Nomination for Sacred Heart of Jesus Churches

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United States Department of the Interior National Park Service See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries-complete applicable sections Sacred Heart of Jesus Churches and or common Bethlehem Church Shelby, OH not for publication street & number X vicinity of Shelby city, town code 139 X state Present Use _ public - unoccupied - agriculture - museum X building(s) X private - park _ both _ work in progress - private residence X religious in process - yes: restricted _scientific X yes: unrestricted * orner:older church is -vacant Bishop Donovan, Diocese of Toledo 2544 Parkwood Avenue vicinity of courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Recorder's Office, County Administration Building 50 Park Avenue East Ohio Historic Inventory has this property been determined eligible?

- yes X no Ohio Historical Society, Historic Preservation Office depository for survey records Col umbus 039 Toledo Richland code 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 2. Location county Accessible commercial government Category date entertainment Status educational historic object industrial Bethlehem Ownership title structure district Ohio local 1. Name Mansfield federal site Inventory-Nomination Form 3. Classification Public Acquisition National Register of Historic Places being considered October 1980 (3-82) 4. Owner of Property NPS Form 10-900 5. Location of Legal Description military For NPS use only 5 1985 received DEC 6 1986 transportation date entered JAN Check one . excellent A/B altered A fair A - old church (1853) B - new church (1895) Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

residences in Sharon Township, six miles southeast of Shelby. Bethlehem is a flat rural area with wooded land to the north and west of the Sacred Heart located just north of State Route 61. Although built in close proximity to vicinity, the two churches are nominated on individual parcels of land. The large Victorian Gothic church (1895), designed by William P. Ginter of Akron, dominates the surrounding landscape (photo #2). Constructed of locally pitched gable roof is covered with slate. modified version of the traditional nave and side aisle arrangement (photo Clerestory windows are illuminated by the dormers and are placed between an ornate series of vaults, leaving a large unobstructed space within the 7.

Description Condition unexposed date ruins deteriorated east transept window.A projecting semi-circular apse rises up from alow original site The sides of the building feature lancet windows, compact stone buttresses, (photo #3).Both windows are composed of ornamental glass; the Blessed Virgin #1).The outbuildings have been severely altered or are of recent windows on the east and west walls crosses the northern end of the sanctuary soaring plaster vaults. The rib vaults cantilever from the side aisle walls State Route 61 in Bethlehem, Ohio, a small settlement of approximately twelve located to the north of the Sacred Heart property, south of the cemetery (see features corner pinnacles and a steeply pitched octagonal steeple topped by an Three small attic vents are located in the peak of the southern facade gable. Is depicted in the west transept window and St.

Joseph is portrayed in the The interior of the church is rich in decoration and detail and features a B good The central entrance is framed by a slightly projecting stone canopy with moved grouping and farmland to the south. The two churches are part of a cluster of square tower rises in four stages on the southeast corner.The corner tower one-story rectangular section at the north end of the building. The steeply pinnacles and a gable roof.Above the central entrance is a large lancet the tall steeple is a much smaller square tower on the southwest corner which The two Sacred Heart of Jesus church buildings (1853 and 1895) are located on NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.

10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Sacred Heart of Jesus Churches, Richland County, Oh1o Continuation sheet Description Item number 1 walls have wainscotting and the pews and doors have carved detail. Alterations to this structure consist of the rebuilding of the southeast and piers on each end of the transept, the main tower, and the smaller southwest North of the large Victorian Gothic stone church is an earlier brick church plan and measures 45 feet by 75 feet. as the crenellated ridge above the main entrance on the projecting tower. A simple wide cornice band runs along these two elevations beneath the proportions are elements of the Greek Revival style. Another Greek Revival buttresses, lancet windows, and pointed arch entrance.

