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Decorative drawing: a hillside burying ground with slate headstones and an iron gate. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Columbia Baptist Cemetery

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,058 words across 11 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 79002709, 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.

The nomination, in full

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

Mt. Lookout Onio Historic Preservation Office Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) Hamilton 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes C 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Founcation Material or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 1o. Style or Design 31. Wali Construction Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder No. of Bays Present Use 34. Wall Treatment 35. Plan Shape 23. Ownership Public Road? 36. Changes Addition C Private C Altered C 24. Owner's Name & Address, in #42) Moved C if known A. Reference Condition 25. Open to Preservation Site X Structure O Building O Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included of Estab. Yes D District No X Visible from 41. Distance from and : 100' small knoll above the Little Miami flood plain. :ree roots.

A fluted Corinthian column, taken from the .ton County and the Miami Purchase. Major Benjamin Stites, a native of Tersey and veteran of the Revolutionary War, settled the community of ement in the Northwest Territory. In the heart of the cemetery was the Howe, History of Ohio 47, Organization Excellent Side ncinnati dinates County 722300 Front 4331500 Easting The ster? Long. Underway? Dist.? Potent'? Columbia Cemetery Northing Frontage on Road dering their age, are generally in good repair. Some Ohic Historical Center Cincinnati Park Board (Explain Memorial Pioneer Cemetery Eligible? C.1790-1890 rthside Wilmer Road ation of Negatives cific Location WILMER and across from Lunken Airport.Railroad yards are adjacent to the north.

The cemetery contains the graves of some of the first settlers in :ery contains the graves of ll7 identified individuals TURKEY Interior lational HIO HISTORIC INVENTORY 16. Thematic Category No D and park Pioneer ie of Established District 1g from 1797 through 1890. The tombstones and markers, :es of Information Personal observation 5. Other Name(s) 12. Is It ibia in November, 1788. Columbia is the second oldest permanent white Frederick L. Church Payne MPA Baptist Cemetery Columbia Baptist Cemetery 950 Eden Park Drive AM.-1923-11a Photos S Inventory - Federal Register Entry Re-submit 5,24.79 KEEPER OTHER HAER CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST Entered Maps Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 11.16.28 National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF Send-back 3.12,79 State DH. Working Number1l.144. 28. 4536 TECHNICA 3 +, 5/ Return United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Mt.

Lookout Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes O 17. Date(s) or Period 1790-1890 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 1d. Style or Design 31. Wail Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder No. of Bays 34. Wall Treatment 35. Plan Shape 23. Ownership Public Road? Changes Addition O 9. Coordinates Private O Altered C 24. Owner's Name & Address, in #42) Moved C if known 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to 38. Preservation Site X Structure O Building O Object O Endangered? 11. On National By What? Eligible? No O 27. Other Surveys in Which Included. 13. Part of Estab. Yes O 14. District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 15. Name of Established District 41.

Distance from and on a small knoll above the Little Miami flood plain. The cemetery contains the graves of 117 identified individuals considering their age, are generally in good repair. Some the tree roots..A fluted Corinthian column, taken from the New Jersey and Veteran of the Revolutionary War, settled the community of Henry Howe, History of Ohio Register? Easting Zone Excellent Hamilton 722300 Front County Underway? Lat. 1000A.D. Long. Side WILMER Frontage on Road Northing Cincinnati IRPORT Interior Columbia Baptist Cemetery (Explain Memorial Pioneer Cemetery Ohio Historic Preservation Office OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Northside Wilmer Road Hamilton County and the Miami Purchase. Present Use Ohio Historical Center area and across from Lunken Airport.Railroad yards are adjacent to the north. TURKEY 950 Eden Park Drive 26.

Local Contact Person or Organization No X dating from 1797 through 1890. have been cemented or glued, and a few are wedged between Major Benjamin Stites, a native of (49. Revision Date(s) Cincinnati Post Office Building in 1889, was erected in the Frederick L. 4331500 Gordon The Payne Cemetery Church Cincinnati Park Board The tombstones and markers Director Cincinnati Parks; Potent'l? YeX Page 2 #42. Continued: cemetery to commemorate the centennial of and erected in 1792. the graves of Aaron Mercer and Ichabod Miller, local settlers who platted Mercersburg (Newtown) and constructed the Miller-Leuser log cabin (1796). In NOV 1 41978 > #43. Continued: Columbia Baptist Church, founded in 1790 neatest cemetery parcels in the city.

REGISTER Park.In addition to the grave of Benjamin Stites are in the Northwest Territory now has its church in Hyde This first Protestant congregation doing so it has made this small plot of land one of Sincer1964, the Cincinnati Park Board has supervised the maintenance of the cemetery, and in Columbia. NATIOINAL 42. Continued.

NOV 1 4 1978 Marker NATIONAL Major Stites REGISTER Corinthian Column Stone Commemorating RECEIVED Some of the headstones looking Revolutionary War Soldier Load east and northeast The First Boat Erected in 1889 SETTLERS IN CINCINNATI REGISTER NATIONAL RECEIVED NOV 1 4 1978 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - National Register Write-up AUG 2 4 1979 KEEPER OTHER HAER TECHNICAL CONTROL Send-back Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit Review Maps REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry 8.20.79 Photos - call- United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service accept THE BAPTISTS Of Columbia Township, in 1889. Erect this Pillar to Commemorate the Heroism and Piety of THE BAPTIST PIONEERS OF 1788-90. Columbia Baptist Church, organized Jan 20,1790. . Constituent Members Mary Davis John Ferris. John S. Garo Thomas C Wade.

The First Church in the Northwest Territorywas the Amy Reynolds Benjamin Davis Jonah Reynods Isaac Perris Dea con: April, 1978 Pioneer Memorial Cemetery: Cincinnati, Ham. Co., Ohig Hamilton County, ohio Corinthian Column Marker. Looking northeast Resources Columbia-Tusculum Steve Gordon NOV 141978 NOV 1 41978 AUG 24 19 Resources Columbia-Tusculum Looking west Steve Gordon Pioneer Memorial Cemetery 33433 Cincinnati, Ham. Co., Ohio April, 1978 Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000615 Please refer to the map in the for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet