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OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY 1. No. Aug-11-14 5 2. County Auglaize 3. Location of Negatives 4. Present Name(s) St. Augustine Catholic Church 5. Other Name(s) Same 6. Specific Location N. Hanover St. 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity Minster 8. Site Plan with North Arrow V^ SCHOOLS FIFTH SC HANOVER CHURCH LINCOLN RECTORY 9. Coordinates Lat. Long. U.T.M. Reference Zone Easting Northing 10. To be Structure [X] Building Object 11. On National Reg. Yes No X Register? No Eligible No X 12. Is it Individually Hist. Dist.? No X District Yes Poten'l? No X 13. Part of Estab. Yes No X 14. Name of Established District 15. Name 16. Thematic Category C, N 17. Date(s) or Period 1848, 1874, 1901 18. Style or Design Gothic 19. Architect or Engineer 1874 Twin towers by Anton Goehr 20.
Contractor or Builder 21. Original Use, if apparent church 22. Present Use church 23. Ownership Public Private X 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known Archbishop Bernardin Cincinnati 25. Open to Public? Yes X No 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Rev. Joseph Pax 628-2614 27. Other Surveys in Which Included none 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes X No 30. Foundation Material stone 31. Wall Construction brick 32. Roof Type & Material gable, slate 33. No. of Bays Front 3 Side 6 34. Wall Treatment stretcher 35. Plan Shape rectan 36. Changes Altered X (Explain if #42) Moved 37. Condition Interior remodeled Exterior altered 38. Preservation asnd- Yes X No 39. Endangered? Yes By What? No X 40. Visible from Public Road?
Yes X No 41. Distance from and Footage on Road 42. Further Description of Important Features Although church was built in 1848, length was increased and twin towers-190 feet high-were built on west in 1874. Sanctuary was added on east and main entrance moved to west in 1901. Steep front steps were installed in 1922. Interior was modernized in 1927. It is still an outstanding magnificent building, towers have 4 clocks on each spire and can be seen for miles. 43. History and Significance Jesuit priest cam to Stallotown (Minster) in 1832. First church was built in 1835, became motherchurch for area up to Glandorf and was served first by Father Horstman, and later by Precious Blood order. St. Theresa school, convent, and parish school were added. Early settlers came to Minster for Mass before their churches were built. 44.
Description of Environment and Outbuildings Elementary school built in 1906 and still being used is on same block, faces east on Lincoln. Rectory is on south side of church. Juniorhigh building is to the north. Across the street to the north sat old convent, torn down in 1972. 45. Sources of Information Sidney Daily News, BiCentennial Edition, July, 1976. Evening Leader, "A Bicentennial Look at Auglaize Co., 1976. Visual Inspection. 46. Prepared by Murey 'n Brown 47. Organization WHC 48. Date (49.
Revision Date(s) 2/77 Property Cross-Tipped Churches Thematic Group State Ohio Working Number 3.19.79.591 2nd Control TECHNICAL 25 CONTROL Photos P Maps 1 OK-2.17.79 HISTORIAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN see comment sheet Accept Bartram 7.25.79 ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Inventory _____ Review _____ REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Accept Bartram 7.25.79 BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER National Register Write-up Send-back _____ Entered 2-28-79 Federal Register Entry 7-29-79 Re-submit _____ United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service SPEED LIMIT 20 SCHOOL LAND/CROSS-TIPPED CHURCHES Minster Catholic Church Minster, Auglaize, Ohio Mary Ann Brown, 1977 WOBC, No. 5/25 MAR 1 9 1979 Cross-Tipped Churches Thematic Groups Auglaize, Drake, Mercer and Shelby Counties, Ohio, also Jay County, Indiana poe JUL 2 6 1979 St.
Augustine Catholic Church Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: _______64000616_______ Schools and rectory are not included. Rectory built in 1960s School included as #15 OHI form Aug-13-14 LSHS0016 Add Check Index DATE THU, FEB 15, 1996, 5:00 PM Page: 11 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY REPORT REFERENCE No.: 79003457 Control No.: PH0678520 PROPERTY NAME: St. Augustine Catholic Church OTHER NAME/ NOT APPLICABLE SITE No. : MULTIPLE NAME: Cross-Tipped Churches of Ohio TR ADDRESS/ N Hanover St.
BOUNDARY : CITY: Minster COUNTY: Auglaize STATE: OHIO Restricted Location Information: Owner: PRIVATE Resource Type: BUILDING Contributing Noncontributing Buildings 1 0 Sites 0 0 Structures 0 0 Objects 0 0 Nomination/Determination Type: MULTIPLE RESOURCE Nominator: STATE GOVERNMENT Nominator Name: NOT APPLICABLE Federal NOT APPLICABLE Agency: NPS Park Name: NOT APPLICABLE Certification: LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Keep Date: 07/26/79 Other Certification: NOT APPLICABLE change to Historic RELIGION gather Functions: removal Historic RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE Subfunctions: Current RELIGION Functions: Current RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE Subfunctions: Level of STATE Applicable Criteria: ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING Significance: Significant Person's Name: NOT APPLICABLE Criteria Considerations: RELIGIOUS PROPERTY Area of Significance: ARCHITECTURE Periods of: 1825-1849 1850-1874 Circa: Specific Sig.
Years: Significance: 1900-1924 1848 1874 1901 Architect/Builder/Engineer/ Designer: Goehr, Anton Other Documentation: NOT APPLICABLE HABS No. N/A Architectural GOTHIC Styles: Describe Other Style: NOT APPLICABLE Foundation Materials: STONE Wall Materials: BRICK Roof Materials: SLATE Other Materials: NONE LISTED Acreage: 0.9 UTM Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing Coordinates: 16/ /7 22 400/ 44 74 620 / / / /