three acres. doorways has stone lintels and steps and the recesses have paneled wood trim. after that time.It was restored by the Methodist Church in 1889.
At that time The church interior is one room with exposed stone walls, wide plank floors and the windows were enlarged and the wood shakes of the roof were repaced with slate. _UNEXPOSED cornices.There is a single chimney on the south end of the gable roof. church building.The farm and school are gone and the church is the only surviving -RUINS The east and west sides have four, double-hung windows. These have stone lintels DATE and sills and solid wood shutters. The south end has two windows which are The church was used for missionary work until l843 and gradually fell into disrepair which surrounds the building. The roof is slate and there are simple boxed hewn benches.There isa single fireplace in the rear of the building.The AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Stewart, born in 1786 of free Black parents in Powhatan County, Virginia, in 1816 he worked among the Wyandot Indians in Upper Sandusky, Ohio and in 1819 a result of Stewart's work, the first official Methodist mission to the wife and for the next three years, Stewart and Finley operated a school for 1400-1499 1824 1700-1799 Indian mission. ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE PERIOD PHILOSOPHY COMMERCE POLITICS/GOVERNMENT PREHISTORIC ART ENGINEERING BUILDER/ARCHITECT ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION THEATER SIGNIFICANCE TRANSPORTATION MILITARY _COMMUNICATIONS SCULPTURE INDUSTRY Wyandot Indians and the mission closed.The church and burial ground was -EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT successful and continuing Methodist mission among the Indians in the United A farm adjoining the Wyandot reservation was purchased for Stewart and his placed under the trusteeship of the Methodist church.
X.RELIGION _SCIENCE The Wyandot Mission Church was built as a result of the first really the church was erected with government funds due the Indians ($1333.30). LITERATURE -CONSERVATION the General Conference of the Methodist Church appropriated $2,ooo for the and the establishment of the first permanent mission in 1819. -1600-1699 -ECONOMICS -1900- LAW _COMMUNITY PLANNING received a license to preach from the Methodist Church. In August, 1819, as The signing of the Wyandot Peace Treaty in 1842 forced the relocation of the The grounds and buildings were well-kept for a time, but were soon allowed to "restoration" of the mission. The work was completed in 1889 and the church has Statesand INVENTION ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC Indians was established.Rev.James Finley was appointed to assist Stewart.
been cared for ever since.Services are conducted in the church during the fall into disuse.The roof rotted and the walls began to crumble.In 1888 1816,in Upper Sandusky.John Stewart's work resulted in a large following 9

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1902, 2nd Vol. February, 1975. The Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA tess than one 3 ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY - UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Gretchen Klimoski, National Registr Program Manager STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL - 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 DATE 12-19-75 FOR NPS USE ONLY KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 1975 466-8727 DATE CODE ORGANIZATION NORTHING COUNTY TELEPHONE ZONE Columbus STATE Ohio The Ohio Historical Society Larry Alan Beers ZONE EASTING 1982 Velma Avenue White, Rodger. "Old Mission Church Revived", Columbus Dispatch, July 29, 1973, Columbus. Mission Started by Black Ohioan",Echoes,Vol.14,No.2, 1:20.26 Working Number /2. 30.75.
2255 Photos 2 Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF JAN 2 0 1978 OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST KEEPER Entered CONTROL HAER TECHNICAL Re-submit Send-back HISTORIAN Review National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 Wyan dot 1.20-76 VN776 IN T : 2 106 - 74 ACCEPT PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NPS Number 7-22-73 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NPS Number 120/ 7-22-73 Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED DEG 3 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN X VICINITY OF : Upper Sandusky U.S.G.S. 7.5' Upper Sandusky Quadrangle TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3.
UTM REFERENCES INT: 34 64 - 75 Wyandot DATE LOCATION COUNTY SCALE SOURCE Ohio REQUIREMENTS HISTORIC Wyandot Mission Church STATE 1:24000 NAME 1960, photorevised 1971 DATE ENTERED MAP REFERENCE UPPER SANDUSKY, OFIO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC RECEIVED GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NATIONAL UPPER SANDUSKY QUADRANGLE 17 307/880 4522/860 OHIO-WYANDOT CO. ROAD CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE ON - 4TH DISTRICT, OHIO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 114 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING FUTURE FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (202) 225-2676 658 WEST MARKET STREET House of Kepresentatites VETERANS' AFFAIRS (419) 223-0903 COMPENSATION AND PENSION January 8, 1976 Mr. Gary E. Everhardt, Director Washington, D. C. 20240 Mission Shrine in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, has been recommended matter.
SUBCOMMITTEE: HOSPITALS Department of the Interior TENNYSON GUYER for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. This shrine is located in my Congressional District, as a national landmark. Member of Congress Thank you in advance for your consideration in this It has been called to my attention that the Wyandotte National Park Service and I certainly do feel that it is worthy of being designated Dear Mr. Everhardt: Congress of the nited tates TG:kr Sincerely, C Street Between 18th and 19th Sts., N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 LIMA, OHIO 45801 OFFICES: FNP: CRBraxton:crb: 1-13-76 Sincerely yours, Director House of Representatives Sandusky, Ohio. Honorable Termyson Guyer Washington, D.c. We appreciate your interest and will provide you a January 13, 1976 Gary Everharat Dear Mr. Guyer: reply at the earliest opportunity.
BRAXtON' Z1 JAN 23 tion programs of the llational Park Service. Enclosure Dr. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 73211) w/c of inc. Regional Director, Midwest) w/e of inc. IS) IS-D's Chron. Director's Reading File Director We appreciate your interest in the historic preservation FNP:WJandl:clb:1-21-76 Director, The Ohio Historical Society Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue We are pleased to advise you that this property was entered Ernest Allen Connally Washington, D.C. H34-PR Associate Leaflet deseribing the liational Register and related preserva- Honorable Tennyson Guyer House of Representatives bcc: Register of Historie Places. Sincerely yours, programs of the Jiational Park Service. Dear Mr. Guyer: JAN 2 0 1976 Hon. John H. Glenn, Jx.
INT: 2950-75 1/23/76 Location Region STATE Name Wyandot County MMott/row Date Entered Upper Sandusky vicinity ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Wyandot Mission Church Hon. Tennyson Guyer Regional Director, Midwest Director, The Ohio Historical Society Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue State Historic Preservation Officer Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. DE. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, ohio 43211 OHIO 2 OTHER NAMES: 3 date grentry: 4 county code: ASTATE - deteriorated 17) features: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT - 2 Dexcellent OD NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown 3O NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?
Dyes pho 21) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 CARCHEOLOGY- prehistoric-2 "first' i - COMMERCE- 6 - LAW- 16 C SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 - MILITARY- 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS - 9 C INDUSTRY-13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 'only' O C ART-5 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION -25 2 functions major alterations : @ arch itectural style(s): @master builder: landscape architect / garden designer: N interior decorator: ( artist: Lmartisan: @builder/contractor: CONDITION ETHNIC ENGINEERING-11 ASSOCIATION OWNER INSTITUTIONAL: ENTERTAINMENT-26 EVENTS: PERSONAL: CURRENTLY: FEDERAL 1-20-76 URBAN PLANNING-31 midwest EDUCATION-10 SAVED?YES ADMINISTRATOR: UNKNOWN-6 Coriginal site BNPS REGION Dunexcavated Daltered BACCESS Oruins 12SOURCE of NOMINATION LOCATION street & number city / town CDCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24.
L OTHER (SPECIFY) @engineer: TIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED. NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE @architeet: NAMES explain LOCAL PRIVATE ORGANIZATION 175 SNATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP Ogood WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT:C Lwyandot