Nomination for Most Pure Heart Of Mary Church

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES JUN 2 6 1978 NUV 3 0 1978 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 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE MUSEUM X BUILDING(S) _WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION LIN PROCESS X YES: RESTRICTED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY Bishop Donovan, Diocese of Toledo 2544 Parkwood Avenue LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC. Recorder's Office, Richland Co.

Administration Building 50 Park Avenue East REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS March 3, 1977 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 139 OBJECT SCIENTIFIC LOCATION DATE COUNTY Mansfield Toledo CODE Richland TITLE GOVERNMENT Shelby HISTORIC DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL UNOCCUPIED ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION RECEIVED CLASSIFICATION OWNERSHIP STATE INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE MILITARY PARK NAME PUBLIC SITE COMMERCIAL OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Ohio STATUS 17th- John Ashbrook Ohio Historic Preservation Office OTHER: X_RELIGIOUS DATE ENTERED _BEING CONSIDERED West Street at Raymond Avenue XPRIVATE -STRUCTURE -BOTH COURTHOUSE THE MOST PURE HEART OF MARY CHURCH X EXCELLENT DETERIORATED _MOVED DATE. The west front is dominated by a central, two story, blind arch.

At the top is the On the interior one finds a joining of art, craftwork, and architecture in the CONDITION UNEXPOSED UNALTERED geometric patterns. XALTERED 7DESCRIPTION have bas-relief symbols of the Apostles; the keystone has a symbol representing the CHECK ONE three bays wide and ten bays long.It is constructed in a seven color range of from the Bible and symbolic plaques between each station.At the head of each aisle The 240 coffer panels are painted with religious symbols surrounded by bold in the center and surrounding are groups of angels and a choir of heavenly hosts. coffered ceiling of the nave is supported on a series of massive wood trusses.

The focal point of the church is the apse which is separated from the nave by a walls of the church, the aisle walls are arcaded with round headed windows and is a blind arch with a frescoe which presents the lineage of Mary on one, and of The Most Pure Heartoof Mary Church is a large Romanesque style basilica Greendale brick laid in a Flemish bond.Bedford sandstone is used for decorative tower of a rather small scale in area and height when compared to the church. trabeated recessed panels.At the head of these clerestory panels are rows of stones Heart of Mary.Above the main arch and following the rake of the gable is a blind XORIGINAL SITE -GOOD arcade of seven panels.At the head of each panel is a frescoe representing a sacrament _FAIR DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

of stone. Stone columns with stiff-leaf derived capitals flank the pair of solid oak display of religious scenes and symbols. One enters through the oak doors to is a high, long rectangular space flanked on either side by an arcade of large, each pillar. Inscriptions, botanical designs, and geometric patterns link the of the church.

Above the arcade covering the half dome ceiling of the apse is a large DATE RUINS are covered with a band of frescoe painting which depicts a saint standing above of framed painted copper sheets which depict the Stations of the Cross with quotes stone framed rose window.At the base, beneath a second brick arch is the main entranceway the narthex with its paneled oak staircase leading to the organ loft.The nave the Annunciation.Along the rear wall of the semi-circular apse is a blind Corinthian Art Deco influence in the abstract geometric designs which were painted.The paneled doors.Sheltering the door is a stone arch of thirteen voussoirs.Twelve large arched opening and carved marble altar rail.Frescoes above the arch depict trim and the foundation.The low pitched gable roof is covered with red Spanish tile.

flanking the main entranceway have statues of Saints Peter and Paul.On the side corbeled work under the eaves.The round headed clerestory windows are set in arcade.Standing on the main arch keystone is a statue of Mary.Two lower niches Form No. 10-300a (Hev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONYN 2 6 1978 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 3 0 1978 INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM Shelby, Richland County, Ohio ITEM NUMBER 7 baldacchino, which shelters the alter, is supported on four granite columns. PAGE RECEIVED structure is gilded. Beneath the dome is the altar with baldacchino.The altar is a massive, ten foot long CONTINUATION SHEET to face the congregation while celebrating the Mass.Another change resulting from central devices that have symbolic meanings.

At the rear of the church, surrounded The Most Pure Heart of Mary Church The aisle windows have panels from the life of Mary.The clerestory windows have the Vatican Council of 1963-65 was the removal of the large wooden pulpit.The has a bas-relief of animals gathered near a flowing spring.The highly carved wood by the large pipe organ, is the previously mentioned rose window. DATE ENTERED The wooden gable roof has arched opening spanning between each column. The nave gable with peacocks, vines, and grapes.The altar was split lengthwise to allow the priest AREAS OF

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architecture and artwork for the purposes of decorative, inspirational, and symbolic It was the third church which was built by the Shelby parish. The first, built in were done by a German artist, Gerhard J. Lamers and his children, Gerhard Franz and Julius Matschinski of Munster, Westfalen. The clerestory windows were produced by the 1924-28 1800-1899 1400-1499 1700-1799 CONSERVATION LAW SIGNIFICANCE ECONOMICS RELIGION ENGINEERING effects.

