MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Portsmouth Times, news article, Saturday, August 6, 1870 (microfilm Vol. 9, No. 38); Official Service Book of Saint Mary's Church, 1907, by Church Publishing Co., Owensboro, Kentucky; A History of Scioto County, Ohio, To- gether with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio, Nelson B. Evans, A.M., pub- Lished in Portsmouth, Ohio, 1903. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY QUADRANGLE NAME 11=7 QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24000 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Lots 430 and 415 which together comprise a rectangular corner lot measuring and 6 tt. wide.
STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Deborah Barringron (SCOPS) and Lois Rock (SORHAPO), Regional Preservation Officers DATE November, 1978/ Regional History-Architecture Preservation Office, 10 HA STREET & NUMBER (614) 594-6578 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: LOCAL X 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 KÉEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 CODE ORGANIZATION Friendship NORTHING TELEPHONE Athens COUNTY DATE May, The nominated property occupies Portsmouth City Addition Ohio ATTEST: less than one UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING 107 ft.by 165 ft.The church building itself is approximately 130 ft.long LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 103 Carnegie Hall, Ohio University 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ZONE CHIEF OF REGISTRATION Ref# 79001910 Inventory - AUG 24 1979 National Register Write-up Send-back - OTHER HAER ARCHEOLOGIST Entered KEEPER Maps CONTROL Review Re-submit HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service 8.21.79 TECHNICAL Photos Working Number 7.
/7. 79, / 7/2 Portsmouth, Ohio May, 1978 David Brook, Photographer Chillicothe, ohio View: front or west elevation JUL 17 1979 with side or south elevation Negatives: 15 W. Second Street OMAN St. Mary's/Catholic Church November, 1978 Negatives: 15 W. Second Street Chillicothe, Ohio View: side or south elevation AUG 2 4 1979 Photographer Deborah Douglas Barrington, Portsmouth, ohio with rear or east elevation JUL 17 1979 ROMAN View: St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Portsmouth, Ohio JUL 1 7 1979 4/79 Interior of church Lois Rock AUG 2 4 1919 Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (SORHAPO) St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Portsmouth, Ohio 2,4 1979 JUL 17 1979 4/79 Interior of church--chandelier Lois Rock AUG 2 4 1979 Portsmouth, Ohio Interior of Church--window, north side JUL 1 7 1979 4/79 Lois Rock St.
Mary's Roman Catholic Church Scoho County Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (SORHAPO) 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FRIENDSHIP QUADRANGLE KENTUCKY-OHIO JUL 17 1979 FRIENDSHIP, KY.-OHIO RECEIVED UNITED STATES State Route Zone 17 Nicholson, James, House Coulby, Harry, Mansion Pretzinger, Rudolph, House Montgomery County Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, JI. Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dayton Director Location Hamilton County Honorable Louis Stokes Lakewood Portsmouth OHIO Name Date Entered STATE Cincinnati Cuyahoga County The Ohio Historical Society Wickliffe Lake County State Historic Preservation Officer Columbia-Tusculum Multiple Resource Area Honorable Charles A. Vanik St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Also Notified Honorable Clarence J. Brown /30/79 Honorable Clarence Miller ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Honorable Ronald M.
Mottl Honorable Tony P. Hall Scioto County Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue AUG 2 A 1979 Byers/bjr Honorable J. William Stanton AUG 2 4 1979 Lawrence, William, House Wheatley, Phillis, Association Burton Location Bratenahl Name Bellefontaine Geauga County STATE Cleveland Date Entered OHIO Lisbon Also Notified Cuyahoga County Columbiana County Lisbon Historic District ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Logan County Domestic Arts Hall and Flower Hall Pickands, Jay M., House Bldg. #3 Form No. 10.300 REV. 19:77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 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 St.
Mary's Roman Catholic Church AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN Portsmouth, Ohio - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE - WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS XYES: RESTRICTED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME Diocese of Columbus, Ohio St.
Joseph's Cathedral, 212 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS May, 1975 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 145 45662 43215 43211 039 COUNTY 6th LOCATION DATE CODE MUSEUM CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION OWNERSHIP HISTORIC ACCESSIBLE AGRICULTURE COPY EDUCATIONAL STATE RECEIVED STRUCTURE MILITARY Ohio Historic Inventory Scioto XRELIGIOUS NAME CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT STATUS Ohio Historic Preservation Office _TRANSPORTATION XPRIVATE XBUILDING(S) _BEING CONSIDERED _SCIENTIFIC -COMMERCIAL _ENTERTAINMENT Ohio -DISTRICT _UNOCCUPIED INDUSTRIAL -BOTH _GOVERNMENT FOR NPS USE ONLY -OTHER: -PUBLIC - PARK REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC. _FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY _LOCAL 6th and Court Street COURTHOUSE.
Northeast corner of Fifth and Market Streets Scioto County Recorder's Office, Scioto County Courthouse -OBJECT DESCRIPTION CHECK ONE MOVED DATE FAIR - DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL(IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE stone foundation, a gabled roof of slate, and the rectory attached directly to the steeple openings. The steeple itself was erected in 1895: CONDITION rear.There are three bays on the front of the church and seven on the side.The overall effect is buttressed columns dividing the lancet stained glass windows rear of the church so as not to appear obvious. brass chandelier containing 54 lights is original.The fourteen stations of the beled brick cornice also with dentil molding. which measure 26 feet seven inches high and four feet wide.Each window has a Gothic altar made of solid butternut wood which was imported from Germany in 1880.