The interior of the 1853 church was altered in 1899 when it was made into a two room school and chapel and again in 1931 when it was converted to a hall. altars, it is known that the main altar is still used today in the Mother of a cost of $1,200.00 in 1879 was moved to the new church and, after repairs and (3-82) Page tower. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form received date entered five slender decorative glass windowsfeaturing Christ and the four For NPS use only Several small steeples were also removed from various locations--the corner Revival and Gothic Revival styles (photo #5). The building is rectangular in The main facade of the church, an imposing brick surface of simple design, shaped doorway (the top of which has been bricked in) and a lancet window in Each corner of the facade terminates in a two step square brick pier.

motif is found in the gable on the apse end of the church where the cornice The interior plasterwork, frescoing, and woodwork are original. The church restoration, is in use today. southwest towers and the removal of a third tower on the north end of the church in 1940, the result of continued damage sustained from wind storms. The east and west facades feature four large lancet decorative glass windows. sanctuary.A finely carved marble altar stands in the apse which is lit by NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service For NPS use only Inventory - Nomination Form Item number 7 The remaining buildings on the property consist of two older residences--a brick parsonage built in 1859 and a wood frame convent house built in the 1870s for the sisters who taught in the parish school (photo #7)--and a one-story stone school with attached hall begun in 1952 (photo #8). North of the church is a small cemetery with shade trees and a number of ornate headstones dating from the mid- to late-nineteenth century. Photographs were taken by the Sacred Heart parish in the fall of 1982 when have been supplemented with additional views of the site.

Page National Register of Historic Places (3-82) received Continuation sheet Description date entered Sacred Heart of Jesus Churches, Richland County, Ohio efforts were first undertaken to resubmit the nomination made in April 1982 photographs are accurate representations of the two buildings nominated and Areas of Significance-Check and justify below community planning X 1800-1899 exploration settlement The 1853, 1895 Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) Criteria A and C The Sacred Heart of Jesus church buildings (1853 and 1895) are significant for their association with the early settlement of the area, their place within the religious history of Richland County as one of the earliest Roman Catholic parish began as early as 1833 following the first settlement in the area. The parish built its first church, a log cabin, in 1836; as the congregation grew church and was dedicated in 1895; it is still in use by the parish. Both included with the nomination despite their connections to church history. The Religion played an important role in the lives of the early settlers. Catholicism was not the most common faith to be brought to Ohio and general ly it developed more slowly and at a later date than other religious groups in Mansfield.

Shelby, to the northeast of Bethlehem, remained undeveloped until the more populated areas of Richland County were log structures, later Sacred Heart of Jesus parish was the first Roman Catholic church to be organized in the area at this early date and its growth parallels, if not was organized in 1822-23 and a log church was built which served the purchased from the Presbyterians until 1872 when a brick church was constructed. Being the only Roman Catholic church in the area, the Sacred missions in Bucyrus, Crestline, Galion, Mansfield, and Shelby. traveled from settlement to settlement, often only visiting once a year and celebrating mass at the homes of the local residents.

The area which came to be known as Bethlehem was settled in the late 1820s, mainly by German immigrants and was served by visiting priests until 1852 when the first 1700-1799 communications 1600-1699 economics 1400-1499 humanitarian archeology-historic commerce Period conservation education engineering industry archeology-prehistoric military invention science transportation literature music prehistoric agriculture 1500-1599 8. Significance social/ sculpture --politics/government -philosophy Specific dates law -other(specify) Xarchitecture 1900- parishes tobe formed,and their architecture.The Sacred Heart,of Jesus Mansfield--a log structure serving as the Methodist church built in 1816. The William P. Ginter (1895 church) Unfortunately, these outbuildings have been altered substantially and are not the arrival of the Mansfield and Sandusky Railroad in 1856.

Early churches in Evangel ical Lutheran Church was organized in 1830 and used a log structure Heart of Jesus parish served a large area during its early years, having Redemptorist and Sanguinist orders served the German Settlement regularly from landscape architecture X congregation until 1834 when it was replaced by a frame building; the 1834 to 1852 when the first resident pastor was appointed by the Diocese. art Builder/Architect Xreligion resident pastor was appointed by the diocese.Missionary priests of the established in Mansfield in 1855,and the congregation used a frame church surpasses, that of other churches.

E.g.,the Presbyterian Church in Shelby Quadrangle name Quadrangle scale 1:24,000 UT M References Verbal boundary description and justification List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries - State date September 1980/September 1985 1985 Velma Avenue street & number Col umbus city or town The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and eertify that it has been evaluated State Historic Preservation Officer signature Keeper of the National Register Chief of Registration U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1983 0 - 419-311 code date county 11.

