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SINCE 1885 County 5. Other Name(s) Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes A 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material City or Town Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays A new church 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership Changes Private X Altered E in #42) 24. Owner's Name & Address, Moved C 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference Mechanicsburg, Oh 43044 25. Open to Preservation Site Plan Structure = Object - 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? . On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included Part of Estab. Yes - District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41. Distance from and 46. Prepared by Dohron Wilson, local historian N. Recchie 47. Organization Date 49.
Revision Date(s) 1858 raised Front gable/composition 4438700 6/84 Register? Underway? brick Northing good Exterior Easting Addition Side Greek Methodist Church Frontage on Road small congregation Mechanicsburg Champaign Interior Dohron Wilson Second Baptist Church Eligible? (Explain 2.Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) Public Road? this building. Sources of Information congregation (which was formed before 1880) ever since Located adjacent to the Main St. commercial district, on E. Sandusky Street. OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY It was replaced with a frame building in 1819,which was replaced cornice, pediment facing the street.The steeple was damaged in Building x 1894. the main level of the church. Potent'l? MAP Location of Negatives Sandusky St., east of Main St. No D If Rural, Township & Vicinity Site Plan with North Arrow 21.
Original Use, if apparent pilasters, brick No C No O 5. Name of Established District a fire and not replaced. Revival influence Second Very simple treatment includes pilasters separating the bays, Baptist was built on the corner of N. Main and Race Streets in 1894 and this building was multi-paned windows, plain stone lintels and sills, undecorated Utner Name(s) KNOWN 4.Present Name(s)(Mechanics burg MRA) Revival style including: symmetrical facade with the gabled floor space has been modified to add restrooms, offices, furnace Methodists, the first organized religious group in the village; 45. Continued Acreage minor alterations. Significance Statement also significant as one of the few buildings in Mechanicsburg Architectural Description pediment facing the street; multi-paned windows with plain stone Champaign County Courthouse records.
straightforward in design and differs dramatically from the more Less than one acre. only remaining building still in use associated with this Black congregation and its membership is dwindling. religious structure in Mechanicsburg;.it is associated with the This simple brick church features characteristics of the Greek Church constructed a new building in 1894,they sold this church lintels and sills; brick pilasters separating the bays and an Second Baptist Church The building is East Sandusky Street Both the interior and exterior integrity remain in spite of these decorative and flamboyant architecture typical of the late l9th residents of Mechanicsburg.
This property meets Criteria A and C.This building is the issue of slavery in l853 and the Methodist Protestant Church before1880 and has used this building for 90 years.It is the steeple which was irreparably damaged in a fire in the l930's. (abolitionists) was formed as a result. LOT #20 intact. The church congregation split over When the Methodist significant in terms of both the religious and ethnic/immigration the Methodist congregation. and it has a long association with the Black population of the room etc.,however the original church space remains virtually influenced by the Greek Revival style.It is simple and The only exterior alteration was the loss of the central community.The congregation was formed shortly after OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 11. Lowler's Tavern 15. Mechanicsburg Commercial 16. Ninchelser, Dr., House 17.
Rathburn, Levi, House Date/Signature Attest Mechanicsburg Baptist Continuation sheet Historic District Name Masonic Temple State Thematic Group (3-82) 12. Magruder Building Church 20. United Methodist Church National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Mechanicsburg Multiple Resource Area Inventory-Nomination Form 18. Second Baptist Church United States Department of the Interior Nomination/Type of Review Item number National Register Multiple Resource Area NPS Form 10-900-a Keeper Champaign County, OHIO Entered in tha 19. St. Michael Catholic Church cate enterec IASO Form - 17 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Second Baptist Church (Mechanicsburg MRA) Working No. _ Fed. Reg.
Date: 2/4/86 nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: - -appeal -sample -request _ see continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below _ substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys -unaltered -original site J ruins - moved - summary paragraph J clarity Ownership resubmission completeness Category Condition Accessible dates excellent deteriorated Reviewer Champaign County unexposed REJECT Status RETURN Recom./Criteria fair Discipline boundary selection alterations/integrity 7. Description NR decision Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: Has this property been determined eligible?
Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Nomination returned for: Check one Present Use good yes 8-29-55 'R" June 1984 Action: Date Due: Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - summary paragraph - completeness - clarity -justification of areas checked - relating significance to the resource -context - relationship of integrity to significance - justification of exception J other 9. Major Bibliographical References Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name- 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: -national _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Photographs Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to. - Phone: - Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Date Period Signed Builder/Architect Maps 10.
Geographical Data Statement of Significance