Nomination for St. Ladislaus Roman Catholic Church

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United States Department of the Interior 1. Name St. Ladislaus Roman Catholic Church and/or common street & number 2908 Wood Avenue -not for publication city, town - vicinity of - county _ district - unoccupied - agriculture - museum * building(s) work in progress - site X religious . in process - yes: unrestricted - government .scientific - being considered _ military 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. 308 2nd Street has this property been determined elegible?

- yes x no - local depository for survey records 44055 1976 both 039 transportation Lorain Elyria Accessible Category Columbus code commercial educational object Ownership entertainment industrial other: historic structure date Ohio Status private residence state Lorain County Courthouse Ohio Historic Inventory Inventory-Nomination Form park Type all entries-complete applicable sections title Present Use Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Diocese of Cleveland Ohio Historical Society Superior Avenue 3. Classification National Register of Historic Places Father Alex Demetzky Local notice: 2. Location Public Acquisition 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 1412 East 29th Street See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms For HCRS use only FHR-8-300 (11-78) congressional district 13 - Donald Pease - public * private .federal * state 093 7.

Description X excellent _ unaltered X original site X altered moved date facade, with an octagonal belfry which has corner pilasters and a hip roof is made of tile. an event from the life of St. Stephen, and medallions depicting the litany artifacts, vestments, fabrics, embroidery, furniture and wood carvings. Condition unexposed ruins deteriorated fair of the religious life in Hungary, representing a Corpus Christi procession, The steps were originally enclosed with massive cheek walls which except that voussoirs are suggested above the arched openings.The slightly pointed dome. The concrete walls are grooved to suggest arches spring.The apse is semicircular and contains an elaborate carved locally-made ceramic tiles of red, yellow and black.The basement altarpiece with three domed turrets.

The ceiling is painted with murals side of the facade there is a Romanesque window, and above the entrance of the Blessed Virgin. The concrete floor of the nave is paved with Check one is a triad of arched windows. A single square tower rises above the The interior is an aisled Romanesque nave.The round columns have Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

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have been removed.The arched entrance is framed bya small portico This isa church in the Romanesque style constructed ofpoured reinforced - good date houses a Hungarian folk art museum with display cases containing large foliated capitals and impost blocks from which the ribbed circular horizontal courses, but do not imitate stone masonry construction, projecting transepts making a cruciform plan.The church stands ona consisting of two columns supporting a classical pediment.On either 8.

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Significance - archeology-historic . sculpture X architecture . music _ exploration/settlement - philosophy X 1900- - industry _ invention - other (specify) The Hungarian Catholics of Lorain, Ohio, organized a congregation as Lorain area should be chosen, Bishop Horstman established St. Ladislaus The edifice was completed in 1907. The poured concrete walls were rein- plasticity and monolithic character of the material, St. Ladislaus represents the design of the building, and the architect was Emile Uhlrich, a 1904-1907 1700-1799 commerce 1600-1699 1800-1899 1500-1599 communications engineering education theater humanitarian literature agriculture transportation Period Specific dates science prehistoric politics/government earliest Hungarian Catholic parishes in the United States. law its Hungarian folk art museum attracts many visitors.

architects like Wright were developing concrete forms to express the Cleveland architect of French origin who designed several churches for United States.Following controversy as to which of two locations in the the contrasting philosophy that concrete could reproduce traditional stone to engineering works and commercial or warehouse buildings, its use for The church site was purchasedin1905 and construction was begun in 1906. resident pastor.Since its inception St.Ladislaus Church has served the the Cleveland Diocese. served by Father Charles Boehm, pastor of St.Elizabeth's in Cleveland a church structure is rare.St.Ladislaus is contemporary with F.L. _conservation (NR),which is called the first actual Hungarian Catholic parish in the 1400-1499 forced with steel rods from the great Lorain Steel Company mills in the United States began only in the 1890s.

Since it was confined primarily which many of the parishioners worked, and which are located just a Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) _economics parish in 1904, and Father Joseph N. Szabo was assigned as the first early as 1890 under the name of St.Stephen's Society.At first they were Wright's Unity Temple in Oak Park (1906).While some engineers and few blocks northeast of the church. The use of structural concrete in social/ military -art - archeology-prehistoric _ community planning . religion masonry, but much more cheaply. Father Joseph Szabo may have contributed landscape architecture St.Ladislaus Roman Catholic Church is a rare example of early concrete construction for a religious building.Itis also the church of one of the pp. 312-317, 345. UMT References the City of Lorain, being the lots on which the building stands.

-_ state Eric Johannesen, Preservation Officer The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: X local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated State Historic Preservation Officer signature Lorain 216-721-5722 county Northing date Easting code Zone Cleveland name/title national telephone Golden Jubilee Album-St. Ladislaus Church (Lorain, 1955), pp. 6-9. 1:24,000 Ohio 10.

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Geographical Data Attest: 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 11. Form Prepared By Chief of Registration July 1980 List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Quadrangle name inclusive of the Sheffield Land & Improvement Company's Third Addition to Keeper of the National Register 9. Major Bibliographical References I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Parishes of the Catholic Church-Diocese of Cleveland (Cleveland,1942),p.310. Acreage of nominated property less than one city or town For HCRS use only Western Reserv e Historical Society date according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. GPO 938 835 organization Verbal boundary description and justification The property consists of Lots 18ll to 1814 Quadrangle scale G.

Frederick Wright, Standard History of Lorain County (Chicago, 1916), vol. I, Fed. Reg. Date - REJECT_ photos / . appeal Reviewer - Recom. /Criteria Date Due:_4/ - see continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 7. Description . excellen Seterioratec - unaitered resubmission Location Classification alterations/integrity RETURN Discipline clarity summary paragraph owner objection boundary selection Working No. completeness .Nomination returned for: 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys nomination by person or local government National Register NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Check one United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Property: ruins Chock one Present Ue - sample - original site - altered _ moved comments: Federal Agency: Date Due: good Ownerehip unexposed State, County: OH Enteredctiothe 8. Significance justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By _ netional - Date - Signed checked Maps completeness context clarity summary paragraph to significance Photographs Other the resource relating significance to applicable criteria 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification justification of areas relationship of integrity Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Cuedrangie name Phone: 202 272 -3504 Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to St. Ladislaus Catholic Church Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio 1. East facade, looking West. MAR 3 1982 ST. CADISLAUS CHURCH LORAIN, OHIO 1412 EAST 29TH STREET Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio 2. East and north elevations, ST. LADISLAUS CHURCH LORAIN, OHIO St. Ladislaus Catholic Church 1412 EAST 29TH STREET Looking Southwest. 3 1982 St. Ladislaus Catholic Church MAR 3 1982 ST. LADISLAUS CHURCH LORAIN, OHIO looking Southeast. 3. North and west elevations, Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio 1412 EAST 29TH STREET Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio MAR 3 1982 (1960), looking Northeast. ST. LADISLAUS CHURCH LORAIN, OHIO Lorain showing garage addition St.

Ladislaus Catholic Church 4. West and south elevations, James Leonard AST29TH STREET LORAIN QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) STATE OF OHIO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Roman Catholic Church DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES St. Ladislaus 17 403/930 East ROAD CLASSIFICATION ST. LADISLAUS CHURCH LORAIN. OHIO 44055 PHONE: 277-8187 1412 EAST 29TH STREET Sept. 23,1980 MAR31982 REGISTER RECEIVED NATIONAL MAR ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STATE OHIO St. Ladislaus Roman Catholic Church Shambaugh, George, House Schooley, Dr. Lindley, House Dr. W. Ray Luce Honorable Donald J.

Pease Columbus, Ohio 43211 Midwest Regional Office, NPS For further information, please call the National Register at (202) 272-3504 Lorain Notified Belmont Cleveland Location Perrysville vicinity and Theatre Name Variety Store Building Cuyahoga County Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Belmont County Honorable Mary Rose Oakar Richland County Honorable John M. Ashbrook The Ohio Historical Society State Historic Preservation Officer Lorain County Honorable Douglas Applegate Honorable John Glenn and Office Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue APRIL 1, 1982 Date Entered WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240 Honorable Don J. Pease APR - 9 1982 Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Mr. Pease: Ohio, to the National Register of Historic Places. After interested parties are given 15 days to comment on the nomination, it in accordance with Federal regulations, a decision must be made on the Dr. W.

Ray Luce Columbus, Ohio 43211 w/c of inc. 700 H32-710 Director Sincerely, National Register. House of Representatives Catholic Church is being considered for listing in the National Register. State Historic Preservation Officer Thank you for your letter of March 22 supporting the nomination of problems arise,there may bea delay while the problems are corrected.We Provided the documentation is adequate and all procedures have been followed 001-Reading File We appreciate your interest in the historic preservation programs of the On March 3,1982,the National Park Service received this nomination from Associate St.Ladislaus Roman Catholic Church (and Hungarian Museum),Lorain County, 190-Gi1ley) The Ohio Historical Society United States Department of the Interior will be given final consideration by the National Register staff.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE notice was published in the"Federal Register"that the St.Ladislaus Roman Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue IN REPLY REFER TO: FNP:Harrison:272-3504:fw:4/5/82:disk 26: docu. 25 will inform you if the St.Ladislaus Roman Catholic Church is entered in the bcc: DON J. PEA BILL GOOLD 13TH DISTRICT, OHIO DISTRICT OFFICE: 1127 LONGWORTH BUILDING MRS. NANCY YOOD 1936 COOPER-FOSTER PARK ROAD, LORAIN (202) 225-3401 (216) 282-5003 House of Kepresentatites MRS. MARY ANN SLOAN SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE 157 COLUMBUS AVENUE, SANDUSKY (419) 625-7193 MRS. BARBARA FLOWERS COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, MEDINA (216) 725-6120 March 22, 1982 MUNICIPAL BUILDING, BARBERTON (216) 848-1001 Ms. Carol Shull U. S. Department of the Interior Washington, D. C. 20240 Dear Ms.

Shull: Since October of 1981, we have been following up on the course this regard, I have been in contact with officials of the Historic with Historic Preservation officials last week, I was advised that the Accordingly, this letter isto urge that every proper consideration, hopefully favorable, be given the application of St. Ladislaus Church and Hungarian MAR 231982 application and keep my constituents advised of its status.In talking Received in Congressional this phase of the application process expedited on behalf of my constituents. National Park Service Thank you very much. Preservation Office in Columbus in order to lend my support to the expediting consideration of the application, and in advising me of the COMMITTEE ON of the application of St. Ladislaus Raman Catholic Church and Hungarian application is now pending in your office and has been since mid-February.

Museum for acceptance onto the National Register of Historic Places.In PART-TIME OFTICES: I was also advised that a letter fram me would be helpful in having Congress of the Gnited tates DJP:bt Acting Keeper of the Register 18th and C Streets Member of Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION WAYS AND MEANS Liaison Divisioni