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Form Prepared By Northing Zone (614) 466-1500 Attest: telephone national Easting 10. Geographical Data 9. Major Bibliographical References Crestline Ohio 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification organization Ohio Historical Society see attached continuation sheet title Acreage of nominated property less than 1 acre For NPs use only X local according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service B [17 [35,4/7,2,0) As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 Entered In the 4521840 [45|21|970] NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.

10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Sacred Heart of Jesus Churches, Richland County, Ohio Continuation sheet Significance Item number 8 were sixteen Catholic families in the area in 1823; the number increased to thirty-four families by 1834. The forty acres which originally made up the church property was sold by Freidolin and Elizabeth Stiegmeyer of Seneca County in 1834 to Mathias Ulmcheider, then an agent for the Roman Catholic Church in Richland County, Ohio, and a Catholic farmer living in the German The early parishioners worked hard to keep their faith active before a directly attributable to the desire and faith of the parish members.

The brick church built in 1853 was described in county histories as a Heart of Jesus Church was unusually large and well constructed, being of brick shows an interesting combination of Greek Revival and Early Gothic Revival elements.

Greek Revival characteristics are seen in the simple detail, the rectangular plan, the use of a plain decorative cornice, and the low-pitched the area was populated by thrifty, well-to-do farmers, many of whom lived in (3-82) Inventory-Nomination Form received National Register of Historic Places date entered Page 2 simple way characteristic of local vernacular architecture.Brick was not an Settlement.Subsequently,a log church was built in 1836-7 to serve asa permanent church was constructed and afterwards to ensure the success of their "substantial and commodious brick church" costing $2,600.00 and having four unusual building material in this region;known as the "German Settlement," Rev.John Martin Henni from St.John parish in Canton was the first For NPS use only priest to visit the Catholic community in Richland County and found the beginnings of the present parish which was established ten years later.

There The log church was the thirteenth church recorded in northern Ohio. earliest graves in the church cemetery date from 1837, indicating that the site has been used continuously since that time by the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish. Donations of materials and labor accounted for the low cost of the brick church built in 1853 for $2,600.00. The parish continued to grow and repairs were made through generous bequests to the church by its members. prosperity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish and its continued growth is Within the context of Richland County religious architecture, the early Sacred rare example of pre-Civil War church architecture in Richland County which substantial brick houses on their well-cultivated farms. prosper; altars, statues, and an organ were added to the brick building and parish. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service For NPS use only Sacred Heart of Jesus Churches, Richland County, Ohio Item number Today the brick church has fallen into disrepair and disuse after years of Despite the removal of the steeple, the brick church still retains Plans for the Gothic Revival stone church were begun in 1891 and Akron diocese, was commissioned to draw up the plans. The church had not outgrown the goodness which God had shown them." The cornerstone was laid in 1892 and the finest country church in the Cleveland diocese." Together the two churches are significant locally for their architectural qualities, are significant within the context of local history, and are Catholic church in Ohio. Register.

National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form (3-82) Page 3 date entered the building was dedicated on September 15,1895,and was hailed as "doubtless Continuation sheet Significance structure is largely intact, although the large dominant tower and steeple have been removed and several of the large lancet windows have been boarded architect William P. Ginter, who had designed several churches for the members wished to build a "holy place that would be in direct proportion to the 1853 building, but the wealth of the parish had increased greatly and its received OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Inventory - Nomination Form Sacred Heart of Jesus Churches, Richland County, Ohio Item number 9 & 10 9. Bibliography Sacred Heart ef Jesus Parish, 1833-1983. Steven L. Metzer, editor, 1983. 10.

Verbal Boundary Description TRACT A: Beginning at a point on the east side of the access road to the the east side of the cemetery access road, thence south to the place of TRACT B: Beginning at a point approximately 650 feet west of the intersection point just north of the stone Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, thence west 61 to the point of beginning. Page beginning. (3-82) National Register of Historic Places Continuation sheet Bibliography & VBD History of Richland County from_1808-1908, Vol. 1. A. J. Baughman, 1908. History of Richland County,Ohio:Its Past and Present.A.A.Graham,1880. date entered point on the north side of S.R.61,thence east along the north side of S.R. NPS Form 10-900-a For NPS use only Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery approximately 480 feet north of the entrance to of S. R.

