Nomination for Macedonia Church

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM FEB 7 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 STATE ( PRESENT USE -WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION &.RELIGIOUS IN PROCESS -YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY Lorena Justice, Beatrice Connally and Velva Vinson Rt.

2, Box 431 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS April 10, 1976 DEPOSITORY FOR I-71 and 17th Ave., Columbus 087 Ironton Burlington 039 Lawrence COUNTY DATE OBJECT TITLE LOCATION CODE MILITARY BOTH ACCESSIBLE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC COMMERCIAL OWNERSHIP CLASSIFICATION INDUSTRIAL CATEGORY TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURE ENTERTAINMENT MUSEUM PARK NAME STATUS SITE STRUCTURE PUBLIC on Burlington-Macedonia Road XUNOCCUPIED CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OTHER: Ohio Historic Inventory XBUILDING(S) South Point DATE ENTERED Two and three tenths miles north from new U.S.Route 52, XPRIVATE Trustees, Macedonia Baptist Church SW Corner of 5th and Park Street _BEING CONSIDERED - EDUCATIONAL Ohio DATA SHEET 6th Harsha FOR NPS USE ONLY XYES: RESTRICTED _FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY LOCAL SURVEY RECORDS 1978 HISTORIC Macedonia Church _ORIGINAL SITE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The facade, shorter than the sides of the building, is one bay in width. Moved: Because of the dampness of the original site, the church was CONDITION DETERIORATED DESCRIPTION UNALTERED RUINS of rough plaster was covered in recent years by imitation wood paneling The building is constructed of frame with beveled siding and was moved.Three large crystal ceiling lights with red shades were The gabled tin roof has overlapping eaves with no exposed rafters. plain surrounds and are surmounted by small rudimentary entablatures. XALTERED rests upon a foundation of short pillars of random coursed field stone. such as wooden box pews, stove, woodwork around windows and the pulpit. are located to the right rear of the church as one faces the building.

CHECK ONE -EXCELLENT with small rectangular openings,devoid of sash, on each side of the -UNEXPOSED The Macedonia Church consists of a one story rectangular block, ap- moved approximately 200 yards in 1870. proximately 2o feet by 3o feet, with the gable ends at the front and In the center of the facade is a2 story projecting square bell tower and comes to a point at the top. -GOOD Alterations:The church originally had exterior paneled wooden doors. with double hung sash and two lights over two.lights.The windows have The handsome pressed tin ceiling probably dates from the The sides are divided into three bays by three rectangular windows Outbuildings:One story cinder block restroom facilities built c.1955 wall paper. removed approximately 20 years ago. They dated from the 19th Century.

Plain wooden double doors were added c.l95o.The interior wall surface latter l9th Century, perhaps having been installed after the building AREAS OF

Statement of significance

George Bryant, Charles Roberts and Henry King. Before 1849 the church Massachusetts abolitionist congressman and founder of Ceredo, Virginia freed 37 slaves, Thomas Walker Fry, & preacher, doctor and foreman on the Virginia plantation, became a famous evangelist and built a church in Proctorville, Ohio in 1866. Other notable personalities connected with Macedonia Church were: Rev. Ike Bryant, a widely respected minister it was moved in 1870; and, Eliza Jane Smith, a Sunday school teacher 1849 1400-1499 LAW EDUCATION 1900- PHILOSOPHY PERIOD BUILDER/ARCHITECT AGRICULTURE PREHISTORIC X1800-1899 ECONOMICS ENGINEERING CONSERVATION POLITICS/GOVERNMENT SCULPTURE SIGNIFICANCE ART ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC THEATER INDUSTRY _1700-1799 LITERATURE XARCHITECTURE _TRANSPORTATION ual idealism and industry of Burlington's refugees from slavery.

XRELIGION The new immigrants joined with the existing congregation of the church Ridge and erected the present structure. The Macedonia Church is significant as a religious and cultural milestone _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT small gifts for perfect attendance out of her own money. The church, which was the religious and social focal point for the black The Macedonia Church remains today as an important reminder of the spirit- members had worshiped in cabins belonging to the individuals in the churches organized in l830 by Burlington area black religious leaders _COMMUNICATIONS which had been an abolitionist sanctuary for runaway and freed slaves since 1799.

in the progress of black history in Southern Ohio.The church building the temporal skills of reading and writing and purchased her students and speaker, whose services were obtained for the church by Eli Thayer; to Burlington to settle as free people on farmland deeded to them Oct. 3l, approximately eight of which are still extant in Ohio and West Virginia. _1600-1699 West Virginia).o The former slaves and their white neighbors carried XSOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN In the autuum of 1849,a group of 32 freed slaves arrived in Burlington.

-COMMERCE MILITARY _COMMUNITY PLANNING INVENTION one of the free states of this union" The 32 individuals, who came to the lumber across the Ohio River in row boats, transported it up Macedonia was buiit in the fall of 1849 on Macedonia Ridge north of Burlington, Ohio, ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC organized in 1820,and affiliated with the Providence Association of congregation.Lumber for the Macedonia Church was supplied by Eli Thus much of the religious foundation of the area was laid.One of the Ohio, traveled approximately 4o0 miles from Madison County, Virginia Eli Justice, one of the "original 37" who was a trustee of the church when They had been part of a larger number of 37 persons emancipated by Vir-

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES patch, Huntington, W.Va., Sept. 15, 1975, p. 10. Dispatch, Huntington, W.Va.,undated. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION The church occupies 3/4 of an acre Just north of Burlington-Macedonia Road 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/TILE David L. Brook, Regional Preservationist and Lawrence County, Oct.

17, 1976 STREET & NUMBER Box 6 (614) 775-3961 CITY OR TOWN Ohio 45661 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 héreby 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 GPO 888-445 ORGANIZATION CODE COUNTY STATE TITLE DATE ZONE 9/21/77 NORTHING TELEPHONE State Historic Preservation Officer South Central Ohio Preservation Society ZONE EASTING Piketon,Ohio UTM REFERENCES Ohio,Volunteer Historic Inventory Task Force as it forksto Macedonia Cemetery and Solida Creek. J. Earl Pratt, The Promised Land, Vantage Press, New York: 1964, pp.

16, 17, 18, 26 LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY 3/4 ths of an acre ATTEST LOCAL 500 14215.55.2.0 Lawrence Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 2 >78 OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL TECHNICAL Entered HAER KEEPER Maps Re-submit Send-back HISTORIAN 1978 Review Property National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry State BRANCH CHIEF Working Number9. 28. 77. 1524 1.27.78 4.4.78 113/78 IN T:2106-74 FEB 7 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 2.1.78 Lawrence County, Ohio Date: July 16, 1976 1ooking to the northeast.

SEP 2 8 1977 FEB 7 1978 Burlington vicinity Macedonia Church View of facade and west side of church PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Photogrepher: David L. Brook Lawrence County, Ohio 1ooking westward. FEB 7 1978 SEP 2 8 1977 Burlington vicinity Macedonia Church PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Photographer: David L. Brook Date:July 16,1976 No.2g2 E. 366500 CATLETTSBURG, OHIO - W. VA.-KY. CATLETTSBURG QUADRANGLE Macedonia OHIO - WESI VIRUINIA-KENIUCKY 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) N. 4255520 - SEP 2 8 1977 Burlington Vicinity ROAD CLASSIFICATION RIVER DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Church Maccdonia Church Washington County CLark County Dr. Thomas E. Smith Hon.

Clarence J, Brown 1978 880 Location Mott/js 2/21/78 STATE Name Belpre Date Entered Burlington vicinity Springfield vicinity Regional Director, Midwest Region Lawrence County Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Macedonia Chureh Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Stone, Captain Jonathan, House Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Hertzler, Daniel, House State Historic Preservation Officer FEB 7 Director, The Ohio Historical Socfety OHIO Hon. Clarence E. Miller 4 county code: 5 LOCATION street & number N of Burlington off U.S. 52 -NO |(11)CONGRESS.

DISTRICT SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL O LOCAL - deteriorated Doriginal site 17) features: 9D NOT INTACT-O Dexeellent Dunexposed - Unknown Ounexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain @ AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMERCE- 6 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 C LAW - 16 C RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - EXPLORATION - 12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE - 23 -URBAN PLANMING -31 'oldest' O -AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY- 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 2 functions ( architectural style(s): landscape architect / garden designer: S interior decorator: date JF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED.

NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE 1978 CONDITION Lawrence Burlington ASSOCIATION PRIVATE ORGANIZATION 6th PERSONAL: PH0505102 Macedonia Church CURRENTLY: INSTITUTIONAL: vicinity of STATE artist: historic events: EVENTS: major alterations: ENGINEERING-11 reviewers initials WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: ADMINISTRATOR: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 master builder: if state who prepared form? as it appears on federal register: Daltered Omoved Ofair GNPS REGION: OTHER NAMES: city / town Oreconstructed (19) ADAPTIVE USE OYES ONO IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? Dyes Ono 'only' D ETHNIC GROUP builder/contractor: artisan: engineer: dates of initial construction: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET NAMES give role & date Oruins Dgood