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

Nomination for Red Oak Presbyterian Church

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,479 words across 12 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 82003547, 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.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1. Name and/or common same street & number - not for publication city, town X vicinity of ,congressional district : : 6th _state - district - public _ unoccupied _ museum X building(s) X private - park - structure _ work in progress _ private residence .site X religious - object - yes: restricted scientific - being considéred Xiyes: unrestricted industrial - transportation - military 4. Owner of Property street & number Cemetery Road 5. Location of Legal Description has this property been determined elegible? - yes county - depository for survey records both Accessible code Georgetown educational Category date commercial 039 entertainment Ripley Status historic Ownership Inventory-Nomination Form date entered government agriculture Ohio Type all entries-complete applicable sections Present Use Brown County Fairgrounds 2.
Location Public Acquisition 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 3. Classification For HCRS use only Red Oak Presbyterian Church National Register of Historic Places in process Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service United States Department of the Interior title FHR-8-300 JUN 17 1982 6th courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Brown County Recorder's Office, County Administration - local Trustèes'of Red Oak Presbyterian Church 015 federal same 7. Description _ excellent X unaltered _ ruins _ moved date .fair The building is a rectangular, one-story structure with a very gently it is not known if it is original. The pews, pulpit, and pulpit chairs A 30'x40 cement block addition was made to the rear of the church in Although unsympathetic to the original building, the addition is Condition window.
Check one the older cemetery directly west of the church.The area is rectangular and unexposed Included within the nominated area because of its age and proximity is tionary and Civil War veterans. and windows with a white enamel finish havebeen placed over the doors and Cemetery Road in a sheltering grove of trees, and is nearly invisible from and thus does not detract from its integrity. The facade is composed of two entrances on either side of a central Red Oak Presbyterian Church is a simple vernacular stone building lo- to the west. west, and south.A relatively recent cemetery lies in the open field to Xoriginal site appear to date from the late 19th century. the north, while the old cemetery lies approximately 15' from the church . deteriorated cated in rural Brown County, Ohio. It lies directly off U.S. Rte. 68 on table, and the foundation is of the same limestone.
The roof is covered in standing seam metal, painted Since the church has been in regular use since its construction, var- most exclusively from the 19th century, and in its graves lie many Revolu- - good each side of the church are identical to this. The tall front doors have large rectangular transoms and paneled double wooden doors.Storm doors Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance facade has shiplap siding, while the rear pediment is weatherboarded.Both the highway. Red Oak Creek curves in a southwesterly direction immediately There are no chimneys. 8. Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - prehistoric _archeology-historic - science _agriculture - sculpture X social/ . musIc X 1800-1899 - commerce _ theater - politics/government _ transportation other (specify) Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) tionist, the Rev. James Gilliland. Relatively few such early stone build- ings remain today in Brown County, and of these, the majority are residen- integrity of the site because of its age, its proximity, and the stone wall Organized in 1798, Red Oak was the first church organized in Brown assisted hundreds of fleeing slaves through Ohio, and preached sermons and 1700-1799 1817 1400-1499 1500-1599 economics conservation communications engineering industry military Period humanitarian education surrounding it. Specific dates law 1900- literature Red Oak Presbyterian Church is significant for the type of architecture with the stone church.He was buried in the adjacent cemetery in 1845.
during the heyday of abolitionism, and the general public associates him to the west is an integral part of the setting and contributes to the it exemplifies and for its connection to an important southern ohio aboli- _invention _ archeology-prehistoric - community planning X architecture _art - philosophy Brown County and its eastern neighbor, Adams, were a hotbed of abolitionist mainly by Virginians and Kentuckians, many of whom were opposed to Negro landscape architecture _ religion Builder/Architect unknown 1600-1699 exploration/settlement activity in the first half of the nineteenth century.The area was settled one in southern Ohio to establish the abolitionist movement.Red Oak was Ripley and the Rev. Dwyer Burgess of West Union, the Rev. James Gilliland Georgetown, Ohio. The News-Democrat, (Georgetown, Ohio) 29 July 1948.

