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)HTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 2 29. Basement? 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material Style or Design If Rural, Township & Vicinity 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer Site Plan with North Arrow 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder complex hip, slate 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition & Altered A Owner's Name & Address, 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Yes X 38. Preservation No X Structure D Object - 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? Part of Estab. Yes District Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41.
Distance from and Further Description of Important Features *warm light brown sandstone used for the walls; beveled watertable *projecting main entrance bay, round headed window over doors, *four stage corner tower with steep pyramidal roof; at peak is a re- is a major architectural landmark in the downtown and remains relatively intact. ledevelopment which began early in this century has changed the street to commercial pur- Joses. 'irgil Stanfield, News Journal, Feb. 8, I970, p. 5-F. 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) Front Site Easting Moved Long. Exterior Coordinates church History and Significance Private volving neon outlined cross County Register? Northing Potent'? Victorian Romanesque stone same belt coursed corner at Mulberry Street Romanesque columns Richland First English Lutheran Church Underway?
(Explain Interior Ohio Historic Preservation Office On National Ohio Historical Center Geo.Siekkinen if known 53 Park Avenue West, southeast 27. Other Surveys in Which included 'ark Avenue West was formerly a street of large detached houses and several major churches. Specific Location 35. Plan Shape irregular Public Road? round headed and trabeated windows,in groups of 2,3,5 cprnerstones -ocation of Negatives OSUMANS By What? Sources of Information Eligible? Frgntage on Road II5' in #42) Lot I42 Side IO Building fe Che front cornerstone has the date I89I; the rear of the church has a cornerstone with the Prepared Organization WTHER PL 'apsidal end of nave roof has clerstory; gables have metal finials City or Town 4512820 Name of Established District MULBERRY PARX AVE W good United States Department of the Interior EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Property: Fed. Reg.
Date: photo- _ see continuation sheet T. Name L3. Classification J 5. Location of Legal Description V 6. Representation in Existing Surveys X 7. Description - unaltered Location REJECT Date resubmission completeness alterations/integrity substantive reasons discussed below clarity maps Action: owner objection boundary selection summary paragraph Substantive Review: nomination by person or local government Working No. - technical corrections cited below Nomination returned for: National Park Service 3.31.82.1046 X4. Owner of Property Check one _ moved Recom. /Criteria - ACCEPT appeal Federal Agency: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES deteriorated Significance relationship of integrity justification of exception /o. Major Bibliographical References X 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification completeness context checked clarity Other applicable criteria summary paragraph justification of areas the resource - netional Phone: 202 272-3504 relating significance to Signed & Gno Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 28. No. of Stories 2 I/2 16. Thematic Category 29. Basement? Yes X 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material If Rural, Township & Vicinity Mansfield city 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer Site Plan with North Arrow 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder complex hip, slate No. of Bays 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership 36. Changes Altered X Moved O 24. Owner's Name & Address, 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Preservation Structure D Object D 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? . On National Part of Estab.
Yes District Visible from Hist. Dist.? No D 41. Distance from and . Further Description of Important Features . History and Significance Prepared Virgil Stanfield, News Journal, Feb, 8, I970, p. 5-F. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) MAR 78 stone Coordinates Site Front Northing Long. Easting Register? Building volving neon outlined cross Exterior Lat. Underway? Romanesque columns Eligible? same Ohio Historical Center Private OSUMANS Potent'? Victorian Romanesque First English Lutheran Church poses. *projecting main entrance bay, round headed window over doors, Richland (Explain is a major architectural landmark in the downtown and remains relatively intact. Park Avenue West was formerly a street of large detached houses and several major churches.
belt coursed Interior if known Redevelopment which began early in this century has changed the street to commercial pur- *warm light brown sandstone used for the walls;beveled watertable Cprnerstones Location of Negatives corner at Mulberry Street *round headed and trabeated windows, in groups of 2, 3, 5 Ohio Historic Preservation Office 53 Park Avenue West, southeast The front cornerstone has the date I89l; the rear of the church has a cornerstone with the Addition City or Town *apsidal end of nave roof has clerstory; gables have metal finials Geo.Siekkinen Specific Location Public Road? CHURCH 18. Style or Design DHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY 27. Other Surveys in Which Included By What? lot I42 PARK AVE W in #42) good 21. Original Use, if apparent 35.