The steeple of the church is 2l6 feet topped by a nine foot gold cross and is The rectory attached to the rear or east side of the nave has plain stone XORIGINAL SITE altar are three original oil paintings by E.Hunbrecht. XUNALTERED cross made of terra cotta were imported from Germany in the 1880's.Over the high St.Mary's Church is a rectangular Common bond brick structure with a cut - DETERIORATED XEXCELLENT _UNEXPOSED -GOOD lintels and sills, double hung, 1/1.
There are five bays on the side and five bays out the dentil molding on the cornice.The rectory itself is snugly fit onto the corbeled brick arch.The three windows on the front or west side of the church still a prominent landmark of the area.The belfry consists of four double louvres is an excellent example of Germanic Gothic Revival style and is deeply tied to the The interior of the church contains an imposing 34 foot high by 15 foot wide The enclosed three bay porch on the south side carries early German settlers of the Portsmouth area. St.Mary's Church stands in its original state with an attached rectory.The Church was dedicated July 3l,1870,and the rectory completed in 187l.The Church on the rear of the rectory. -RUINS AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN - 00-1799 MUSIC .
800-1899 COMMERCE _OTHER (SPECIFY) ;PECIFIC DATES 1864-1869-1870 TATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE exist, of course, but none compare to St. Mary's in size,scale, and unaltered stained glass windows, central brass chandelier, and the paintings that adorn the All are original and combine to form an outstanding example of an historic rícal connection to the German immigrant settlers of early Portsmouth. German in Portsmouth, and the church was a focal point of that community. A Catholic and the Germans, but in 1852 the Germans broke away from it to form St. Mary's. A are not included in the nomination. The school, ca. 1920, is no longer ENGINEERING BUILDER/ARCHITECT ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ART THEATER AGRICULTURE historic fabric.
TRANSPORTATION SIGNIFICANCE 500-1599 EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT LITERATURE the nomination is based largely on architectural significance their inclusion essentially all of its original fabric.Significant interior features include the _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT is not warranted. XARCHITECTURE aware of their architectural heritage, and has recently completed some interior Note: The school and convent associated historically with the church ings in the nave.
residence.Neither has any particular architectural significance, and are -ECONOMICS standing example of that style within the City of Portsmouth.Other examples do its excellent Germanic Gothic Revival architecture.It is perhaps the most out- Any discussion of the building's architectural merit must also extend to its examples of 19th century craftsmanship as can St.Mary's.The parish is keenly -COMMUNICATIONS Toa much lesser extent,St.Mary's also derives significance from its histo- _CONSERVATION -EDUCATION parish - the Church of the Nativity -was organized in 1842 to serve both the Irish 900- The significance of St.Mary's Roman Catholic Church is derived mainly from _PHILOSOPHY _SCULPTURE -SCIENCE _RELIGION _INDUSTRY -MILITARY SREHISTORIC elaborately carved wooden main altar, the terra cotta stations of the cross, the restoration which included plaster repair, painting, and restoration of the paint- interior.
Unlike so many "modernized" church interiors, St. Mary's has retained church interior.Rarely can a church of today exhibit as many fine and cohesive Catholic immigrants formed a sizeable and economically significant minority group 600-1699 German-speaking priest was brought in to serve them, and by the mid-1860's the new parish was prosperous enough to erect their present building. _INVENTION -LAW 1400-1499 PERIOD 9 MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Portsmouth Times, news article, Saturday, August 6, 1870 (microfilm Vol. 9, No. 38); Official Service Book of Saint Mary's Church, 1907, by Church gether with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio, Nelson B. Evans, A.M., pub- lished in Portsmouth, Ohio, 1903. O GEOGRAPHICAL DATA QUADRANGLE NAME - 1. QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24000 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Lots 430.and 415 which together comprise a rectangular corner lot measuring and 60 ft. wide.
STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Deborah Barringron (SCOPS) and Lois Rock (SORHAPO), Regional Preservation Officers DATE November, 1978/ May, 1979 STREET & NUMBER 103 Carnegie Hall, Ohio University (614) 594-6578 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 criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY KEEP ER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CHIEF OF REGISTRATION GPO 921-803 Athens TELEPHONE NORTHING DATE CODE Friendship The nominated property occupies Portsmouth City Addition COUNTY ATTEST: UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING Regional History-Architecture Preservation Office, 1o HA hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the Ohio 107 ft. by 165 ft.The church building itself is approximately 130 ft. long Publishing Co., Owensboro, Kentucky; A History of Scioto County, Ohio, To- ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ORGANIZATION less than one Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio J. Williams photo 3/87 Neg.
at 391 Library Park S. Columbus, Ohio St. Mary's Catholic Church (NR) Photo # 3 Boneyfiddle Multiple Resource Area NE Corner Fifth and Market Streets View looking northeast Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000611 Multiple Property Cover Sheet Please refer to the map in the for this property
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