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

Nomination for St. John's AME Church

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 764 words across 6 pages, filed in 1982. 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 82001370, 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.

Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories Social; Architecture 29. Basement? 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder John F. Aring 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use brick & stone trim 35. Plan Shape irregular 23. Ownership Public Road? 36. Changes Private X Altered O 9. Coordinates in #42) 24. Owner's Name & Address, Moved - 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 45 93 88 25. Open to Yes D Preservation Structure - Building X Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13.

Part of Estab. Yes O District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41. Distance from and 42. Further Description of Important Features Corner entrance tower with paired belfry openings. Symmetrical ses. Gabled parapet over central pointed arched window with under window. Sills, coping, buttress caps, and watertable in 43. History and Significance St. John's considered first black congregation in Cleveland, found- tion, parent to eight other black congregations. Architects Badgley & Nicklas planned 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings Cuyahoga County permanent parcel numbers 103-23-76 and 103-23-77. 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Rose, Cleveland: The Making of a City (1950), 124, 667. 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 1908 masonry 1981 County Register? Site Cuyahoga brick Northing Front East Zone Eligible? Cleveland WRHS Underway? Side Church Long.

gable/shingle Lat. AME Ohio Historical Center Johannesen Ohio Historic Preservation Office Exterior excellent Gothic eclectic Cleveland South (Explain the central high school. OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Interior several churches of advanced design in Cleveland, U.S., and abroad. stone tracery and brick hood molding.First floor bay projection Badgley & Nicklas ed in 1830 by freed slaves. After two other buildings, this church erected 1908. Frontage on Road St.John's is one of the largest and most influential congregations in the denomina- 226l East 40th Street 33. No. of Bays Addition - 15. Name of Established District Located on a busy residential street with many cleared properties, adjacent to 40th stone. Large central auditorium with domed ceiling. gabled entrance porches with wood brackets and brick buttres- Present Central Av. if known St. John's AME Church Potent'l?

NPS Form 10-900-a Entered 3. St. John's AME Church 4. Cleveland Home for Aged Attest Keeper Continuation sheet Date/Signature Name received Colored People Karamu House State Page National Park Service Shiloh Baptist Church Inventory-Nomination Form dnr-11 National Register of Historic Places Item number Thematic Group Ohio Multiple Resource Area Black History Thematic Resources Nomination/Type of Review United States Department of the Interior For NPS use only National Register House of Wills Entered in the 1. /Morgan, Garrett, House (7-81) Substantive Heview EVALUATION / RETURN National Park Service St. John's AME Church (Black History TR) . RETURN Reviewer - Recom. /Criteria - - so- continuation sheet _substantive reasons discussed below Name Location Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 7.

Description - unaltered completeness Cuyahoga County alterations/integrity Working No. REJECT clarity summary paragraph dates SHEE technical corrections cited below boundary selection 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Discipline Federal Agency: ruins Action: owner objection .Nomination returned for: resubmission Fed. Reg. Date: United States Dopartmont of the imterior ACCEPT- - sample - original stte - - moved Date appeal OHIO Substantive Review: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Entered in the Check one Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) justification of exception Acreagirof nominated property - 11. Form Prepared By national - local State Historic Preservation Officer signature Phone: 202 272-3504 completeness Signed clarity context checked Date Other Maps Photographs applicable criteria state summary paragraph the resource 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 9. Major Bibliographical References Verbal boundary description and justification 8. Significance Xo. Geographical Data Builder Architect UMT Reforences The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet relating significance to justification of areas Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to relationship of integrity Aroas of Significance-Chock and justity below Quadrangle name Eight Black History Resources North & West elevations, looking Episcopal Church St. John's African Methodist Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio E. Johannesen 1981 WRHS Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: _64000610 for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Please refer to the map in the