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

Nomination for First Congregational Church

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 804 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 82001399, 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) 2. County 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 2 Basement? Yes E 17. Date(s) or Period (oor. W. Jefferson St.) 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays Side 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 35. Plan Shapei rregular 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition O Private [ Altered - 9. Coordinates 24. Owner's Name & Address, in #42) Moved - 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to 38. Preservation Site O Structure O Building EX 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 D District 40.

Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41. Distance from and 42. Further Description of Important Features 43. History and Significance 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings Lots 15,13,11 Columbus Ave. 66'x 198'. Less thar one acre. 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Sandusky Area Sesquicentennial, Portraits From the Past Damm - Guss Oral history- Rev. Gary H. Marcy 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 1895 Easting Erie Front Northing Register? Architecture; Underway? limestone Long. Sandusky limited domed Lat. First Congregational Church (Explain Richardson Romanesque This is significant because of its fine Tiffany glass and Romanesque design. rock faced ashlar Ohio Historical Center 19th Century-Religious This building contains much glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

The domed ceiling has Tiffany glass panels and the windows are Ohio Historic Preservation Office OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Interior excellent Old House Guild Public Road? This is one of three churches at this intersection in a neighborhood of apartments George Feick and then in a church on the court house square until this edifice was built. Erie County tax records Church terior to protect this and the dome has been lighted so that 43l Columbus Ave. 8.Site Plan with North Arrow Zone Eligible? Nox 15. Name of Established District The arched, recessed porch of It is surrounded by parking lots, where dwellings once stood. the glass shows to advantage. Photo and offices. cut Missionary Society who established the church to administer to the original also important because this congregation is descended from a group from the Connecti- Firelands settlers from Connecticut in l8l9.

The group worshipped in private homes the main entrance is approached by wide steps.A square tower Frontage on Road The basement is mostly above gropne OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 Nomination/Type of Review - 11. Coliseum "14. Stone's Block 15. Emmanuel Church -16. Cooke, Eleutheros, House Columbus Ave.) 18. Godfrey-Johnson House *19. First Congregational Church tered in the 20. Sts. Peter & Paul Church Attest Date/Signature Keeper Continuation sheet Name State National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form Thematic Group Sandusky Multiple Resource Area Item number National Register Multiple Resource Area Substantive Review National Park Service United States Department of the Interior 13. St. Mary's Rectory 12. U.S. Coast Guard Building NPS Form 10-900-a Far NPS use only Entered in tha ANSDRECTOR Entered Page 2~9 (3-82) Ohio received National Hegiste Fed. Reg.

Date: - RETURN Reviewer _ Recom. / Criteria - see continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below _ substantive reasons discussed below 4. Owner of Property 7. Description _ excellent - deteriorated _unaltered .ruins alterations/ integrity Location resubmission Date completeness owner objection REJECT Name clarity summary paragraph Discipline Erie County Action: boundary selection First Congregational Church (Sandusky MRA) unexposed 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Nomination returned for: Category 3. Classification nomination by person or local government 5. Location of Legal Description ational Park Service nited States Department of the Interior Condition Public Acquisition good Status Accessibie Present Use Cneck one EVALUATION / RETURN SHEE Date Due: - NR decision - sample - original site Natic Check one _ moved Ownership Federal Agency: Working No.

Entered in the fair 8. Significance justification of exception Quedrangie name - 11. Form Prepared By - state Signed completeness context Maps clarity checked summary paragraph relating significance to Photographs applicable criteria Date Other 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification the resource relationship of integrity Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data The evalusted significance of this property within the state is: - local State Historic Preservation Officer signature Phone: 202 272-3504 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet netional Yerbel houndary descrtption and justification Sandusky. Erie County. Ohio N. Guss. 1981.

OHG- First Congregational Church #a6 East & South sides West & North Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000649 Please refer to the map in the for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet