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Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives West Baptist (Old School, Hardshell) Church 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes X 500 West Mulberry Street 17. Date(s) or Period No D 30. Foundation Material 18. Style or Design 7. City or Town If Rural, Towaship & Vicinity 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Bullder No. of Bays 21. Original Use, If apparent 34. Wall Treatment 35. Plan Shape Rectanaular 23. Ownership 36. Changes Altered - 9. Coordinates 24. Owner's Name & Address, Moved O If known 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Preservation Structure D Building X Object O 28. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other 13. Part of Estab. Yes O District Visible from Hist.
Dist.? 15. Name of Established District Distance from and 42. Further Description of Important Features tains double four-paneled doors with a large multi-pane transom. Large windows with 12/12 panes of colored glass and plain rectangu- lar stone lintels alternate with the piers on the front and sides of the building. The frieze area is defined by a wide plain board. .History and Significance The West Baptist Church represents a relatively unaltered example of the Greek Revival Style; a version of which was seen in several homes, institutional and commercial bulldings two Baptist congregations in the city. The West Baptists were a very conservative group who had split with the Fast Baptists. as the ether Baptist Congregation was called,(cont'd) 44.
Description of Environment and Outbulldings Church is situated on a spacious lot, with small nineteenth and early twentieth century residences nearby. The old burying ground is located directly south of the church. 45. Sources of Information Rita Walsh 1882 Beers' Warren County History Organization Deed search - Warren Co. Courthouse 49. Revision Dete(e) 1860 Underway? Lat. Long. Easting Lebanon County Front Brick 12/83 WAR-740-6 Eligible? Stone Warren Zone Site Register? Frontage on Road Ohio Historical Center OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Religion Northing (Explain Bible church Public Road? Common bond brick Lebanon Planning Dept. The east side contains an entrance with a six-paneled Baptist church Greek Revival Exterior_Good Gable/asphalt shingl Interior Bible Church of God Simple design features brick piers at the corners anda pediment in Addition 48.
Date in #42) Present .Use No O the front facade. Brick piers flank the front entrance which con- West Baptist from. the mid-19th century. The church was erected in 1860 by the West Baptists, one of Prepared by Church Side Miami Purchase 22.Present Use School) by simple piers and details which emphasized a play of light and shadow, can be seen in other structures, most notably in the larger and 1840's. This design was also employed in the Lebanon Academy it is being nominated for its architectural significance, as an in Lebanon. Legal Description alteration.The colored glass in the windows is also a newer alteration. upper part of the front facade is a prominent intrusion, it has not it is regarded as an exception to the National Register criteria as and several commercial buildings. Although the neon sign across the until it was disbanded in the early 20th century.
Although this building was constructed and is still used as a church, example of the Greek Revival Style as applied to a religious building The conservative nature of this religious group seems to be expressed version of the Greek Revival Style, with its plain walls accentuated in this building with its severe design and in its use of the Greek glass in the windows is new, the integrity of the windows has been was always small in its numbers and its membership continued to dwindle Lots 264-266,of the plat made by Matthias Ross in 1814 to the west side of Lebanon. homes of Floraville and the East End Historic Distric from the 1830's remains the least altered of the churches in Lebanon. A large banner-like neon sign across the front facade is a 1960's permanently destroyed the buildings integrity.
While the colored retained as the original number of panes remains:The structure Revival Style,which was quite late for this period.This particular WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET West Baptist Church (Lebanon MRA) Date Due: - nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: - LJappeal L sample L NR decision _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Public Acquisition 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description Check one J excellent LJ unaltered -original site - moved Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance