Decorative drawing: a plain country church with a tall steeple. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for First Methodist Church

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 2,535 words across 15 pages, filed in 1995. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 84003953, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatiyes Cleveland City Hall 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories Arch 20th C./Religion Basement? Yes X 3000 Euclid Avenue 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer J. Milton Dyer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition O Private Ø (Explain N/A Altered O in #42) Moved O Owner's Name & Address Cleveland North 9. U.T.M. Reference Cleveland, OH 44114 25. Open to 38. Preservation Structure O Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? 11.
On National Cleveland Landmarks Commissior By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes IX 14. District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? Potent'!? CIC-Prospect Avenue Survey 15. Name of Established District CLC 41. Distance from and 42. Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) English Gothic eclectic church. Facade with large Gothic window and lancets on each elevation. Interior plan designed for pulpit centered worship rather than altar or processional centered. 43. History and Significance The First Methodist is significant because of its architecture. The church was completed in 1905 at an estimated cost of $250,000. The First Methodist Church was designed in an Eclectic Gothic style. The church has a similar profile to Trinity Cathedral at Euclid Avenue and East 22nd Street.
First Methodist is one of the city's best examples of Late Gothic Revival architecture. The church was designed by noted local (over) 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings On main corner in downtown Cleveland. 46. Prepared by Ohio Architect and Builder 10/1905, p.12 1905 1976 614/466-1500 County stone Zone Front Northing Easting Register? excellent 11/76 SOCIETY Side Exterior church Date Johannesen/Keiser Underway? Eligible? Site gable HISTORICAL OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Late Gothic Revival First Methodist Church Frontage on Road Johannesen, Cleveland Architecture, p.80 Interior Public Road? Paul Mueller (Chicago) SINCE 1885 if known First Methodist Church 459 4510 Building Gx 15' x 70 steps. Massive square central tower with corner pinnacles and three 45. Sources of Information 49.
Revision Date(s) Prospect Avenue Historic District W.G.Rose Cleveland (1950), p.649 masonry Present WRHS Name(s) corner pinnacles. Crenellated three part entrance porch. High entranqe Photo Street Property parcel number 103-06-015.This property is less than one acre in size. CLC-File #3 Cuyahoga 14443310 CLC (local) 53. Farmstead Plan 51. Historic Outbuildings and Dependencies Corn Crib or Shed O Smoke House, O Silo O Carriage House Summer Kitchen O or Ice House 52. Archaeological Site on Property? Yes O Owner Collection O 54. Photo Above Grodnd Earthworks or Mound - Cultural Materials Noted O able to design in many different styles. Besides the Late Gothic First Methodist Church Cleveland City Hall, 1912-6 (NR 1975). building. The church is also significant because it was built on Euclid Avenue when the 11/14/1965,22-3, 40-1 Other Name 42. (Cont'd) riding ministers.
The First Methodist congregation is the oldest Methodist congregation Barn Type(s) Spring House The history of the First Methodist congregation dates back to 1827 and circuit style Farnsworth Building, 1904; the Northern Renaissance style Tavern Club, 1905; the Picture No(s). street was known as"Millionaires Row"home of the city's wealthiest people Code No. 45.Campen,Richard,"The Ups and Downs of J.Milton Dyer"Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine Roll No. 5Q House Type No. Basis for Information OAI No. 43.architect J. Milton Dyer. Dyer was a versatile architect, who was also thoroughly trained 1905, Dyer designed the functional Brown Hoisting Building, 1902; the Eclectic-Classic within the original boundaries of Cleveland.This is the congregations fourth church Type OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.
10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior Page 3 ~ 3 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Upper Prospect Multiple Resource Area Nomination/Type of Review - Attest House 22. Brough-Armstrong-Rust Date/Signature Name Keeper Substantive Review State National Register of Historic Places date entered (3-82) Inventory-Nomination Form 23. First Methodist Church Continuation sheet DOE/OWNER OBJECTION National Park Service For NPS use only Cuyahoga County, OHIO Item number NPS Form 10-900-a 21. Zion Lutheran School National Hegdster WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET SEP 2 0 1984 Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: _ nomination by person or local government Federal Agency: _ LJappeal Lrequest LJ NR decision Reviewer's comments: Nomination returned for: - 1. Name 2. Location 3.
Classification Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description Check one -excellent -unaltered J original site -good Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

summary paragraph moved Category completeness resubmission dates REJECT Ownership Status alterations/integrity yes 84003953 ruins unexposed RETURN deteriorated Action: Cuyahoga County Working No. DOE/OWNER OBJECTION boundary selection Accessible Determined Eligible Condition clarity Present Use First Methodist Church Prospect MRA) sample Substantive Review fair 8.

The rest of the file

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

Significance Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) - summary paragraph J applicable criteria -J relating significance to the resource Jjustification of exception - Other 9. Major Bibliographical References UTM References 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: - national _state State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Photographs Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Signed Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet context clarity Date Builder/Architect local Maps Phone Specific dates completeness 10.
Geographical Data Quadrangle name relationship of integrity to significance Verbal boundary description and justification title justification of areas checked Acreage of nominated property Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Period 112174 1380 CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114 Cleveland, Ohio November, 1974 Neg. loc.: Cleveland City Hall 2 of 31. Area looking southeast Please Credit Upper Prospect Multiple Resource CLEVELAND LANDMARKS COMMISSION (First Methodist Church) City of Cleveland COPY 300o Euclid Avenue BUREAU OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVGES City E Clebeland CITY HALL; ROOM 8, EAST 6th & LAKESWE AVENUE First Church Serving Christ since 1827 UNITED MECHODISE (216) 432-0150 AUG 22 1984 Mr. W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 should not exercise this option. Elmer L. Allen Frank Dindore Mrs.
Sandra Kothera file Methodist Church to the National Register of Historic Places. Dear Sir: First United Methodist Church Isaac McMillan decision that First Church In testimony thereof, Very truly yours, we have affixed our signatures below. and Cleveland Oliver T. Kurr, Sr. Although Donald E.Krush State of Ohio Betore me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared the above signed, who are known to me. They did atfirm that they signed the fore- this 2ist day of August, 1984. Rosemary Zamiska/ Notary Public My commission expires 10-23-86. of said church. going instrument ana that the same was their free act and deed, and as such members County of Cuyahoga) In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Cleveland, Onio NPS REGIONAL OFFICE: Mid-Atlantic Dr. W. Ray Luce The Ohia Historical Society Interstate 71 at 17th Avenue.
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW #809 Washington, DC 20004 For further information, please call, the National Register at (202)272-3504. Location STATE Name Cuyahoga County DETERMINED ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER State Historic Preservation Officer Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Also Notified First Methodist Church (Upper Prospect MRA) The Old Post Office Building Cleveland DATE DETERMINED- NOV Columbus, Ohio 43211 OHIO 343.9554 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Section number _ First Methodist Church 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: Entered in the National Register Date of Action 84003953 Page National Register of Historic Places National Register Signature of Keeper Continuation Sheet (Upper Prospect MRA) Entered in the OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 9.1.95 (PS Form 10-900a Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 2. County 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives Cleveland City Hall 6. Specific Location 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes X 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design Late Gothic Revival 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer J. Milton Dyer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition O Altered O in #42) 24. Owner's Name & Address Moved O 9. U.T.M. Reference Cleveland, OH 44114 25. Open to 38. Preservation Structure O Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? 11. On National Cleveland Landmarks Conmissior By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13.
Part of Estab. Yes X District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? CIC-Prospect Avenue Survey 15. Name of Established District CLC 41. Distance from and Prospect Avenue Historic District 15' x 70' English Gothic eclectic church. Facade with large Gothic window and corner pinnacles. Crenellaced three part entrance porch. High entrance steps. Massive square central tower with corner pinnacles and three lancets on each elevation. Interior plan designed for pulpit centered worship rather than altar or processional centered. 43. History and Significance church was completed in 1905 at an estimated cost of $250,000. The First Methodist Church Cathedral at Euclid Avenue and East 22nd Street. First Methodist is one of the city's best 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings On main corner in downtown Cleveland. 45. Sources of Information 46.
Prepared by Johannesen, Cleveland Architecture, p.80 Ohio Architect and Builder 10/1905, p.12 1905 1976 614/466-1500 stone Side Front Register? Exterior Easting Zone church Underway? excellent Site 11/76 masonry Johannesen/Keiser HISTORICAL Eligible? SOCIETY Northing gable (Explain 16. Thematic Category OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Frontage on Road Arch 20th C./Religion Interior Property parcel number l03-06-015. This property is less than one acre in size. Cleveland North First Methodist Church 22. Present Use Public Road? 8.Site Plan with North Arrow The First Methodist is significant because of its architecture.The 3000 Euclid Avenue 12/83 CLC-File #3 D.O.E. 11/1/84 Paul Mueller (Chicago) CLC < SINCE 1885 . City or Towi Private M Building Gx examples of Late Gothic Revival architecture. The church was designed by noted local (over) Date Sunday Magazine 11/14/1965,22-3,40-1 No O 42.
Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) WRHS Cleveland Photo was designed in an Eclectic Gothic style. The church has a similar profile to Trinity 11 71 49.Revision Date(s) (local) 53. Farmstead Plan 51. Historic Outbuildings and Dependencies Corn Crib or Shed D Smoke House, D Silo O Carriage House Summer Kitchen D or Ice House 52. Archaeological Site on Property? Yes D Basis for Information Owner Collection O 54. Photo Above Ground Earthworks or Mound - Cultural Materials Noted D 42. (Cont'd) Cleveland City Hall, 1912-6 (NR 1975). within the original boundaries of Cleveland. This is the congregations fourth church Type Other Name Barn Type(s) riding ministers. The First Methodist congregation is the oldest Methodist congregation as an engineer. Dyers most prolific period as an architect was from 1900-191l.
Dyer was 11/14/1965,22-3, 40-1 able to design in many different styles.Besides the Late Gothic First Methodist Church 1905, Dyer designed the functionai Brown Hoisting Building, 1902;the Eclectic-Classic building. The church is also significant because it was built on Euclid Avenue when the Code No. 45. Campen, Richard, "The Ups and Downs of J. Milton Dyer" Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine Roll No. The history of the First Methodist congregation dates back to 1827 and circuit Spring House street was known as "Millionaires Row"home of the city's wealthiest people.
Picture No(s) style Farnsworth Building, 1904; the Northern Renaissance style Tavern Club, 1905; the NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE APPEAL: N N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N V ACCEPT DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N REJECT DATE TELEPHONE RETURN REVIEWER DISCIPLINE 8/31/95 8/03/95 National Register 9/17/95 PDIL: RECOM./CRITERIA OTHER: SAMPLE: DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR REQUEST: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS REASONS FOR REVIEW: MULTIPLE PROPERTY First Methodist Church Upper Prospect MRA Entered in the RECEIVED 413 Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 AUG 3 1995 Fax: 297-2546 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION National Park Service SINCE 1885 Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Register of Historic Places P.
O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Dr. Kenneth W. Chalker, Senior Pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Cleveland, recently submitted to this office a notarized letter requesting that the First United the National Register. This objection has now been formally removed. Dr. Chalker's letter and a copy of the Ohio Historic Inventory Form for the church are require any additional information concerning this property, please contact Barbara Powers at W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer Jeff Brown, regional coordinator, OHPO SOCIETY 614/297-2470 enclosures Sincerely, Methodist Church, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, be listed in the National Register of HISTORICAL July 31, 1995 our office. Dear Ms. Shull xc: K.W.
Chalker, senior pastor Historic Places.This property was submitted as part of the Upper Prospect Multiple Resource Area project.The Upper Prospect MRA was listed on the National Register November 1, enclosed for your review.Please consider this matter at your earliest convenience.If you 1984.At that time, the First United Methodist Church, Cleveland, objected to its listing on Ohio Historic Preservation Office -APK SERVICE NATION RECEIVED MAY 2 6 1995 Dr. Kenneth W. Chalker, Senior Pastor - 3000 Euclid Avenue - Cleveland, Ohio 44115 - Fax: (216) 432-0134 - (216) 432-0150 May 23, 1995 Ms. Barbara Powers Pianning, Inventory and Registration Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dear Ms.
Powers: I am writing on behalf of First United Methodist Church, Cleveland to request that our building at 3000 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland be listed on the National Register of Historic In 1972, First United Methodist Church, Cleveland was the third building in the City of Cleveland to be nominated for and included on our city's local list of Historic Landmarks. In 1984, the Landmarks Commission included our building as a landmark qualified to be listed on the National Register as a part of their work with the Upper Prospect Multiple Resource the National Register of Historic Places. New occasions, however, teach new duties.
Therefore, as per our phone conversation on Friday, May 19, 1995, I am, on behalf of the officers and congregation of First United Methodist Church, Cleveland, formally requesting that First United Methodist Church, Cleveland be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. I am also requesting that we nation can be purchased and delivered to the church. Thank you for your help and advice on this matter. Senior Pastor HURCH TED Notary METHO Places. FIRS commission expires be supplied with any order forms so that a plaque and/or certificates indicating such desig- Area project. At that time, First United Methodist Church, Cleveland objected to its listing on Most sincerely