Nomination for St. James Episcopal Church

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3rm No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS ST. JAMES' EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Zanesville, Ohio - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE *PRIVATE -WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION X RELIGIOUS _IN PROCESS *YES: RESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS April, 1977 DEPOSITORY FOR 039 43701 119 COUNTY CODE DATE BOTH Muskingum UNOCCUPIED LOCATION TITLE Columbus, EDUCATIONAL ACCESSIBLE HISTORIC ENTERTAINMENT STATE CLASSIFICATION PUBLIC OWNERSHIP AGRICULTURE CATEGORY SITE DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION Muskingum County Court House Ohio Historical Center NAME STATUS Ohio STRUCTURE Ohio Historic Inventory XBUILDING(S) OTHER: _PARK 155 North Sixth Street SURVEY RECORDS 10- Clarence Miller DATE ENTERED Fourth and Main Streets COURTHOUSE, -COMMERCIAL - MILITARY _OBJECT FOR NPS USE ONLY -MUSEUM OCT 2 1978 -FEDERAL X STATE COUNTY _LOCAL GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION XORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

that of the walls of the building, and rises to a height of about ten feet and on each plane of the tower, is located a multifoil. The tower is capped with During St. James' long life various alterations have been made to the damage to the nave, amounting to more than $23,000 in repair costs, including St. James' Church faces east on North Sixth Street, about two blocks north residential-type buildings, in an area of the city that is changing from a CONDITION outbuildings. UNALTERED UNEXPOSED DETERIORATED XALTERED FAIR CHECK ONE St.James' Episcopal Church is constructed of smooth-dressed sandstone. replacement of the original transparent colored glass windows with stained glass.

above the ground.There is a beveled stone water table.The church isa This is a trabeated door with the remaining void filled by a three-panel stained- north and south sides of the church feature five bays with lancet windows of glass windows.Flanking the main entrance are two lancet windows set in the north three-bay edifice, with the center bay (which projects about four feet) featur- misceallaneous plaster work and the replacement of the pews.A brick addition rise only slightly above the level of the roof and which terminate in 4-merlon Also at this time the present front retaining wall and stairs were added.The church's stained glass constructed ina manner similar to those on the east front of The material used in the laying of the foundation is cut somewhat larger than X.EXCELLENT course of stone paterae across the entire facade of the church and tower.The on each side of the tower.Above the belfry just below the top of the tower has been made to the rear (west) of the church.

-RUINS -GOOD and south bays of the facade. These are set on plain lug sills and capped with church. The flood of 1913 weakened the walls of the church, necessitating the residential to a commercial character in recent years. There are no associated four-merlon battlements at each corner.The main entrance to the church is of the central business district of Zanesville.It is situated between two battlements.The building is covered by a gable roof whose lines are integrated the church. At the east corner of the side walls are small stone towers which to the line of the roof itself. into the tower on the east side.On the east roof line are battlements cut parallel AREAS OF

Statement of significance

gregation was apparently comparatively affluent, and as a result was able to 1853. As far as can be determined, the total cost of the building was about $20,000. St. James' Church is the second oldest church building still standing in Muskingum County, and remains an outstanding example of Gothic Revival ecclesiastical In addition to its architectural significance, St. James' Church is also notable Charles P. McIlvane, D.D. began his tenure as Bishop of Ohio by preaching in this 1859 and 1875, respectively. Daniel Convers, one of the founders of Zanesville, was a member of this church, as was Moses M. Granger, long-time lawyer and local the most outstanding contributors to St. James' Church was the family of William D.

Schlutz, whose father founded the Shultz Soap Company and built and operated various items which continue in use today, and in 1935 his lavish home on Putnam but also as an irreplacable segment of Zanesville's, Muskingum County's, and 1400-1499 1700-1799 1600-1699 COMMERCE ENGINEERING ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC THEATER EDUCATION ART PERIOD CONSERVATION XEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT PREHISTORIC TRANSPORTATION XARCHITECTURE SIGNIFICANCE MILITARY LITERATURE _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC southeastern Ohio's architectural heritage. _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN architecture in the midwest. milestones in Episcopal history in this part of the state.In 1838 the Rt. Rev. _COMMUNICATIONS St.James Parish is the oldest Episcopal congregation in southeastern Ohio, use today as the parish's rectory.