The rest of the file

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

Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property approx. one Quadrangle scale 1:24000 Verbal boundary description and justification The nominated area (church",Older cemetery) -state 11. Form Prepared By Lois J. Rock, Regional Preservation Officer city or town Ohio 45662 The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _ national 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated State Historic Preservation Officer signature 353-7157 county code Northing Easting date Zone Portsmouth local name/title telephone Chief of Registration Attest: National Register 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Ohio University-Portsmouth and UMT References Keeper of the National Register Brown County Recorder's Office, Brown County Administration Bldg., Entered in the in the Brown County Recorderis Office. For HCRS use only SHPO 9.
Major Bibliographical References lies at the southern edge of the property described on page 143 of the Mary Martin Bick, Brown County Preservation Task Force As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 GPO 938 835 street & number 940 Second Street organizationShawnee State College ACREAGE NOT VERIFIED I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register United States Department of the Interior National Park Service EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET - REJECT_ photos y Reviewer _ Recom. / Criteria _ see continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 7.
Description - ruins resubmission dates Location completeness clarity Discipline appeal boundary selection maps alterations/integrity Name owner objection nomination by person or local government 6. Representation in Existing Surveys _substantive reasons discussed below 3. Classification NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES .Nomination returned for: summary paragraph Federal Agency: Date Due: good Fed. Reg. Date: EEB 1 - sample . unattered - original site /1983 9-4-82 tai justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Signed checked context completeness Maps clarity Photographs applicable criteria Date summary paragraph Other the resource Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet 8.
Significance justification of areas relationship of integrity relating significance to 1. Red Oak Presbyterian Church 2. :Cemetery Road, Ripley, Brown County, OH 3. Lois Rock 4. 8/81 5. Ohio University 6. Facade & west side; camera facing SE 7. 1 of 5 1. Red Oak Presbyterian Church 2. Cemetery Road, Ripley, Brown County, OH 3. Lois Rock 4. 8/81 5. Ohio University 6. West side detail; camera facing NE 7. 2 of 5 1. Red Oak Presbyterian Church 2. Cemetery Road, Ripley, Brown County, 3. Lois Rock 4. 8/81 5. Ohio University 6. Rear addition & back wall; camera facing 7. 3 of 5 Ohio 1. Red Oak Presbyterian Church 2. Cemetery Road, Ripley, Brown County, 3. Lois Rock 4. 8/81 5. Ohio University 7. 4 of 5 south Ohio 6. Cemetery & rock wall; camera facing 1. Red Oak Presbyterian Church 2. Cemetery Road, Ripley, Brown County, 3. Lois Rock 4. 8/81 5. Ohio University 6.
Rock wall surrounding cemetery; camera 7. 5 of 5 facing south Ohio GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RUSSELLVILLE QUADRANGLE RUSSELLVILLE, OHIO-KY. UNITED STATES Zone: 17 257200 Church DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HUNTINGTON Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey OHIO Ripley.Oho SRE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MAY P O1982 Ms. Carol Shull, Acting Keeper National Register of Historic Places National Park Service US Department of the Interior 440 G St., NW Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Ms. Shull: notification procedures have been followed and each nomination has been approved by the state review board. Murphy, Daniel, Log House Red Oak Presbyterian Church Jaegar Machine Company Office Bldg. Long and Third Conmercial Bldg. St. Augustine's Catholic Church Lilley, Robert D., House McNamar-McLure-Miller House Please let me know if you have any questions.
State Historic Preservation Officer WRL/DS: jb enclosures Licking Highland Brown Sincerely Franklin Muskingum Athens Name County REGISTER Alameda Apartments Ohio Historic Preservation Office Sheltering Arms Hospital RECEIVED Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 Enclosed are nine new National Register nominations= All the appropriate W.Ray Luce