Nomination for First Presbyterian Church of Wapakoneta

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OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service date entered AUG 2 3 1985 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 2. Location street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of state Ohio .museum X building(s) . private . commercial -park X yes: restricted .government _ scientific - yes:unrestricted .industrial X Not Applicable . military 4. Owner of Property Wapakoneta Woman's Club, c/o Miss Genuera Lanning, President - yes X no - local WOBC Regional Office, Wright State University 039 2/1981 Category Accessible entertainment transportation date Auglaize both code educational county Ownership site Celina structure Wapakoneta historic title district object Public Acquisition private residence (3-82) agriculture Ohio Status National Register of Historic Places being considered 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys public Ohio Historic Inyentory 1. Name Inventory-Nomination Form 106 West Main Street Mechanic Street Present Use 5. Location of Legal Description 3. Classification in process Type all entries-complete applicable sections street & number Lanning Place (president's address) work in progress For NPS use only First Presbyterian Church of Wapakoneta has this property been determined eligible? depository for survey records Xoccupied NPS Form 10-900 and or common - religious X other: Social courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. _ federalX state received JUL 2 3 1985 Auglaize County Courthouse Wapakoneta Woman's Club 7. Description .excellent _deteriorated _ unaltered X original site .

ruins X altered -moved date - unexposed south of Auglaize Street, Wapakoneta's major east-west thoroughfare; the The church is a rectangular, one story, common bond structure on a limestone plain entablatures and unadorned bases, support a wood lintel proportionate to like a church, and the addition made to offer more space for meetings. A Condition fair Check one gable end to the street.Its most outstanding feature is the central recessed plat of the town, now primarily a residential section.

latter runs parallel to the Auglaize River.The church is in the original and I929;its dentillated entablature is sympathetic to the building's recessed panels on the east and west sides of the building.A bell tower The First Presbyterian Church of Wapakoneta is located in the seat of Auglaize foundation.It is a rare example of the distyle in antis mode of Greek locatedat the southern end above the entrance topped the roof. The bell tower pictured in l880 and 19i7 Auglaize County Atlases was removed original Integrity. X good entrance with paired columns of the Tuscan order.These sturdy columns,with rear of the building.Both changes occurred when the church was sold to a temple architecture.This diminutive building has a three-bay facade with the 8. Significance Areas of Significance - Check and justify below .

archeology-prehistoric - community planning - archeology-historic - agriculture - literature X architecture - art . 1800-1899 - politics/government Statement of Significance

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(in one paragraph) as the only example of the distyle inantis mode of Greek Revival architecture in west-central Ohio, an area that includes Allen, Auglaize, In Ihe Architecture of New York City, Donald Martin Reynolds reports that block from the church, it was demolished when a replacement was built in 1896.

of west-central Ohio conducted by the WOBC Regional Office from 1977 to 198l 1600-1699 communications 1400-1499 1700-1799 1500-1599 industry commerce engineering education Period humanitarian theater science invention music prehistoric sculpture social/ Criterion B 1900- oldest church building in Wapakoneta and the oldest Protestant church building is historically significant because of its association with early Auglaize The First Presbyterian Church of Wapakoneta is architecturally significant added to churches to christianize the pagan-derived style.The building's Greek Revival is rare architecture in west-central Ohio.Neither the surveys distyle in antis mode. --economics entablature of the pediment.

According to references in Minard Lafever's The Beauties of Modern Wapakoneta was one of the last Shawnee Indian reservations in Ohio.After the Wapakoneta was the first Auglaize County Courthouse (l85o).Sitting only a most distinctive feature is created by the placement of two columns of any nor the survey of Logan County made in 1984 revealed any other examples of the group's banishment to Kansas in 1832,large numbers of German military in Auglaize County. .conservation _transportation - - other(specify) law - exploration/settlement - philosophy Darke, Logan, Mercer, Paulding, Shelby, and Van Wert counties. the pilasters, flanking the paired Tuscan columns.

The lintel of the entrance Architecture, the distyle in antis mode was the first of the seven orders of Builder/Architect David Hawkey Ithiel Towne and Alexander Jackson Davis there introduced this enormously County's most politically influential citizens.Finally, the structure is the The building modest First Presbyterian Church, projecting wall sections assume the role of popular temple-front style,"with Lafever also employing the mode regularly in fronts the street.The low-pitched roof sometimes sports a steeple or cupola, order between pilasters which terminate a wall antis).In the 9.

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Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property South ½ of Lot 25, Original Plat The lot sits on the north side of Main Street, one block south of Auglaize Street - state 11. Form Prepared By Vlocal according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. GPO 911-399 code 419/738-3643 county date organization Easting Northing Volunteer telephone national Zone Wapakoneta Attest: name/title National Register Quadrangle name January 1985 Verbal boundary description and justification 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Rachel Barber The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: UTM References As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966(Public Law 89 Modern Architecture; Census Records of Auglaize County, 1850.

List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Whiffen's American Architecture Since 1780,1969;Reynold's The Architecture of New York Atlases of Auglaize County,1880,1898,1917;McMurray's History of Auglaize Chief of Registration less than one acre 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated For NPs use only city or town 1: 24,000 Quadrangle scale - L4 494 5181 d street & number 408 E. Auglaize Street date 7/15/85 State Historic Preservation Officer signature 184;Robertson's Handbook of Greek and Roman Architecture,1945;Lafever's The Beauties of OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.

10-31-84 For NPS use only First Presbyterian Church of Wapakoneta, Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio Item number 8 Page 5 William Walkup, state representative(1853-1854); John Walkup, prosecuting attorney(1852-1854); H.B. Kelly, mayor of Wapakoneta(1860-1861, 1866-1867, A.H. Trimble, county judge(1858-1864), county auditor(1851-1857), mayor (1857), Samuel Craig, county surveyor(1866-1872, 1875-1881). John Musser, a farmer razed as their membership grew. Because the First Presbyterian Church was Longer used as a church, this Civil War structure was saved.

