Nomination for Wesley Chapel

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Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) - UNIIEDSTATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NOV 1 4 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED 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 XWORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED -_BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY Chillicothe, Ohio LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS May: 1976 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Columbus, Ohio 039 45601 Hopetown COUNTY CODE CATEGORY LOCATION NAME DATE BOTH MUSEUM ACCESSIBLE CLASSIFICATION UNOCCUPIED 43211 STATE INDUSTRIAL HISTORIC OWNERSHIP 141 MILITARY SCIENTIFIC GOVERNMENT RECEIVED PARK STATUS _EDUCATIONAL -OBJECT Ohio Historic Inventory XBUILDING(S) XPRIVATE _TRANSPORTATION OTHER: Frederick A. and Dorothy K.Rittenhouse .STRUCTURE Ross County Courthouse, Recorder's Office Wesley Chapel -AGRICULTURE 1014 Dayton Street _PUBLIC Hopetown Church _COMMERCIAL -DISTRICT 6th Harsha ROSS _FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY _LOCAL Chillicothe, Ohio 45601 TITLE 7 DESCRIPTION X DETERIORATED X_ORIGINAL SITE DATE FAIR DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

WESLEY CHAPEL Rebuilt 1888." CONDITION EXCELLENT XUNALTERED GOOD CHECK ONE The structure is of common bond brick with a stone foundation. the chapel was erected in 1834. the north elevation which was added in 1888.The main portion of LMOVED -UNEXPOSED - RUINS are Gothic arched, with corbeling over the arches. Windows are divided by roof over the bay portion. The tower over the main door was destroyed three bays on the front and four on the side.All window openings The main block is rectangular with a five sided bay projection on Form No. 10-300 REV.

(9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NOV 1 41978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE XWORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS -YES: UNRESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL OWNER OF PROPERTY Frederick A. and Dorothy K._Rittenhouse Chillicothe, Ohio LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS May: 1976 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Columbus, Ohio 039 45601 COUNTY CODE 43211 COMMERCIAL Hopetown NAME DATE HISTORIC CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY PARK SCIENTIFIC GOVERNMENT ACCESSIBLE RECEIVED STATE OWNERSHIP 141 STRUCTURE _OBJECT XBUILDING(S) OTHER: STATUS COURTHOUSE. _UNOCCUPIED _BEING CONSIDERED _TRANSPORTATION TITLE Ohio Historic Inventory .MILITARY Ross County Courthouse, Recorder's Office -EDUCATIONAL 6th Harsha _DISTRICT XPRIVATE Wesley Chapel Hopetown Church 10l4 Dayton Street -PUBLIC - BOTH ROSS Chillicothe, Ohio 45601 AGRICULTURE Ohio Historical Center Ohio - MUSEUM 7 DESCRIPTION X DETERIORATED X_ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. the chapel was erected in 1834.

WESLEY CHAPEL Rebuilt 1888." CONDITION RUINS EXCELLENT XUNALTERED FAIR GOOD _UNEXPOSED The main block is rectangular with a five sided bay projection on CHECK ONE The Wesley Chapel- Hopetown Church is High Victorian Gothic Revival The structure is of common bond brick with a stone foundation. the north elevation which was added in l888.The main portion of DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE There are A date stone over the main doorway states "Built 1834 are Gothic arched, with corbeling over the arches. Windows are divided by DATE three bays on the front and four on the side.All window openings There is a pyramidal The roof is gabled and made of wood and composition. BI

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SIGNIFICANCE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW .PREHISTORIC -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCULPTURE SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES 1834 and 1888 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

significant as an exceptional Gothic Revival chapel, also. The earliest death dates in the Hopetown cemetery Ross County, Ohio, was the sixth county formed from the North- a state in 1803, and the Village of Hopetown was laid out in Wesley Chapel served as the hub of religious and social life of the here. Social events such as quilting bees and fish fries were held in the yard. 1800-1899 1700-1799 INVENTION LAW COMMERCE ART AGRICULTURE BUILDER/ARCHITECT CONSERVATION PERIOD EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY INDUSTRY ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC X.RELIGION LITERATURE MILITARY 1900- ARCHITECTURE _1400-1499 _1500-1599 _TRANSPORTATION MUSIC _COMMUNICATIONS .SCIENCE _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _ENGINEERING These were named after Hopewell who named the Hopewell culture. _1600-1699 The village remained small all through the expansion of church services and a meeting house. wave of prosperity.