Plan Shape irregular WTHER PL city Sources of Information 4512820 Frentage on Road MULBERRY date I9I3, The four story education wing which stands to the east was built in I955, This *four stage corner tower with steep pyramidal roof;at peak is a re- Side IO II5' RIC2 HISTORIC RESOURCES OF PARK AVENUE WEST Mansfield, Ohio 24. Owner's Name and Address: First English Lutheran Church Board of Trustees 53 Park Avenue West 42. Further Description of Important Features Sunday school wing, which matches the original architecture, although 1t 1s later in date. To the east and forming an L-shaped link to arranged according to the Akron Plan, that is, the main sanctuary has has a balcony with curving railing extending around the north, east and replaced by Colonial style pews, although the original pews are still 43.
History and Significance This building is significant as the church of the mother congregation unusually large number of Lutheran Churches for a community of its size. fireplaces. and small windows. tall corner tower, numerous gables and parapets, broad, pointed arch with the same sandstone as the original building, but the form of which more resembles nearby commercial buildings, with its flat roof First English Lutheran Church turn-of-the- century when the congregation experienced a major expansion. a bowled floor, curving pews and large connecting doors to a smaller the property merits an exception to the criteria.
window openings, an ornate entrance porch, and very elaborate stained the main building is a thirty-year-old classroom wing which is faced This building is a massive sandstone structure featuringa striking Sunday School auditorium with radiating classrooms.The main sanctuary intact on the balcony.The Sunday School auditorium and classrooms are north and west facades with smaller windows below. The tall corner west ends. helped to proclaim their prominence to the remainder of the community. is for its architecture and historical importance in the community that tower is a major city landmark. To the rear of the main building is a The interior of the main building is a single large sanctuary.
It is This building represents a point in the church's history near the 44902 in the rear two-story wing and feature elaborate oak woodwork and some Their substantial sandstone building with prominent Romanesque corner tower This congregation was one of the of the Lutheran Churches in the city. The original curving pews on the main level have been NPS Form. 10-900-a OMB NO. 1024-0018 EXP. 12/31/84 11. Building at 478 Park Avenue West - 13. Central United Methodist Church 14. Colonial, The "15. Cook, J. M., House Dow House '20. Freundlich, Louis, House Date/Signature Attest Continuation sheet Keeper received State date entered Ohio National Register of Historic Places Thematic Group Multiple Resource Area 18.
First English Lutheran Church Nomination/Type of Review Park Avenue West Multiple Resource Area Inventory-Nomination Form National Park Service Substantive Review United States Department of the Interior 16. Douglas, S. M., House Substantive Revlew 19. Fraser House (7-81) For NPS use only Item number Name 12. Building at 56l Park Avenue West National Park Service First English Lutheran Church Pank .Avenue West MRA) Richland County L ACCEPT7/8/83 - RETURN Federal Agency: Recom. /Criteria Discipline _see continuation sheet _substantive reasons discussed balow Name Location 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description Working No. REJECT Substantive Review summary paragraph resubmission 3. Classification completeness clarity alterations/integrity 6.
Representation in Existing Surveys Action: owner objection nomination by person or local government technical corrections cited below Reviewer 7. Description Date Due: .Nomination returned for: dates OHIO. boundary selection NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES comments: Checked relating significance to the resource - justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References X10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Maps context Signed completeness Photographs clarity Other applicable criteria summary paragraph justification of areas 8.
Significance - loca Phone: 202 272 - 3504 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to relationship of integrity Date 2/8/83 Mansfield, Ohio First English Lutheran Church, looking PAW-6 Steven McQuillin southeast Historic Resources of Park Avenue West Ohio State University Mansfield Campus July 1979 HITCHCOCK ONLY 589.7419 THAT DRIP Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio #53: First English Lutheran Church, 1ooking southeast Park Avenue West Multiple Resource Area Photo: David Simmons, 1982 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: _64000641 Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property