Nomination for St. John The Baptist Roman Catholic Church

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED OCT 22 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM JUN 17 1977 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS St. John The Baptist Roman Catholic Church AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 5th- Delbert L. Latta - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE DISTRICT -STRUCTURE _WORK IN PROGRESS -EDUCATIONAL - PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION IN PROCESS -YES: UNRESTRICTED BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY Most Reverend John Donovan, Archdiocese of Toledo LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR 039 137 Toledo DATE CODE LOCATION SITE Glandorf ENTERTAINMENT Ottawa SCIENTIFIC GOVERNMENT HISTORIC TITLE COUNTY _INDUSTRIAL TRANSPORTATION XRELIGIOUS STATE CATEGORY Putnam MILITARY ACCESSIBLE PARK OWNERSHIP CLASSIFICATION AGRICULTURE Ohio _COMMERCIAL STATUS Courthouse Square NAME _OBJECT FOR NPS USE ONLY 2544 Parkwood Putnam County Courthouse XBUILDING(S) SURVEY RECORDS PH6369331 _MUSEUM DATE ENTERED - UNOCCUPIED X_PRIVATE _PUBLIC _OTHER: DATA SHEET -BOTH Form No. 10-300 Intersection of-SR. 694 and Main St. -FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL 7 DESCRIPTION *EXCELLENT X ORIGINAL SITE GOOD _MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

construction. The building has a basilican plan with an apse and clerestory. The arches which employ bands of light and dark brick. All three entrances open into The interior is a three-aisled hall with tall aisle arcade, a blind triforium and clerestory. The vaulted ceiling is elegantly decorated with Christian a one-story, three car brick garage. CONDITION UNALTERED XALTERED RUINS DETERIORATED FAIR CHECK ONE chancel is also buttressed and has three more windows. box cornice.The wall brmers have decorative wood siding in the pediment area. open proch protects the front entrance. The convent is a very plain,2-story brick building.The hip roof has four Stone belt courses are employed.There is a band of brick dentils below the Completed in 18V8 this High Victorian Gothic cathedral is built of brick masonry The front entry has an open, gable-roofed wood porch.

A stained glass window are pedimented;the center entrance is recessed within a series of receeding The two-1/2 story building is nearly square with several gables and wall dormers _UNEXPOSED and the present convent building The rectory to the south of the church from the mother parish in Glandorf, Germany is in the rectory. To the rear is metal-roofed foyers. Above each entrance is a traceried, Gothic window. Sandstone central tower. Gothic arched windows, clock faces, and tall pyramidal roof and buttresses. The ends of the transept have two tall windows. The three-sided accents of red, darker blue, and gilt. The ribbed vaulting is carried downward at the roofline. Windows are paired with either stone lintels or brick headers.

DATE is used for the trim and pediments above the windows.The three part facade In addition to this exquisite church the property includes a rectory by a band of brick corbeling and stone medallions.There is a three-stage was built by Schumacher Doepher using the same materials as the church. AREAS OF

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Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Defiance, and Van Wert Counties for many years. The church contains priceless woodcarvings, altars, pulpit and communion rail 1400-1499 1600-1699 ENGINEERING COMMUNICATIONS INVENTION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE EDUCATION PERIOD ART POLITICS/GOVERNMENT LAW BUILDER/ARCHITECT SCIENCE THEATER RELIGION INDUSTRY MILITARY SCULPTURE TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURE LITERATURE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN Victorian Gothic Church architecture.It was designed by the Cleveland firm St.John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church is an outstanding example of High and was the largest Catholic church in the Cleveland diocese for many years. _CONSERVATION the nomination because of their proximity to the church. of Cudell G Richardson. It is in excellent condition and both the interior -1700-1799 and exterior details are true to the German cathedrals from which the plan sett1ers.(1954).

also owns a school and a shrine constructed of the tombstones of early -COMMERCE Built in 1875-1878 the church was considered the"Cathedral of the Northwest" _1900- Cudell & Richardson -_1500-1599 - MUSIC SPECIFIC DATES 1875-1878 Putnam County.Roman Catholicism was established in Glandorf in 1834by

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Leach, Michael. A Definitive Study of the Religious Community in Glandorf, Putnam County, Ohio 1834-1900 and its Societal as Symbolized by the Roman Catholic 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Revised: Gretchen Klimoski St. John The Baptist Church STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION 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 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE DATE Sept.

21, 1976 FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892.453 ORGANIZATION DATE CODE 466-8727 COUNTY NORTHING TELEPHONE Columbus Glandorf Michael Leach UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING 1982 Velma Ave Ohio Historic Preservation Office 6/76 THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. ATTEST 040 ZONE LOCAL Ohio Church of St.John The Baptist.Masters Thesis, BGSU,1975. Form No. 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM St.

John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church Putnam County, Ohio ITEM NUMBER The church, convent and rectory are nominated to the National east of the rectory, but is to be considered a non-conforming PAGE RECEIVED CONTINUATION SHEET these boundaries is also a church school which is just south- provided the model for this church. Consideration of Boundary have been so common to the rural churches of Germany which the private drive greatly contributes to the importance of the FOR NPS USE ONLY DATE ENTERED three buildings since it provides the"green"space that would is bounded on the west by Main Street and on the north, east, structure. The grassy area surrounding the complex within where route 694 meets Main Street in Glandorf.The property Form No. 10-300a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED OCT 22 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES JUN 17 1977 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Putnam Co., Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET north Rectory shrine PAGE Convent Church School ITEM NUMBER DATE ENTERED St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church (SR694 FOR NPS USE ONLY GPO 892 455 Working Number 10.22.76.4348 3.22 17 CONTROL Inventory - OTHER KEEPER TECHNICAL Entered Send-back ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Maps Re-submit Photos Review HISTORIAN National Register Write-up Putnam State BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Federal Register Entry Property St. John the Baptist R.c. Church Ohio 11-10-76 JUN 17 1977 IN T:2106- 74 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No.

