Nomination for St. Henry Roman Catholic Church and Rectory

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1. Name ST. HENRY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND RECTORY and/or common street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of 3. Classification .district - unoccupied - agriculture . museum X building(s) X private - park - structure - work in progress X private residence _ site .entertainment X religious _ object _ in process yes: unrestricted - government 4. Owner of Property 5.

Location of Legal Description - yes X no OH 43211 039 1981 both Location transportation Accessible Category date code county educational Ownership state commercial Noble historic other: Steubenville, Public Acquisition date entered Ohio Caldwell scientific industrial public Inventory-Nomination Form title congressional district Diocese of Steubenville Present Use Ohio Historic Inventory Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service being considered Type all entries-complete applicable sections National Register of Historic Places 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Status See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms has this property been determined elegible? United States Department of the Interior 10-Clarence Miller military For HCRS use only FHR8-300 (11-78) 36573 County Read, 47 Box 969, 422 Washington Street OH 43952 courthouse, registry of deeds, etc.

Ohio Historic Preservation Office, c/o Ohio Historical Center 2 1982 Harriettsville Columbus depository for surveyrecords Noble County Court House received NOV 7. Description X excellent - deteriorated X original site .ruins X altered _moved date corner and is capped with a hipped roof with gables and a tall, octagonal, cross-tipped stone beltcourses which are slightly corbeled out from the plane of the tower itself All voids of the church are lancet-arched, including the belfry on the tower.

The side is further highlighted by flat corbeling near the roof line and by a gabled projecting spire, is covered with a composition roofing material, no doubt an alteration from the is a 2-story bay window with a gabled roof, corner bracketry, and a sawn pedimental barge- buildingfeatures an open wood porch along much of its facade, trimmed with turned posts, fenestration is flat-arched; windows on the facade are 1/1 lights, while those of the sides and rear are 6/6 lights. (1936), located directly behind the church, is not included in the nomination. Condition fair unexposed Church original slate.

unaltered Check one elevations into bays.Each bay along the side has a lancet-arched window with memorial above the main door,which is housed behind a projecting portal.The main door has distinctive facade is highlighted by a corner tower which rises from the northeast Creek,the buildings constitute a religious complex in their own right.A community hall Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

St.Henry's is a Gothic Revival church constructed of stone laid in random ashlar The church and Rectory are located just south of the Noble County village of Harriettsville, feature moulded partial returns, typical of the Greek Revival.On the west side of the facade with a gable roof. While not of high-style architectire per se, the Rectory does exhibit elevations of the church are defined by a series of buttresses which separate these windows of stained glass. The facade has a large, broad, lancet-arched window centered a transom into which is set a trefoil, typical of the style of architecture. The facade bay near the northwest corner.

The gable roof of the church, as well as that of the board, characteristic of the eclecticism of the late nineteenth century:Finally,the sawn ornament, and spindlework reminiscent of Eastlake architectural ornamentation._A1l - good The Rectory is a wood frame house, built on a foundation of coursed rubble and capped Rectory within sight of the still-operating general store.Sited on a hillside overlooking Duck spire.The tower is roughly divided into informal stages through the use of horizontal 8.

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Significance . prehistoric landscape architecture-x religion - archeology-historic - sculpture _ art . music 2 1800-1899 . commerce - philosophy - politics/government - transportation _ invention - other (specify) Builder/Architect A. Druiding, Chicago, architect life of this small rural community, and for their architectural significance as being traditional building forms._ Further, the church is the only stone building in the area, and one of the few buildings of stone construction in Noble County, representing a high degree of craftsmanship for such a rural community. The parish dates from 1867 when a trame church was erected near the parish cemetery, some cost $12,000 to build.