The Wesley Chapel served as the hub of religious and social The current owners plan to restore the property and utilize it for life of the early settlement of Hopetown, in Ross County. this day. was completed in 1832,and embarked the area on the second The Hoptown Indian Works are nearby the Village of Hopetown. Ross County during the heyday of the Ohio& Erie Canal which _THEATER -ECONOMICS The origin of the name of the Village of Hopetown is unknown to located across the.road from the Wesley Chapel are in the 1790's. _COMMUNITY PLANNING surrounding country. Curcuit riders who served five churches once held services ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC west Territory, and was created in l798.Ohio was formed as W.W. Willaims, Printer, Cleveland, Ohio. LD

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY Kingston, Ohio QUADRANGLE NAME - QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24000 UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES NAME / TITLE South Central Ohio Preservation Society STREET & NUMBER (614) 774-2121 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: 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 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 KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 CODE COUNTY NORTHING DATE TELEPHONE STATE ZONE EASTING CHIEF OF REGISTRATION 15 West Second Street Nilliams Bros. History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio, l880.

FORM PREPARED BY known as Hopetown;original plat of which is Old Town of "Hope" August 28, 1978 Chillicothe, Ohio 45601 ZONE ORGANIZATION ATTEST: Deborah Douglas Barrington,Regional Preservationist Being Lots Nos.l3 and 7 in the Township of Springfield, Photos - Inventory - BRANCH CHIEF Entered - Re-submit HAER KEEPER OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL Maps HISTORIAN Review National Register Write-up Property United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Federal Register Entry Send-back 1,9.79 12.29-28 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN TECHNICAL 2.26.78 11.15.28 12.28.X STATE Ohio clarification of the information indicated below. PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATION Geographical Data -- Acreage: UTM Reference (s): Thank you for your attention to the above items.

Description: Other: Certification: Bibliography: Photographic Coverage: IS RESUBMITTED. The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for Verbal Boundary Description: Map Coverage: on the National Register staff, telephone 202/343- 640/ Date: United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation.and Recreation Service AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AGRICULTURE X MARCHITECTURE X.SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES 1834 and 1888 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE life of the early settlement of Hopetown, in Ross County. It is Ross County, Ohio, was the sixth county formed from the North- west Territory, and was created in 1798.

Ohio was formed as Ross County during the heyday of the Ohio & Erie Canal which Wesley Chapel served as the hub of religious and social life of the The primary significance of the Wesley Chapel is its unusually elaborate Clinton County (N R, 1973) built in 1885. 1400-1499 X1800-1899 ART SIGNIFICANCE ENGINEERING ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC BUILDER/ARCHITECT PERIOD COMMERCE THEATER 1900- MILITARY LITERATURE TRANSPORTATION _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT INVENTION INDUSTRY gregation responsible for its construction.A more typical example of these this day. wave of prosperity. MUSIC _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT it architecturally displays an atypical sophistication in the Methodist con- _COMMUNICATIONS significant as an exceptional Gothic Revival chapel, also. _CONSERVATION These were named after Hopewell who named the Hopewell culture.

The Wesley Chapel served as the hub of religious and social surrounding country.Curcuit riders who served five churches once held services _SCULPTURE -1600-1699 _PHILOSOPHY .RELIGION here.Social events such as quilting bees and fish fries were held in the yard. was completed in 1832,and embarked the area on the second interpretation of the Gothic style fora rural southern Ohio congregation.Thus The Hoptown Indian Works are nearby the Village of Hopetown. buildings in southern Ohio is the Pansy Methodist Church near Clarksville in _ECONOMICS The current owners plan to restore the property and utilize it for - EDUCATION _1700-1799 church services and a meeting house. The earliest death dates in the Hopetown cemetery 18l9.The village remained small all through the expansion of located across the road from the Wesley Chapel are in the l790's.

a state in l803, and the Village of Hopetown was laid out in The origin of the name of the Village of Hopetown is unknown to -1500-1599 _SCIENCE PREHISTORIC LAW MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Williams Bros. History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio, 1880. w.W. Willaims, Printer, Cleveland, Ohio. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY QUADRANGLE NAME - QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24000 UTM REFERENCES - NORTHING VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION found in Ross County Deed Volume 15, page 666.

LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE August 28, 1978 South Central Ohio Preservation Society STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN Chillicothe, Ohio 45601 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: 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 criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CODE ORGANIZATION DATE TELEPHONE COUNTY 774-2121 ZONE EASTING 15 West Second Street Kingston,Ohio Being Lots Nos.l3 and l8,Section 7 in the Township of Springfield, FOR NPS USE ONLY LOCALX ATTEST: Deborah Douglas Barrington, Regional Preservationist (614) 431610 34,0 Form No. 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEDAN 2 4 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FEB 2 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Wesley Chapel, Hopetown, Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 PAGE 2 country church. The original block, although a basic rectangle, has an and a wooden panel with raised wooden tracery and a round pinwheel - like 1888 remodeling and addition.

This side addition was a five-sided projecting bay with paired windows and an elaborately framed double wooden doors within a addition was destroyed by lightning in 1926. Although the property has deteriorated in recent years, it still retains the DATE ENTERED majority of its architectural fabric and integrity. FOR NPS USE ONLY (Hev. 10-74) In contrast to this, the Wesley Chapel is reminiscent of an English medieval elaborate 4-bay arcade on its south side with the bays separated by stepped by stepped brick moulding. The large gothic opening in the facade is the main decorative feature of the original block. It includes twin lancet windows The multi-pane stained glass in the windows apparently dates from the Working Number1.

14.28.4532 Ref+ 79001986 humanitarian, Inventory - FEB 2 OTHER KEEPER HAER 1979 CONTROL TECHNICAL Entered BRANCH CHIEF Send-back Review HISTORIAN Maps Re-submit Property Photos Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service State 2.1.79 by socral { REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Wesley Chapel June, 1978 FEB 2 Negatives: 15 W. Second Street Chillicothe, Ohio 45601 Photographer showing rear orwest elevation North elevation - side view Deborah D. Barrington, Hopetown, Ross County, Ohio June, 1978 Deborah D. Barrington, Photograph Negatives: 15 W.

Second Street Chillicothe, Ohio 45601 NOV 1 4 1978 Wesley Chapel East Elevation or Front view Hopetown, Ross County, ohio FEB 2 Hopetown, Ross County, Ohio June, 1978 Chillicothe, Ohio 45601 FEB 2 1579 NOV 1 4 1978 Photographer Wesley Chapel south elevation - side view Deborah D. Barrington, Negatives: 15 W. Second Street 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC Hopetown, Ross County, Ohio Northing 436034B UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR KINGSTON QUADRANGLE UTM Reference STATE OF OHIO UNION KINGSTON, DAO Zone 17 NOV 1 4 1978 1961 330065 ROAD CLASSIFICATION Wesley Chapel DEPARTMENT OF HIOHWAYS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RECEIVED January 19, 1979 Dr. William Murtagh, Keeper Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service 18th & C Streets, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20240 Dear Dr.

Murtagh: Enclosed are two nominations returned by your review staff for additional Lancaster West Main Street Historic District, Fairfield County Wesley Chapel, Ross County Thomas H. Smith State Historic Preservation Officer Director, Ohio Historical Society THS : cw Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 Sincerely, NATIONAL RECEIVED REGISTER Ohio Historic Preservation Office grants-in-aid for them awaiting their placement on the National Register. National Register of Historic Places JAN 24 information. They are: FEB 2 Huntington, John, Pumping Tower Keeler, Diadatus, House Kearns, George and Edward, Houses Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Honorable Samuel L. Devine Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.

Location 1979 Director Lancaster Name Ross County Wesley Chapel Date Entered The Ohio Historical Society Delaware County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Muskingum County Honorable Ronald M. Mottl Cuyahoga County Lancaster West Main Street Historic District Bay Village Zenesville Honorable William H. Harsha Fairfield County Also Notified State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Clarence E. Miller Hopetown STATE OHIO Galena vicinity Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Byers/bjr 2/12/79 FEB 2 vicinity of city / town off U.S.

23 SOURCE of NOMINATION O deteriorated )features: 2 C SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT - 3 Omoved C NOT INTACT-O Ogood Ounexposed Oreconstructed S O UNKNOWN -6 Dunexcavated - C NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : "first'O - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 -ARCHEOLOGY -historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS - 9 C INDUSTRY - 13 C MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D C ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 @dates of initial construction: *functions major alterations : @architectural style(s): © landscape arohiteot / garden designer: ( interior decorator: IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE Hopetown county 141 CONDITION ASSOCIATION FEDERAL INSTITUTIONAL: STATE PERSONAL: builder/contractor: artisan: EVENTS: CURRENTLY: ARCHITECTURE-4 historic events: ADMINISTRATOR WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: ENTERTAINMENT-26 Daltered URBAN PLANWING-31 master builder: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP Ross Coriginal site Wesley Chapel ENGINEERING -11 Dexcellent SAVED?

YES YES.MAME )OTHER NAMES 3) date of entry: )ACCESS CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMERCE-6 ppears on federal register: street & number )CONGRESS. DISTRICT C LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.- 21 artist: date. NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET UNKNOWN-6 Ounaltered f state who prepared form Dfair Oruins