7 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Accept 10.22.76 JUN 17 1977 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL RESISTER Church, Glandorf, Putnam Co., Ohio Interior of church Photo G negative: Michael Leach, Glandorf, 1976 St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic OCT 22 1976 OCT 22 1976 JUN 17 1977 St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic photo G Negative: Michael Leach, rear of convent G church (east) Glandorf, 1976 Church, Glandorf, Putnam Co., Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER St. John the Baptist Romand Catholic JUN 17 1977 Glandorf, 1976 photo G negative: Michael Leach Church, Glandorf, Putnam Co., Ohio north elevation of rectory OCT 22 1976 JUN 17 1977 St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Glandorf, Putnam Co., Ohio Rectory-south G east elevations. Glandorf, 1976 photo G negative: Michael Leach, PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER OCT 22 1976 JUN 17 1977 Rectory facade ( west) St.

John the Baptist Roman Catholic Glandorf, 1976 Church, Glandorf, Putnam Co., Ohio photo G negative: Michael Leach PROPERTY OF TIE NATHONAL REGISTER OCT 22 1976 JUN 17 1977 St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Glandorf, Putnam Co., Ohio Glandorf, 1976 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER photo G negative: Michael Leach, tower of church. Glandorf, 1976 OCT 22 1976 JUN 17 1977 photo G negative: Michael Leach Facade: west St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Glandorf, Putnam Co., Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 7081 Glandorf, 1976 JUN 17 1977 St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Glandorf, Putnam Co., Ohio photo G negative: Michael Leach OCT 22 1976 west G south elevations of church OCT 22 1976 Glandorf, 1976 JUN- 17 1977 Church, Glandorf, Putnam Co., Ohio south elevation of church St.

John the Baptist Roman Catholic photo G negative: Michael Leach PROPERTY OF TME NATIONAL REGISTER Glandorf, 1976 JUN 17 1977 photo G negative: Michael Leach, St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Glandorf, Putnam Co., Ohio Convent: south G west elevations OCT 22 1976 OCT 22 1976 Glandorf, 1976 JUN 17 St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic north G west sides of convent PROPERTY O photo G negative: Michael Leach, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES 1.S MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC Z OCT 22 1976 > 1960 OTTAWA QUADRANGLE Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (REV. 2-74) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Mrs. Berchell M.

mott ACTION TAKEN GP0 873-122 OFFICE DATE CALLER TELEPHONE TIME WASO-145 CONGRESSIONAL TELEPHONE REQUEST NATURE OF REQUEST RECEIVED BY 5-10.77 9:55 To Be Retained In Office Receiving Call Cng.batta UNITED STAFES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (REV. 2-74) NATURE OF REQUEST GPO 873-122 TIME TELEPHONE DATE OFFICE WASO-145 ACTION TAKEN RECEIVED BY CONGRESSIONAL TELEPHONE REQUEST REFERRED TO NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 9:55 Cong hatta To Be Retained In Office Receiving Call 5-24-77 JUN 17 1977 St. Join the Baptist R,C, Church Hon. John E. Glenn, Jr. Regional Director, Mêdvest Region 880 Location 6/22/77 STATE MMott/row Name Portage County Kent Also Notified Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue State Historie Preservation Officer Putnam County West Main Street District Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Dr- Thomas B. Smith Columbus, ohio 43211 Hon. John F. Seiberling Hon.

Delbert L. Latta Director, The Ohio Historieal Society OHIO DATE: 3.22.77 DOE JUN 17 1977 OTHER NANES: STREET & NUMBER Main St. and OH 694 CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT VICINITY OF OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : ADMINISTRATOR (underline) - unknown - 4 - not applicable - 7 -Interioz, exterior, environs not intact-o CONDITION - "only" YES IF YES, NAME: ADAPTIVE USE: Saved ? FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) then-chesch, rechay. conuent now- same _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _urban & commun _OTHER (SPECIFY) "'first" YES "oldest"' YES NO 137 INTERIOR code COUNTY EXTERIOR Putnam ORIGINALSITE planning ARCHITECTURE Yes-unrestricted Glandorf ENVIRONS UNEXPOSED STATE COMMERCE UNALTERED FEATURES: Claims LOCATION: SIGNIFICANCE: No access WEST 5th WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT?

MILITARY ENGINEERING EXCELLENT ECONOMICS INVENTION -socio/cultural _Reconstructed _TRANSPORTATION -entertainment _CONSERVATION -settlement EDUCATION _Unexcavated Ohio MOVED ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PACIFIC NORTHWEST -recreation historic district? WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _EXPLORATION _COMMUNICATIONS UTERATURE Substantially intact-l _DETERIORATED _PHILOSOPHY AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY ARCHEULUGY.PREHISTORIC _health -MUSIC _Unkncwn _FAIR . St.

John The Baptist Roman Catholic Church - unknown -6 -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE INITIALS: MJL OTHER SOUTHEAST DOE _RUINS -GOOD -ART builder contractor: Schumacher Doepher (label role HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : SIGNIFICANCE: (maximum two sentences) COUNTY OTHER artist/artisan: personal engineer: MUNICIPAL STATE NAMES: interior decorator: landscape/garden designer: institutional events appropriate date) PRIVATE LOCAL GOV"T FEDERAL AGENCY: DATES: COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) (rectay)