The church derives additional significance from the fact that it was designed by Adolph Druiding, a Chicago architect who apparently was known throughout the Midwest as a church in the June, 1893, issue: "It [St. Henry's Church] will be a handsome Gothic edifice of stone 1500-1599 1400-1499 1700-1799 conservation economics education communications industry engineering 1900- Period military humanitarian exploration/settlement theater agriculture science Specific dates social/ architect.According to various reports throughout the 'eighties and 'nineties in The literature representative of elite architectural styles in an area dominated by vernacular and These two buildings are nominated for their collective significance to the religious two miles east of Harriettsville.In 1879,St.Patrick's Church at Fox Steelement was Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) Areas of Significance-Check and justify below made a mission of St.Henry's.In 1894,a tract of land was purchased from Phillip was selected to design the church.The cornerstone was laid in the spring of 1894 by law to the site free of charge by parisioners.Dedicated in the fall of 1894,the church _ archeology-prehistoric - community planning X architecture Bishop Watterson. The limestone was quarried from land east of the village and was hauled Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. St. Henry's parish apparently commissioned him to prepare the plans in the surmer of 1893, since Inland Architect carried the following notice construction, having plain pine interior finish, pews, stained glass. Inland Architect and News Record, he prepared plans for churches in many parts of ohio, 1600-1699 windows, slate roof, gas fixtures, heating, etc." "History of St.

Henry's Parish," n.d., n.p. Inland Architect and News Record, XXI:5, (June, 1893), p. 65.

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

Geographical Data Quadrangle scale 1:24000 Beginning at the SW corner of C. R. 47 & a private drive, then W ca. 175'; then S ca. 150'; then E ca. 175'; then N ca. 150 feet to the place of beginning. - state 11. Form Prepared By David L. Taylor, Regional Historic Preservation Officer date 4 September, 1981 telephone 614-453-0762 7...1 _ national _ local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 code county Northing Easting date Zone Zanesville Attest: Chief of Registration Verbal boundary description and justification UMT References State Historic Preservation Officer signature National Register 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification city or town The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries 9.

Major Bibliographical References 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated name/title For HCRS use only street & number 1425 Newark Rd. GPO 938 835 organization Entered in the Ohio University-Zanesville I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register St. Henry Roman Catholic Church and Rectory _ REJECT_ Recom. /Criteria - Date Due: Lé - technical corrections cited below .substantive reasons discussed bolow 1. Name Working No. 2. Location completeness 3. Classification clarity alterations/integrity 7. Description Action: Noble County owner objection resubmission nomination by person or local government Fed. Reg. Date: 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys summary paragraph boundary selection Discipline. Federal Agency: ruins 4.

Owner of Property .Nomination returned for: Entered in the National Park Sorvico - RETURN - sample - unaltered - unexpoeed -moved OHIO good Check ene 8. Significance Specific dates Statement of Significance (In one paragraph) the resource justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: .. state Phone: 202 272-3504 completeness clarity context checked Signed Maps Date Other Photographs applicable criteria summary paragraph relating significance to local Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Verbal boundary description and justification national 10.

Geographical Data UMT References Acreage of nominated property State Historic Preservation Ofticer signature title justification of areas relationship of integrity Quedrangle name Areas of Significance-Check and justity below Period Dulldor Architect ST. HENRY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH & Zanesville, Ohio NE perspective, showing corner tower & RECTORY Harriettsville, Noble County, Ohio Photo by David Taylor, 1981 corner of rectory on lower left corne Neg. NOB-7-1-2, filed at Ohio University ST. HENRY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH & Neg. NOB-7-1-3, filed at Ohio Univer- sity, Zanesville, Ohio RECTORY Harriettsville, Noble County, Ohio stonework Detail of facade, showing entry portal G Photo by David Taylor, 9/81 ST. HENRY ROMAN CATGOLIC CHURCH & RECTORY Neg.

NOB-7-1-1, filed at Ohio University Harriettsville, Noble Co., Ohio Photo by David Taylor, 1981 window Rectory, from N, showing porch & bay Zanesville,OH UNITED STATES STAFFORD QUADRANGLE STATE OF OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) STAFFORD, OHIO October 26, 1982 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief 440 G Street, N.W. All the appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the new Eight Black History Resources in Cleveland St. John's Lutheran Church St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church St. Henry Roman Catholic Church Serquet, Emanuel and Frederick Farm Valley Dale Ballroom Please let me know if you have any questions. W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer WRL:BP: dd X.c: Regional Coordinators (5) Montgomery Hamilton Sincerely Noble Miami Encl.

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