X.RELIGION having been organized in 18l6.Apparently the earliest services were held in parish; G.T.Bedell and Thomas A.Jagger performed in similar ceremonies in due to the fact that it has been the religious home of some of Zanesville's most prominent citizens for over l30 years, as well as having been the site of various -1500-1599 call their own was consecrated in 183l, but was sold to St.John's Lutheran Avenue as well as an endowment was left to the Church.The house continues in stone was laid on June 24,1843,but final completion of the edifice was not until -SCULPTURE -ECONOMICS INVENTION -SCIENCE -1900- - INDUSTRY - MUSIC -LAW W.A. Adams raise funds for the erection of a new building, the present church. The corner- the old Muskingum County Court House, but for a period after 1817 the congregation judge.

Further, a long-time parishioner and benefactor was General Charles Goddard, Shultz's Opera House on Zanesville's Main Street. Schultz and his family donated BUILDER/ARCHITECT met in a local Methodist Church.The first building that the Episcopalians could a state senator and representative and major general in the Ohio Militia.One of Today St.James Episcopal Church stands not only as a religious institution,

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Everhart, J.F. History of Muskingum County, Ohio (Columbus: The Ohio State Journal Company, 1882), PP. 165-166. purposes and filed at the Library, Ohio University-Zanesville, Zanesville, Ohio) 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Located in the City of Zanesville, on Lot #10 of Culbertson Court Addition, with 66' frontage on North Sixth Street, and Sewer Alley to the west. FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE David L.

Taylor, Regional Historic Preservation Officer 31 May, 1977 STREET & NUMBER 1425 Newark Road CITY OR TOWN Zanesville, OH 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - 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 FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892.453 43701 ORGANIZATION 614-453-0762 COUNTY TELEPHONE CODE DATE NORTHING STATE ZONE EASTING Ohio University-Zanesville KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER LOCAL X 1441211710 James' Episcopal Church. n.p., 1966.

(church history loaned for documentary LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for. the National Historic Preseryation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).I ATTEST criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service Inventory - KEEPER OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST Entered HAER Send-back Re-submit Maps HISTORIAN Photos National Register Write-up TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF 11-1-78 Muskingum 6.5.78 INT:21 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. / REVIEW UNIT CHIEF CONTROL Property OCT OCT21978 State ST. JAMES' EPISCOPAL CHURCH APR 1 2 1978 Front elevation, from SE Negative at Ohio University-Zanesville PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Negative No. MUS-9-7-3 Zanesville, Ohio, muskiwgum County ST.

JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH Negative No. MUS-27-7-4, filed View from SW, showing rear of at Ohio University-Zanesville, church and brick addition APR 1 2 1978 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Photo by David Taylor, 11/77 Zanesville, Ohio Doe 202 APR 12 1978 ZANESVILLE WEST QUADRANGLE 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF OHIO Mapped, edited, and publishedi by the Geological Survey OCT 2 1978 Franklin County Honorable Johu H. Glenn, Jr. Honorable Samuel L. Devine Interstate 71 at 17th Avenue Name STATE Location Date Entered Delaware vicinity Director Also Notified Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum State Historic Preservation Officer St. James Episcopal Church Zanesville OHIO Muskingum County Delaware County Honorable Clarence E.

Miller ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL RFGISTER Limestone Vale The Ohio Historical Society Colunbus Columbus, Ohto 43211 Dr. Thomas H. Swith 2 OTHER NAMES: 3 date of entry: 4 county code: St. James Episcopal Church 2 1978 6 LOCATION street & number city / town X STATE 155 N. 6th St. 1I)CONGRESS.

DISTRICT 10th SOURCE of NOMINATION - LOCAL - deteriorated Daltered 17) features: *SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT - 2 Dexeellent -moved OO NOT INTACT - O Dgood -unexposed 5O UNKNOWN -6 -unexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access 21 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain -ENGINEERING -11 CARCHEOLOGY -prehistoric -2 -COMMERCE -6 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 C LAW - 16 - RELIGION-22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE -17 - SCIENCE - 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 - MILITARY- 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 2) functions major alterations : @ architectural style(s): 31) interior decorator: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 119 CONDITION PH0667056 Zanesville Muskingum ASSOCIATION PRIVATE ORGANIZATION FEDERAL EVENTS: builder/contractor: INSTITUTIONAL: PERSONAL: artist: engineer: artisan: CURRENTLY: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: landscape architect/garden designer: master builder: URBAN PLANNING-31 ADMINISTRATOR: vicinity of historic events: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET dates of initial construction: ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 date.

Coriginal site as it appears on federal register: BNPS REGION: Oruins SAVED?YES BACCESS OYES-Restricted [YES -Unrestricted - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 D SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) DYES ONO ETHNIC GROUP OCT NAMES give role & date IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesno Ofair