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

Nomination for United Methodist Church

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 920 words across 10 pages, filed in 1985. 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 85001893, 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.

SINCE 1885 4. Present Name(s) (Mechanics burg 5. Other Name(s) LMAP 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes C 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction Jp. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment common 22. Present Use 23. Ownership Changes Addition C Private Z Altered X in #42) ( 24. Owner's Name & Address, Moved - 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference Interior 25. Open to Preservation No D Structure O Building x Object - 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included Part of Estab. Yes O. District Visible from Hist. Dist.?
Distance from and and entrance, stained glass windows throughout, central dome Description of Environment and Outbuildings 46. Prepared by Dohron Wilson, local historian Ne Recchie 47. Organization - Rickey & Co. 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) stone bond restricted religion gable/composition brick Register? County Site Underway? SOCIETY Front Champaign United Methodist Easting Specific Location HISTORICAL Eligible? OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY United Methodist Church and belfry. Methodist Episcopal Church (Explain Frontage on Road and well-preserved buildings in Mechanicsburg.The churches of Mechanicsburg,(over) County records Sources of Information Public Road? Mechanicsburg .Name of Established District entrance tower with contrasting stone trim around the windows Northing Itis situated on a corner lot in the residential area of N.Main Street.
City or Town Church 4438800 Site Plan with North Arrow 35. Plan Shape rect Side 2 No C corner of Locust and E. Sandusky. The next church was the 1958 brick structure (now It is one of the finest Episcopal Exterior imposing corner History and Significance Dohron Wilson Location of Negatiyes SE corner of N. Main and Race 1898-94 No x Smoke House. = c Ice House 54 Pnoto CAI NO. -2 (Conte Soring House Carriage House !?. including this one, represent he finest collection of architecurally neighbor.cod. located in a highly visible locaticn and serves as a visua:a.dmark in this Corn Cric or Snes NORTHERN 1Z LOT #45 alterations.
Acreage Significance Statement being nominated for its architectural significance.It is the United Methodist Church contrasting stonework, stained glass windows and the corner The five churches in this nomination comprise the finest group of tower.The church acts as a visual landmark along N.Main Street. was completedinl894 and is representative of late19th century SE corner of Main and Race Streets eclecticism. Excellent craftmanship is exhibited in the buildings in town and their integrity has not been compromised by This building meets criterion C.It is associated with the architectural resources in the community.They are the major Less than one acre. OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 Entered Champaign County, OHIO Nomination/Type of Review 11. Lowler's Tavern 12. Magruder Building 16. Ninchelser, Dr., House 17. Rathburn, Levi, House 19. St. Michael Catholic Church 20.
United Methodist Church Attest Mechanicsburg Commercial Date/Signature Name Historic District Church National Park Service State National Register of Historic Places Mechanicsburg Multiple Resource Area National Register Thematic Group Item number Inventory-Nomination Form Mechanicsburg Baptist Keeper Continuation sheet 13. Masonic Temple Multiple Resource Area United States Department of the Interior (3-82) 18. Second Baptist Church NPS Form 10-900-a Entered in tha National Beglater Reeper WASO Form - 177 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET JUL/ 1 5 1985 Date Due: - - REJECT - Federal Agency: _ _appeal -request L NR decision Recom./Criteria _ Reviewer _ Discipline _ see continuation sheet _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 7.
Description - excellent - unaltered -original site J moved resubmission dates yes Ownership Condition boundary selection Category Status sample alterations/integrity Champaign County ruins deteriorated Action: RETURN Present Use summary paragraph Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

owner objection 6. Representation in Existing Surveys clarity Substantive Review: fair Check one Nomination returned for: Has this property been determined eligible? Reviewer's comments: Working No. 85001893 completeness nomination by person or local government Accessible United Methodist Church (Mechanicsburg MRA) Public Acquisition good NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) Fed. Reg. Date: 2/4/86 ACCEPT unexposed 8-29-85 J Other 9.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Major Bibliographical References _local Signed Date context clarity Builder/Architect title Maps state UTM References Photographs national Acreage of nominated property Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to applicable criteria 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification completeness relationship of integrity to significance State Historic Preservation Officer signature justification of exception 10. Geographical Data Quadrangle name justification of areas checked Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) Verbal boundary description and justification Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Specific dates summary paragraph relating significance to the resource The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: 8. Significance 11.

The rest of the file

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

Form Prepared By - Phone: _ Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Champaign County, Ohio N.Recchie, Benj. D. Rickey & Co. 391 Library Park South, Cols., Oh Photo # 14 Mechanicsburg Methodist Church view of north and west elevations Mechanicsburg Multiple Resources SE corner Main and Race 7/01 Bldg.I Champaign County, Ohio N.Recchie, Benj. D. Rickey E Co. 391 Library Park South, Cols., 0h Photo #15 north elevation Mechanicsburg Multiple Resources 7/84 Mechanicsburg Methodist Church SE corner Main and.Race Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000636 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property