Only an 1865-1870 Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places Sidney Presbytery to determine whether interest warranted an official Presby- church is known to exist in the county, according to the aforementioned surveys Revival churches of the German Lutherans and Catholics were either enlarged or Gothic Revival brick church remains in the city from this period.No earlier Continuation sheet dissolved, and its trustees sold the building and contents. terians were clearly an instrumental force in early Auglaize County. Wapakoneta's unusual Indian and German history, the Presbyterians' influence date entered received congregation in Wapakoneta only after Auglaize County was established(l848).

Ida Wintzer, purchaser of the property, presented the structure to the of the church could not be determined).Although few in number the Presby- church, and has rented it to various religious groups for Sunday services. National Park Service The denomination was normally one of the first to settle the towns of Ohio, congregation adopted the "Incorporation of Religious Societies"under the United States Department of the Interior in 186l whose occupationscan be determined, eight held governmental office: the building known as the First Presbyterian Church of Wapakoneta in 1861-1862, Militia, while F.C.

Musser was a teacher(the occupations of four male members (3-82) 1872-1874) and city recorder(1853-1854); Thorton Young, postmaster(as of 1860); In 1854 the Reverends C.W.Hollyday and Milo Templeton were sent from the NPS Form 10-900-a city recorder(1855-1856, 1858-1864); John Elliot, sheriff(1848-1850); J.B. Craig, auditor(1851-54,1857-1861) and prosecuting attorney(1862-1866); and that membership fell from 264 in 1922 to 20 in 1930. In that year the church Because it is so small, the building is ideal for the Woman's Club, with its in which its membership grew steadily during the succeeding decades.

In the 1920s the congregation was rocked by a financial scandal.Records indicate name of the First Presbyterian Church of Wapakoneta.The group constructed with the ill-fated Presbyterian effort.The Woman's Club still meets in the bell and pews and removed the cupola to rid the building of its association was strong but short-lived.Of the ten men associated with the congregation Wapakoneta Woman's Club for $1.During the 1930s the group sold the church LIC CHURCH AND SCHOOL GERMAN LUTHERAN CHurcH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH First Presbyterian Church of Wapakoneta, Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio 1880 HARRISON WAPAIE BIRDS EYE VIEW OF First Presbyterian Church of Wapakoneta, Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WAPAKONETA 102 ATLAS AND HISTORY OF AU WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 85001797 l NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET First Presbyterian Church of Wapakoneta JUL 23 1985 Fed.

Reg. Date: Date Due: _ nomination by person or local government - REJECT - Federal Agency: - Dappeal -sample L NR decision _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: - _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 7. Description I excellent - deteriorated -unaltered - original site -good -ruins request resubmission dates Accessible moved Condition Status fair Reviewer Recom./Criteria Auglaize County unexposed RETURN completeness Substantive Review: Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

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clarity Check one summary paragraph alterations/integrity Present Use Reviewer's comments: boundary selection Has this property been determined eligible? Working No. Public Acquisition Discipline. Ownership Category owner objection Entered in the National Register Lyes ("R" June 1984) Action: OHIO 2-4-86 relating

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significance to the resource Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 11. Form Prepared By State Historic Preservation Officer signature Signed - Phone: - Date context Builder/Architect completeness title national Period Photographs Maps Verbal boundary description and justification UTM References relationship of integrity to significance clarity justification of areas checked Specific dates local applicable criteria summary paragraph 8. Significance Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Areas of Significance-Check and justify below The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: justification of exception Quadrangle name _state Wapakoneta, Ohio, Auglaize County Steve Schuler-photographer camera pointed northwest First Presbyterian Church negative with Rachel Barber October 1983 view of front(south) and east sides Wapakoneta, Ohio, Auglaize County Steve Schuler-photographer photograph taken October 1983 camera pointed northeast First Presbyterian Church negative with Rachel Barber view of south and west sides Steve Schuler-photographer photograph taken October 1983 First Presbyterian Church negative with Rachel Barber detail of front west window camera pointed north Wapakoneta, Ohio, Auglaize County Steve Schuler--photographer First Presbyterian Church camera pointed north negative with Rachel Barber Wapakoneta, Ohio, Auglaize County detail of front entrance Steve Schuler-photographer photograph taken October 1983 First Presbyterian Church camera pointed southeast negative with Rachel Barber view of north and west sides Wapakoneta, Ohio, Auglaize County WAPAKONETA QUADRANGLE WAPAKONETA, OHIO STATE OF OHIO 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) I UTM: 16 737320 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 4494580 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO - AUGLAIZE CO.

¿¿40º3730 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 July 16, 1985 Ms. Carol Shull,Chief National Register of Historic Places 1100 L Street, N.W. Dear Carol : for the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Massillon, Stark County. Please do of Wapakoneta W. Ray Luce SOCIETY 614/466-1500 Guernsey HISTORICAL Ashtabula County Preble Enclosures Acton House Watt-Groce-Fickardt House First Presbyterian Church Ohio Historic Preservation Office Stark Trinity Lutheran Church note that letters have been received from the First United Methodist Church Middle Bass Club Historic District State Historic Preservation Office Pickaway Wheel ing Avenue Historic District First Methodist Episcopal Church Enclosed are nine new National Register nominations.All of the appropriate West Fifth Street Bridge everything possible to expedite this nomination.

National Park Service WRL:bp National Road Department of the Interior Please contact me if you have any questions. New Submisslons Ottawa and the Mayor of Massillon walving their right to comment on the nomination Auglaize