PERIOD COMMUNICATIONS ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC EDUCATION SCIENCE AGRICULTURE PREHISTORIC TRANSPORTATION THEATER INDUSTRY MILITARY INVENTION SCULPTURE LITERATURE _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT MUSIC and art.The Romanesque Style basilica demonstrates the traditional joining of _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT The Most Pure Heart of Mary Church is significant in the areas of architecture The baldachino was constructed by the Shelby Cabinet Company.Its bas-reliefs were also called the German Settlement.The Shelby parish was a mixture of ethnic groups; second church was demolished for the construction of the third and present building. The construction of the present church involved a number of artists, craftsmen, designed by Howard W. Germann (Dayton) and carved by Louis Johnson and Herman Bartell. maintained and has had few alterations to its fabric.

was a rather remarkable undertaking for what was a small town.It continues to be well The organ was built by the Votteler Holtkamp Sparling Organ Company of Cleveland. building was completed with the consecration of the altar on June 16, 1928. to this country to settle permanently. The windows were the creation of two German firms.The aisle windows were made by Van Treek firm of Munich. and firms for the decorative work and furniture.The frescoes and the aisle paintings The Lamers family worked in Shelby during the period 1925-27.In 1928, they returned 1866,was a simple wood frame building which was similar in appearance to a school Marie.The elder Lamers had studied at the art academies of Dusseldorf and Munich.

plans were drawn by W.R.Dowling with the consultation of the parish priest, The church is a major architectural landmark in the Shelby community.It construction _PHILOSOPHY -1500-1599 -1600-1699 _COMMERCE In 1923,the Bishop of Toledo ordered a new parish church be built in Shelby.The there were English, Irish, and German names in the list of first members. The first church served until 1890 when a larger, brick Gothic Revival church was built. This house.For a time during this period, the Shelby parish was operated as a mission Father Albert A.Fate.The construction contract was awarded to Simon Small and X1900- by the Sacred Heart Church which was located in the nearby rural community of Bethlehem,

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MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE George Siekkinen, Jr., Regional Preservation Officer May 19, 1978 STREET & NUMBER Ohio State University - Mansfield Campus (419) 755-4011 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892-453 44906 CODE TELEPHONE ORGANIZATION COUNTY DATE NORTHING ZONE Mansfield LOCAL ATTEST Ohio ZONE EASTING Regional Preservation Office UTM REFERENCES hereby nominate thisproperty for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to.the Lots corner of West St.and Raymond Avenue. Heinz B. Frank1. The Building of a Parish, The History of Shelby's Catholic Community. Miamisburg: Miamisburg News, 1976.

Scale: 1:24,000 5 20 LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), 1 ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY less than an acre Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory _ REVIEW UNIT CHIEF NOV 3 0 1978 Re-submit . IN T:2106-74 KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER Entered HAER Send-back Maps HISTORIAN Property Review CONTROL Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF State National Register Write-up Working Number6 2e. 78. 3443 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 TECHNICAL THE MOST PURE HEART OF MARY CHURCH JUN 2 6 1978 NOV 3 0 1978 Heinz Frankl View of apse looking E JUN 2 6 1978 De Vito Studio 1976 H.

Frankl, 74 Marvin Ave.; Shelby, Ohio 44875 Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio THE MOST PURE HEART OF MARY CHURCH 38 Cast Main NOV 3 0.1978 Two Heinz Frankl View of organ loft and rose window looking W JUN 2 6 1978 NOV 3 0 1978 Shelby, Ohio 1976 Three De Vito Studio Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio H. Frankl, 74 Marvin Ave., Shelby, Ohio 44875 38 Cast Main THE MOST PURE HEART OF MARY CHURCH UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RICHMOND DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR JUN 261978 SHELBY QUADRANGLE SHELBY, STATE OF OHIO WILKINS OHIO Stanbery, Edwin, Off1ce Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith : Honorable Tennyson Guyer Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dayton Location Byers/bjr Mercer County STATE Coshocton County Name Shelby 12/14/78 Director Montgomery County Oberlin Lorain County Wooster Honorable Ralph Regula Granville vicinity Also Notified Celina Honorable Howard M.

Metzenbaum Wooster Public Square Historic District Licking County State Historic Preservation Officer ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Christ Episcopal Church West Lafayette vicinity Honorable John M. Ashbrook Most Pure Heart of Mary Church Honorable Donald J. Pease Date Entered Ferguson, Andrew, House Dayton Daily News Building Wayne County Interstat 7l at 17th Avenue Richland County Woodland Cemetery Gateway, Chapel, and Office The Ohio Historical Society Riley, Calvin E., House Honorable Charles W.

Whalen NOV 3 0 1978 OHIO 2 OTHER NAMES: NOV 3 0 1978 X STATE - COUNTY - FEDERAL O deteriorated Dexcellent Oruins -NOT INTACT - O -unexposed Dreconstructed - Unknown -unexcavated - - NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain -ENGINEERING -11 CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 'first'O - COMMERCE-S - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW - 16 - RELIGION - 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE- 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 CO INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 major alterations : (architectural style(s): -landscape architect/ garden designer: " interior decorator: EVENTS : CONATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 139 Richland ASSOCIATION Shelby HEALTH-27 INSTITUTIONAL: PERSONAL: artist: artisan: CURRENTLY: builder/contractor: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 Most Pure Heart of Mary Church URBAN PLANWING-31 Bfunctions historic events: vicinity of West St.

and Raymond Ave. ADMINISTRATOR: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION master builder: ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 city/ town Doriginal site LOCAL SAVED? YES Daltered SOURCE Of NOMINATION GNPS REGION: Ogood ) county code: Siekkinen, JR. 17) features: @AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : Breviewers initials. - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 George date CONDITION engineer: dates of initial construction: Omoved NAMES give role & date Dfair IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesne architeot: