Nomination for St. Paul's Episcopal Church

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United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service received APR 2 T 1982 Inventory - Nomination Form date entered JUN 1 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms St. Paul's Episcopal Church and/or common street & number 317 East Liberty Street _ not for publication - vicinity of city, town . county X state Present Use - district _ public X occupied - agriculture _ museum X building(s) X private -park work in progress - private residence X religious _ in process - government - scientific yes: unrestricted _ industrial _ transportation - military _ other: Vestry, St. Paul's Episcopal Parish courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. has this property been determined elegible?

- yes - local depository for survey records 039 both 1979 103 Accessible date 44256 Columbus commercial Medina Ohio Category site Ownership Status object educational structure historic 2. Location National Register of Historic Places 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 4. Owner of Property being considered 5. Location of Legal Description Public Square 1. Name congressional district 3. Classification JUN11982 entertainment Ohio Historic Inventory Medina County Courthouse Ohio Historical Society Xyes:restricted Type all entries-complete applicable sections Public Acquisition title FHR8300 (11-78) For HCRS use only code 13 - Donald Pease x no X excellent _ deteriorated - unaltered *original site _ moved date ornamented with a cross-beam and turned colonnettes. A second entrance bell from the 1836 Greek Revival church which first occupied this site.

In 1899 a frame structure was attached to the east side of the church. church (i.e., sandstone construction with buttresses), but the window office and the Sunday school. with beams and ornate brackets. All of the oaken pews are original, as with a mosaic pattern and a larger single-arched window in the tower windows on the east wall of the nave and four on the west. The windows Christian symbolism, and figures and symbols of the Old Testament. These are all memorials to the families of Medina and the clergy of St. Paul's. Condition ruins plan (i.e., a small vestibule or narthex with a tower, a rectangular nave, organ pipes.

The vestibule has six single-arched stained glass windows walls of sandstone from Grafton, Ohio.The church has a typical Anglican The tower has corner buttresses, and the nave walls also have stepped buttresses of sandstone.Sandstone was used because the chairman of 7. Description depict New Testament scenes of the life of Christ and the Apostles, treatment consists of double casements.This addition houses the rector's the building committee gave a sizable personal contribution provided in 1877. The addition incorporates the same architectural features as the is the walnut paneling behind the altar. The organ was installed in 1928, The heavy, arched double doors have strap hinges. The main gable is The steep gabled roof line was repeated, along with Gothic details such The entrance of the vestibule has an arched doorway and gable roof.

that the church be of stone rather than brick.The roofing material with louvered openings and a pyramidal spire.The oculus is repeated consists of alternating rows of rectangular and fishscale slates. arched door with a quatrefoil oculus above.The square tower has a belfry Check one and in the 1950s a group of church women designed and painted the is located on the east side of the tower.This entrance has a single as arched vents. This addition is still used as a parish hall.In 1963 on the east and south sides of the tower.The belfry contains the original _fair The interior of the church has a vaulted ceiling in the nave and chancel with the figure of St. Paul.There are three double-arched stained glass Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

This is a Victorian Gothic church with a rough-sawn ashlar foundation and -unexposed Areas of Significance - Check and justify below - prehistoric - archeology-historic .law . science - agriculture _ literature _ sculpture _ architecture - military -social/ _ music - 1800-1899 .exploration/settlement - philosophy _theater _ industry - politics/government - transportation . other (specify) Gordon W. Lloyd Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) church architecture in Medina County, Ohio. It is a late work by Gordon W. Lloyd, one of the leading Anglican architects of the late nineteenth century in the tradition of Richard Upjohn. The church is the third building of the oldest church in Medina, formed in the 1880s, the architect was selected by the Episcopal Bishop Gregory Gordon W. Lloyd (1832-1904) was born and educated in England. He worked in the office of a well-known church builder and restorer and was undoubt- Michigan, in 1858, where he soon received important commissions: Christ favorably with the best of Renwick and Upjohn. The last of his important Gothic churches is considered by Hawkins Ferry, historian of Detroit However, in spite of its later date, St.

Paul's in Medina is certainly an and familiarity with authentic Gothic monuments and has moved into the a solidity and a picturesqueness which make it a distinguished example of late nineteenth century Victorian Gothic architecture. 1884 1700-1799 1600-1699 1400-1499 commerce economics education Builder/Architect invention engineering conservation humanitarian 1500-1599 8. Significance Specific dates Bedell.Gordon W. Lloyd was commissioned because of a long record of important church designs in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. St. important large-scale churches in Ann Arbor and Flint, Michigan; Columbus Victorian phase of the Gothic revival. As such St.Paul's Church has both .communications and Springfield, Ohio; and Pittsburgh, Pa. His work has been compared Paul's was constructed in 1884.and consecrated in 1887.

edly influenced by Pugin and Gilbert Scott.He chose to settle in Detroit, Episcopal Church (1861)and Central Methodist Church (1866).He designed 1900- - archeology-prehistoric - community planning - landscape architecture _ religion .art in 1817. Its predecessor was built in 1836. Upon the decision to rebuild St. Paul's Episcopal Church is the finest example of Victorian Gothic architecture, to be St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cleveland, Ohio (1875). exception. In this church Lloyd has departed from his orthodox background Period History of Medina County (Baskin & Battey, 1881). St. Paul's Parish Vestry minutes, 1880-1887.

Quadrangle name - UMT References _ state November 1980 street & number city or town Ohio 44256 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 evaluater State Historic Preservation Officer signature Easting organization county code date Medina Northing local name/title Zone lots comprising the church property. 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification National Register 10.

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Geographical Data Attest: 9. Major Bibliographical References 11. Form Prepared By Chief of Registration List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries For HCRS use only The First One Hundred and Fifty Years of St.Paul's Episcopal Church southern half of Lot 104 as described in Medina.County Tax Map, being the Entered in the 867 East Smith Road UTM NOT VERIFIED Hawkins Ferry, The Buildings of Detroit (Detroit, 1968), 49-51. Medina City Lots 100 and 103 and the. Joann G. King, and Eric Johannesen, Regional Preservation Officer according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.

I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register GP O 938 As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 SHPO 216-725-0476 telephone 1:24,000 Keeper of the National Register Verbal boundary description and justification Quadrangle scale 4155143170 EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Recom. /Criteria - - see continuation sheet Name 2. Location 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 7. Description .ruins resubmission dates completeness maps alterations/integrity summary paragraph clarity Discipline appeal RETURN Reviewer owner objection Action: 3.

Classification nomination by person or local government _substantive reasons discussed below NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Federal Agency: Check one United States Department of the Interior Date Due: National Park Service - REJECT- -technical corrections cited below . deteriorated - unaitered _ original site -moved Fed. Reg. Date: FEB - unexposed 1983 photos boundary selection National Register Working No. NR decision good .Nomination returned for: Bntered In the Ownership Public Acquiaitien justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 11. Form Prepared By 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification - netional Phone: 202 272 -3504 Signed Maps context completeness checked clarity Other Photographs Date Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet summary paragraph justification of areas applicable criteria Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to 10. Geographical Data the resource 8. Significance -state relating significance to relationship of integrity Guedrangle nome UIMIT Reterences View of western elevation medina Cointy T.S MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) 4554/370 North MEDINA, OHIO UNITED STATES 17 427/780 East MEDINA QUADRANGLE N4107.5w8145/7.5 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR