Nomination for Green Plain Monthly Meetinghouse

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date entered APR 1 1982 1. Name and/or common 2. Location street & number South Charleston - Clifton Rd. _not for publication city, town - vicinity of state Ohio county - _ district X unoccupied - agriculture - museum X private . commercial - park _ both - work in progress - private residence . site X religious . scientific .being considered - yes: unrestricted - transportation _ other: 4. Owner of Property c/o Roger Boone, Clerk, 211 Villa Road 5. Location of Legal Description 31 N. Limestone St. has this property been determined elegible?

yes November 30, 1976 _ local 023 government Category code date entertainment Accessible educational structure industrial Status Ownership 7th object congressional district Springfield Clark public Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Ohio Present Use Inventory-Nomination Form Madison Township Type all entries-complete applicable sections 039 Quaker Meeting House on S. Charleston-Clifton Rd. Public Acquisition National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Clark County 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 3. Classification See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms in process Society of Friends Church city, town Dayton For HCRS use only FHR-8-300 (11-78) military South Charleston vic, X no received MAR 3 1982 X building(s) Ohio 45503 _federal X state Ohio Historic Inventory title 7.

Description X excellent .deteriorated &original site _ ruins X altered _moved date The Green Plain Meeting House is a 'rectangular, one story brick about 2 feet. All original interior woodwork, as well as window sash, doors, transoms and Condition unexposed fair slab floor. Check one unaltered shutters are original. and four windows. Stylistically it is a highly vernacularized Greek Revival. The only alterations to the building consist in: Within the building is again divided into two sections:one for men and paneled divider.

one for women.Each side has a center aisle with straight-back pews on either Century.It was replaced by a solid, poured concrete Above that is a walnut paneled wall,which folds.towards the built into each of the two short sides and they rise above the ridge of the roof by 1.many years ago the iron heating stoves were removed; the ground, the floor rotted-out about the Turn of the 2.as the original floor joists were only about 12above structure in common bond, 22'x 42'.It has six bays across the facade --2 doors Each side hasa central door flanked bya window on each side.A stove flue is The Meeting House sits on the front half ofa square acre plot. The back side.There is a space for the speaker at the front and also a place on the, Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

long walls when communication between the men and women was necessary. half contains a cemetery.which is still in use and well maintained. - Period - prehistoric _ landscape architecture X. religion _ archeology-historic . conservation _ science - agriculture . literature - sculpture X architecture - military . social/ _ art - music X 1800-1899 . industry & politics/government - transportation least two areas, religion and architecture. Founded in 1822, this branch of the conservative group moved to the present 'site and erècted the existing brick meeting house. The liberal branch is no w extinct and the orthodox continues in Selma. The meeting house at Green Plain, in keeping with the Friends tradition is a relatively stark Greek Revival Building.

However, being almost completely unchanged from the day of its construction, one-hundred and twenty Friends, especially the Conservative wing which retained the seperation of men and women. The structure is also a visible proof of the deep-seated feelings

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significance may be laid to the factors of: 1. its Greek Revival style of vernacular architecture; 2. its expression of Quaker philosophy and theology; 3. its connection with the American Slavery Question. and farming West Central Ohio. Therefore, this simple meeting house in its of early Ohio settlers. 1600-1699 1843 1700-1799 1500-1599 1400-1499 communications theater engineering commerce education humanitarian invention Specific dates 1900- law andanimosities that stirred the American nation over the Slavery Question in Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) near-pristine condition also offers a view into an important aspect of the lives 1843,this Hicksite branch split again over the slavery-abolition question.The _economics other (specify) with the orthodox moving to the nearby town of Selma.Seventeen years later 8. Significance The significance of the Green Plain Meeting House can be found inat To all of this may be added the fact that Quakers were instrumental in settling Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - archeology-prehistoric - community planning . exploration/settlement - philosophy seven years ago, it is a highly singular example of the thought of the Society of Society of Friends split into two groups in 182 6 -- orthodox and Hicksites, the several decades immediately preceding the Civil War. In sum, then, the 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Quadrangle name - then 208.7' northeast to pt. C, then 208.7' northwest to pt. D, then 208:7"southwest to List all states-and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries - state -county 11. Form Prepared By date June 27, 1980 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification _ national - local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 State Historic Preservation Officer signature code date Northing Zone name/title Ohio Attest: Springfield Chief of Registration South Charleston UMT References Zone Easting I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register beginning point A.

The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle scale1:24,000 National Reglster city or town For HCRS use only Keeper of the National Rei s ate, 2. Typescript: History of the Green Plain Monthly Meeting, by Miss Helen Calvert, George H, Berkhofer, Exec, Dir, 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. GPO 938 835 street & number 300 W. Main Street H1182 513-324-0657 telephone Verbal boundary description and justification date2/10/82 Entered in tha 1.History of Clark County,Ohio;The Beers Co.,Chicago,1881.pp.765-66 United States Department of the interior National Park Service Fed. Reg. Date: _2 - REJECT. Reviewer _ Recom.

/ Criteria- -see continuation sheet -substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 7. Description boundary selection resubmission completeness alterations/integrity Property: clarity Discipline RETURN Action: Date owner objection Federal Agency: summary paragraph NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ACCEPT_ Date Due: 194 Accessible EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Substantive Review: - NR decision - technical corrections cited below X3. Classification . unahlered appeal maps comments: Nominetion returned for: unexposec 4-1-82 Entered in the ruins pood Condition detenoraiec C. Significance justification of exception g. Major Bibliographical References 11. Form Prepared By 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Signed - - Date - Phone: 202 272-3504 checked Maps context completeness Photographs Other clarity applicable criteria relationship of integrity the resource 10. Geographical Data Comments for any item may be continued on an ettached sheet - local Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to summary paragraph justification of areas relating significance to dete Peried G. H. Berkhofer August, 1980 photograph no. 1 MAR 3 1982 Green Plain Meeting House southeast to northwest. 300 W. Main St., Spfld., 0. Madison Twp., Clark Co., O. Madison Iwp-, Clark Co., Ohio G. H. Berkhofer August, 1980 photograph no. Green Plain Meeting House 300 W. Main St., Spfld., View of structure from southwest G. H. Berkhofer August, 1980 photograph no. 3 MAR 3 1982 building.

Green Plain Meeting House View of north (rear) side of Madison Twp., Clark Co., 0. G. H. Berkhofer August, 1980 300 W. Main St., Spfld., Ohio photograph no. 4 MAR 3 1982 ture, looking northwest. Green Plain Meeting House Madison Twp., Clark Co., O. view of cemetery behind struc- RECEIVED GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SOUTH CHARLESTON QUADRANGLE STATE OF OHIO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SOUTH CHARLESTON, ÖHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OKES CEDARVILLE Green Plain (Monthly) Meeting House 269620 - 4409910 ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STATE OHIO / Location Bramble, Ayres L., House Shield's, Edwin M., House St. Rosa Church Dr. W. Ray Luce Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr. Columbus, Ohio 43211 Midwest Regional Office, NPS Loveland Cincinnati Notified Name Greene County Hamilton County South Charleston vicinity Honorable Howard M.

Metzenbaum Green Plain Monthly Meetinghouse Yellow Springs Historic District Clark County Yellow Springs The Ohio Historical Society Honorable John Glenn State Historic Preservation Officer (William Johnston House) For further information,please call the National Register at(202)272-3504 Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Honorable Clarence Brown