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OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY SINCE 1885 4. Present Name(s) St. Michael Catholic Church 5. Other Name(s) Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29: Basement? Yes X 40 Walnut Street 17. Date(s) or Period c. 1888 30. Foundation Material 31. Wall Construction Site Plan with North Arrow 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Byilder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent Side 5 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use Common bond 23. Ownership Changes Addition - Private X Altered - 24. Owner's Name & Address, in #42) Moved C if known 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 40 Walnut St., Mech. 43044 ery good 25. Open to Structure - Object - 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included Part of Estab. Yes - District Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41.
Distance from and with stone hood moulds, contral entrace bay with painted arch transom, central steeple and bracketed cornice. 46. Prepared by N. Recchie Pastor of St. Michael's 47. Organization Ware, History of Mechanicsburg, 1905. B.D. Rickey & Co. Date 49. Revision Date(s) Front stone Easting Register? brick Exterior religion Site County church Preservation Northing gable/composition 6/84 Champaign Eligible? Underway? Gothic Revival 4438700 History and Significance Frontage on Road Sources of Information (Explain Dohron Wilson Interior 5.Name of Established District Dohron Wilson,local historian Description of Environment and Outbuildings neighborhood and is one of a group of 5 outstanding church buildings in this Public Road? Simple Gothic Revival treatment includes painted arch windows small village. 19.
Architect or Engineer St.Michael;s Parish was organized in 1865 and the present pastor believes this structure Located in a residential area on Walnut Street. Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) 18. Style or Design City or Town Mechanicsburg No x Building E SOCIETY NIA was the only Catholic Church built in Mechanicsburg. It is an excellent exampleof If Rural,Township & Vicinity St. Michael Catholic Church 40 Walnut Street ecclesiastical architecture found in this small community. The NORTH 12 LOT# 30 Acreage Significance Statement five churches included in this nomination collectively represent the finest architectural resources in the community. the religious history of Mechanicsburg, however it is being incorporate the major features of the style-gabled roofline, simple detailing is representative of the variety of Less than one acre.
Gothic Revival style.It is relatively late (l888) but it does This property meets criterion C.It is an important resource in nominated as an excellent and well preserved example of the NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 Champaign County, OHIO 11. Lowler's Tavern 15. Mechanicsburg Commercial 16. Ninchelser, Dr., House 17. Rathburn, Levi, House 19. St. Michael Catholic Church Attest Date/Signature Keeper Historic District Name Thematic Group Mechanicsburg Baptist State Mechanicsburg Multiple Resource Area 12. Magruder Building Masonic Temple National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form Church Continuation sheet National Park Service National Register 18. Second Baptist Church Multiple Resource Area 20.
United Methodist Church (3-82) Nomination/Type of Review United States Department of the Interior Item number Entered in tha fReeper Entered la tba UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET St. Michael Catholic Church (Mechaniesburg Working No. . Action: - nomination by person or local government - REJECT - Federal Agency: - L appeal L sample -request L NR decision Recom./Criteria - Discipline _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: - - 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 Has this property been determined eligible? 7.
Description - excellent -unaltered -original site - moved J alterations/integrity - boundary selection ruins dates Ownership Date completeness deteriorated Category unexposed Reviewer Condition RETURN fair clarity Champaign County resubmission Reviewer's comments: Status Accessible 85001892 MRA) owner objection Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Substantive Review: Check one Present Use summary paragraph Bntored in the good WASO Form - 177 yes 8-29-85 Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - summary paragraph relating significance to the resource Jjustification of exception J other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name_ 11. Form Prepared By - national _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to.
Signed - Phone: - clarity Date completeness context Builder/Architect Period Photographs Maps title Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet applicable criteria Specific dates _state Verbal boundary description and justification 8. Significance UTM References 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification justification of areas checked relationship of integrity to significance Statement of Significance