61 and Settlement Road, thence north approximately 300 feet to a approximately 120 feet to a point, thence south approximately 300 feet to a received Bethlehem, Richland County, Ohio B. Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (1895) boundaries NORTH HEART CEMETERY S.R. 61 PARKING MANSE HALL SCHOOL CHURCH A.Sacred Heart of Jesus Church and Hal1 (1853) house OLD and SACRED WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Sacred Heart of Jesus Churches DEC /5 1985 nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: _ -appeal L sample - NR decision Reviewer's comments: Reviewer . _ 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 -unaltered _J original site - moved summary paragraph yes Category completeness alterations/integrity fair Accessible REJECT Ownership Status Discipline unexposed excellent RETURN Date ruins deteriorated resubmission Action: boundary selection clarity Substantive Review: Recom./Criteria Working No. Richland County Condition Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Present Use Check one Fed. Reg. Date/a Date Due: 4/3/86 Jrequest 1- 6-86 National Hogietem 8. Significance Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) J summary paragraph relating significance to the resource justification of exception Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name 11.

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State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date _ Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - _ Phone: - GPO 918-450 Comments for any item maybe continued on an attached sheet Builder/Architect completeness context Signed title clarity Maps _state applicable criteria Photographs Specific dates relationship of integrity to significance UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification justification of areas checked _national Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Period #1 of 8 Photo by Sylvia Gillis, September 1985 Columbus, Ohio Negative filed at Ohio Historical Society, View of Sacred Heart of Jesus complex from the southwest showing the main church on the right, the school on the left, and the gable of the old church above the school Bethlehem, Richland County, Ohio SACRED HEART OF JESUS CHURCHES Bethlehem, Richland County, Ohio Photo by Sacred Heart Church, 1982 and west elevation SACRED HEART OF JESUS CHURCHES #2 of 8 Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (1893),main facade (south) #3 of 8 Bethlehem, Richland County, Ohio Photo by Sacred Heart Church, 1982 east elevation SACRED HEART OF JESUS CHURCHES Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (1893),apse and Bethlehem, Richland County, Ohio SACRED HEART OF JESUS CHURCHES apse taken from choir loft in the rear Photo by sacred heart church, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (1893), interior, view of #4 of 8 #5 of 8 Bethlehem, Richland County, Ohio Photo by Sacred Heart Church, 1982 southwest showing facade (west) and south elevation SACRED HEART OF JESUS CHURCHES Sacred Heart of Jesus Church from the Bethlehem, Richland County, Ohio Photo by Sylvia Gillis, September 1985 Columbus, Ohio northeast Negative filed at Ohio Historical Society, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (1852),view from the SACRED HEART OF JESUS CHURCHES #6 of 8 #7 of 8 Bethlehem, Richland County, Ohio Photo by Sylvia Gillis, September 1985 Columbus, Ohio residence, middle; parsonage, on left.

View from Negative filed at Ohio Historical Society, the northeast SACRED HEART OF JESUS CHURCHES Sacred Heart of Jesus Church right; nuns Bethlehem, Richland County, Ohio Photo by Sylvia Gillis, September 1985 Columbus, Ohio Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (1893), on left; school and hall on right Negative filed at Ohio Historical Society, SACRED HEART OF JESUS CHURCHES #8 of 8 CRESTLINE QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CRESTLINE, OHIO STATE OF OHIO UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS UTM Reference: 17 354720 4521840 SACRED HEART OF JESUS CHURCH& HALL (1853) A. Sacred Heart of Jesus ROAD CLASSIFICATION Bethlehem, Rich1and County, 0h1o Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 December 2, 1985 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief Department of the Interior 1100 L Street, N.W.

Dear Carol : give the Brecksville-Northfleld High Level Bridge, Cuyahoga/SummIt Counties, "Crescent Hill" W. Ray Luce SOCIETY 614/466-1500 Wyandot HISTORICAL Cuyahoga/Summit Enclosures Sincerely, WRL:bp Armstrong Farm National Park Service Brecksville-Northfield High Level Bridge Ohio a substantive review. State Historic Preservation Office SINCE 1885 Natlonal Register of Historic Places Middleport Public Library New Submissions Sacred Heart of Jesus Churches Please contact me if you have any questions. Washington, D.C. 20240 Richl and Muskingum County Meigs