Decorative drawing: a plain country church with a tall steeple. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for First Methodist Episcopal Church

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,834 words across 10 pages, filed in 1979. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 79001948, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPA FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FEB 22 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES APR 1 6 1979 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ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER 120 Cleveland Avenue Southwest -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X BUILDING(S) - WORK IN PROGRESS - PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION IN PROCESS X.YES: RESTRICTED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY 120 Cleveland Avenue S. W.
LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR 039 1976 151 CODE Canton DATE ACCESSIBLE OBJECT STATE COUNTY Columbus UNOCCUPIED OWNERSHIP Stark TRANSPORTATION HISTORIC CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY NAME RECEIVED AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL MILITARY ENTERTAINMENT GOVERNMENT _EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC STRUCTURE INDUSTRIAL STATUS PUBLIC SITE XRELIGIOUS Ohio Historic Inventory XPRIVATE _DISTRICT 16th First Methodist Episcopal Church PH0697532 _BEING CONSIDERED Ohio Public Square Church of the Savior United Methodist Church COURTHOUSE, TITLE _PARK -MUSEUM -OTHER: FEDERAL *STATE COUNTY _LOCAL SURVEY RECORDS Ohio Historic Preservation Office DATAT SHEETTERIOR DESCRIPTION * ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

foundation measuring 135 feet long by 60 feet wide. The stone walls are composed of of the facade is a 135 foot square tower, which features a number of paired lancet openings, in both a diagonal arrangement, and in conjunction with foliation and hexa- openings, corner turrets and a metal covered, four-sided spire. A two-story round bay is on the opposite corner of the facade,and has a row of lancet windows with corbeling and a conical roof. have been closed, leaving the entrances in the tower base and at the base of the corner bay. All are within lancet openings that also have steeply pointed pediments. pattern, and there are buttresses at the corner of the facade. steep gable except over the trancepts where it is hipped. There was originally a small louvred and pointed turret at the rear of the church, but it has since been removed.
The entryways on the facade lead by small vestibules into a 60 by 63 auditorium. The plate placed there in 1903. CONDITION trancept. UNEXPOSED DETERIORATED UNALTERED EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR dentil work. CHECK ONE random ashlar blocks with smooth ashlar quoins and window trim.The primary feature The original slate roof with cresting has been replaced with shingles.The roof isa the auditorium and to remove acoustical barriers for the rear Sunday School room.The McKinley Memorial windows are in the west wall of the auditorium. The side elevations are also pierced with lancet openings that have stained glass windows.
The trancept has three lancet openings that are subdivided into smaller windows.It has The First Methodist Church isa rectangular shaped structure on a rock-faced sandstone A major feature of the auditorium is its exposed wooden framing in the ceiling that has rear of the interior is composed of a circular Sunday School room that is ringed by of the auditorium and the McKinley pew from the front) is marked with the silver Directly above the central entryway is a rose window set upon a blind arcade and within A large lancet window with foliation and tracery is in the center of the wall and pro- X ALTERED The tower is topped by an open belfry resting on corbeling, and that has lancet There were originally five entrances across the facade. The three central entryways jects up into the roofline with a gablet.
The cornice has small consoles reminiscent of a gablet in the center that has a rose window. A side entrance is at the base of the classrooms and a gallery. The auditorium was originally separated by a massive movable divider known as "the Great Door." It was lowered into the basement hydraulically into a specially designed pocket. The "Door" and its framing were removed in 1949 to enlarge foils. droplets and trefoil cut-outs.The four McKinley Memorial windows are in the west wall -RUINS AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Methodism was established in Canton in 1808 but did not build a church until 1833. In termine whether to repair the old structure or build anew. A decision was finally made to demolish the remaining walls and Frank O. Weary was selected to design a new church. the life of the parish, serving as a Sunday School teacher, and later as the Superintendent McKinley's mortal wounding and death in Buffalo, New York, in 1901 deeply shocked the 1400-1499 1600-1699 ART ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE INVENTION TRANSPORTATION PERIOD EDUCATION BUILDER/ARCHITECT RELIGION XPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT THEATER EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY PREHISTORIC LITERATURE church architecture.
designed for the Canton Methodists is, however, a solid amd impressive example of Gothic _COMMERCE The stylistic eclectism of several of his designs show that Weary experimented with a few important structures in McKinley's active life to remain in Canton. First Methodist Church when he settled in Canton in 1867.McKinley was very active in The First Methodist Episcopal Church is a massive and imposing example of the High _COMMUNICATIONS gation, and when completed the church was entirely without debt. church became a tourist attraction along with the home where he conducted his famous _PHILOSOPHY MILITARY building caught fire during a service in January 188l and resulted in the complete "front-porch"camapign.The latter home was demolished in the 1930s after an effort to.
William McKinley, Jr.had been a devout Methodist since his childhood and joined the Victorian Gothic style and one of the few remaining links to President William A. been financed to a large degree through the philanthropy of two members of the congre- during the service. - 1700-1799 _CONSERVATION McKinley in his native town of Canton. _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN served in that capacity until his death in l90l.After his election as President, the -1500-1599 The interior was near enough to completion by December 1882 for services to be held -1900- _COMMUNITY PLANNING there and the building was formally dedicated in September 1883. The construction had Weary was a partner in the Akron firm of Weary and Kramer with George W. Kramer.
He September with President Theodore Roosevelt and other high level federal and state _ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC The roof of this destruction of the interior.Architectswere then contacted by the congregation to de- move it failed and it became vandalized and deteriorated.The church is thus one of the officials in attendance.The congregation still owns the flag used to drape the casket was particularly active in Ohio during the 1880s designing a number of public buildings. 1862-4 a new Romanesque church was built on the present location. -LAW

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES The Canton Daily Repository (Canton, O.), September 24, 1883. The Evening Repository (Canton, 0.), September 23, 1907. Society, 1949. John Lehman, ed. A Standard History of Stark County, Ohio. Chicago: Lewis Publishing O GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIÉS FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE X 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/ TITLE David A. Simmons Ohio Historic Preservation Office STREET & NUMBER 466-1500, ext.
336 T-71 & 17th Avenue CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL _ 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 I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL, REGISTER CHIEF OF REGISTRATION GPO 921-803 TELEPHONE NORTHING CODE ORGANIZATION COUNTY DATE Columbus ZONE EASTING UTM REFERENCES ATTEST: Co., N.D. Edward T. Heald, The Stark County Story. 4 vols.
Canton, O.: Stark County Historical QUADRANGLE NAME QUADRANGLE SCALE . ZONE Simmons Ohio Form No. 10-300a (Hev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM Canton, Stark County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Item #8 Several months after the funeral, Ida Mckinley, the President's widow, contacted the windows in memory of her late husband. An artist was found for the windows and they Cornelius, the Christian soldier; and Joshua, the Biblical hero. With the addition of the parish hall tó the rear of the building, the First Methodist PAGE line similar to the original block.At the corners of the addition are false low Church remains today much as it was described at its dedication as'an architectural First Methodist Episcopal Church FOR NPS USE ONLY life in Canton.
duplicate some of the Gothic details of the original church in the design of the DATE ENTERED The first 2 stories of this three story brick addition are relatively un- church Board of Trustees to inform them of her desire to donate four stained glass The Parish hall was added to the rear of the church in 1924.An effort was made to APR | 6 1979 ITEM NUMBER 7 &8 were installed in 1907. They depicted Moses, the lawgiver; John, the humanitarian; beauty of the city." The church also stands as an important tie to William McKinley's gables with circular tracery windows and quoins reminiscent of the towers on the church.
adorned;but the top story included pointed arch windows and corbeling at the cornice Photos _ ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - Send-back _ Re-submit _ OTHER HAER KEEPER TECHNICAL Entered Maps ARCHEOLOGIST Review HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT CHIEF National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Federal Register Entry Working Number 2. 2 2.79.S60 4:12:79 CONTROL 4.10.74 APR -1 6 1979 Photographer: Harold Thomas W/77 First Methodist Episcopal Church, Canton, Negatives: Canton Photo Service, Canton, O.
View looking southeast Stark County, Ohio FEB 82 1979 FEB 2 2 1979 First Methodist Episcopal Church, Canton, Stark Negative: Ohio Historic Preservation Office View looking northeast County, Ohio Photographer: David Simmons 10/78 FEB 22 1979 Negative: Stark County Historical Society First Methodist Episcopal Church, Canton, Date: ca. 1920 Stark County, Ohio 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CANTON WEST QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OHIO-STARK CO. FEB 22 1979 UNITED STATES CANTON WEST,OHIO APR 1 6 1979 St. Peter's Evangel1cal Lutheran Church Robinson, Edmund, House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Dr. Thomas H. Smith Honorable Delbert L. Latta Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202) 343-6401.
Lancaster Location Canton Warren County Name Newark First Methodist Episcopal Church Lebanon vicinity Licking County Honorable John M. Ashbrook Honorable Ralph Regula Also Notified State Historic Preservation Officer 79001948 Wood County Home and Infirmary Bowling Green vicinity Date Entered Fairfield County STATE OHIO ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Honorable John H. Glenn St. Mary's Catholic Church Wood County Honorable Thomas N. Kindness Honorable Clarence E. Miller Stark County The Ohio Historical Society Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Byers/bjr Director 4/19/79 Massillon