Major Bibliographical References Atlas of Franklin County, 1873. "Hilliard United Methodist Church, 1855-1980," 1980. "The Quartoquecentennial of a Pride Community - 1978, Hilliard, Ohio," 1978. - See continuation sheet Jpreliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: X State historic preservation office previously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark Jrecorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # Jrecorded by Historic American Engineering Record #_ Acreage of property I1. Form Prepared By name/title _ Judy Williams, Preservation Consultant Ben jamin D. Rickey & Co. . date street & number _ (614) 221-0358 city or town 43215 Zone Other Easting Columbus organization telephone Columbus Citizen.
Local government University Other State agency Boundary Justification Federal agency 3/21/88 Specify repository: Previous documentation on file (NPs): N/A 391 Library Park South Miller, Mary. North 2/3,Lots #67 and #69,City of Hi1liard UTM References Verbal Boundary Description The boundary includes the entire city lot that has historically been associated with has been requested "First White Settlers Came to Hilliards in 1807,"July 22,1956. 10. Geographical Data Less than one acre Northing -state - zip code Ohio the property. WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET APR 2 5 1988 Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: - nomination by person or local government .
REJECT - owner objection Federal Agency: _ -appeal L sample Jrequest Reviewer's comments: -see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: -substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description - yes 7. Description J unaltered -original site I deteriorated ] moved J summary paragraph - boundary selection Discipline Status Ownership Condition 88000634 Accessible dates Category ruins alterations/integrity Franklin County excellent fair Recom./Criteria completeness unexposed clarity resubmission Action: RETURN Working No. Public Acquisition 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Present Use Substantive Review NR decision Hilliard Methodist Episcopal Church Check one technical corrections cited below Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Has this property been determined eligible?
("R" June 1984) Histcrian Reviewer _ 8. Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) J summary paragraph J relationship of integrity to significance J justification of exception - Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 11. Form Prepared By _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature L Maps Questions concerning this nomination may.be directed to - GPO 918-450 Date completeness Signed context Period Builder/Architect national title state clarity Phone: applicable criteria 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification UTM References Quadrangle name Photographs The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: justification of areas checked Specific dates relating significance to the resource Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 8-86) United States Department of the Interior for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box orby entering and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets 1. Name of Property Location N/A not for publication city, town N/A vicinity Ownership of Property X private X building(s) Structure Name of related multiple property listing: Signature of certifying official J See continuation sheet. 5.
National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Ventered in the National Register. determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the other, (explain:) Date of Action 049 43026 REGISTER county public-local Franklin district state object public-State Total public-Federal National Register. RECEIVED Hilliard removed from the National Register. Hilliard United Methodist Church Number of contributing resources previously Ohio Registration Form State/Federal Agency Certification zip code listed in the National Register N/A Hilliard Methodist Episcopal Church Number of Resources within Property Category of Property 3.
Classification National Register of Historic Places Noncontributing other names/site number historic name This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts.See instructions in Guidelines Date National Park Service Signature of the Keeper site State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting or other official NPS Form 10-900 National Register of HistoricPlaces and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. street & number APR 2.
5 1988 nomination LJrequest for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the Patuik Andus Inmy opinion, the property 4066 Main Street As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966,as amended,1 hereby certify that this INATICINAL Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) RELIGION/religious structure 7. Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) 1imestone walls - asphalt/slate (addition) Describe present and historic physical appearance. are found on both elevations and in the bell tower, defining the Gothic The square bell tower features a flared hip roof and elongated brackets pair of square posts with carved capitals and expanded bases, a delicate This classroom wing is subsidiary to the main church and is set back X See commuation sneet brick roof porch.
sandstone Gothic Architectural Classification and the visible west elevation.Pointed arch windows with brick hoodmolds building),making it an important crossing in the mixed commercial and roofed section with four bays and vestibule entry. A small flat-roofed Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) The two primary elevations of the church are its gabled Main Street facade The original pointed-arch, double-leafed wood entry door remains in place. from the street so that it does not intrude upon the original building's foundation office addition from about 1950 adjoins it further to the east. (enter categories from instructions) residential area that comprises Old Hilliard.
In addition to the tower, the west elevation features a projecting bay with three older brick structures church, a bank and a commercial of pointed arch windows occupies each of three sides of the tower above the The church is set close to the street in a prominent location at the corner the wood trim of the building, both at the gable peak and in the entry the eaves which extend down either side of paired belfry louvers.A pair Hilliard Methodist Episcopal Church, completed in 1883,is an intact example of late l9th century religious architecture designed in a Gothic style.Executed in brick with wood trim, the church features a 6.
Function or Use other wood of Main and Norwich Streets in Old Hilliard.This intersection contains features a central round window with Star of David tracery and a decorative eastern bay was removed to accommodate a new addition at that location in conical roof and a rear doorway in the seventh bay. The cruciform plan of influence of the church. Windows are paired on the main facade, which also quatrefoil design in the gable face, and carved bargeboard at the gable. gable-roofed sanctuary with a dominant entry bell tower set to one side.
bracketed panel in the gable peak.A quatrefoil motif is used to accent tower and sheltered bya gabled wood porch.The porch detailing includes a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Hilliard Methodist Episcopal Church, Hilliard, Franklin County, OH hardwood floors, wood pews, wood wainscot, and a dentilled cornice around added in 1979. integrity, retaining its original entrance porch, steeple, and carved barge- 20th century incised clear glass panels. National Register of Historic Places from the ceiling.The pulpit, communion table, and platform railing were Continuation Sheet NPS Form 10-000 APR 251980 Section number - The interior of the church is simply detailed. The sanctuary features Although the church has been sandblasted, it retains a substantial degree of Page 8.
Statement of Significance Xlocally Period of Significance State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. stand, along with a handful of commercial buildings, a small number of buildings are the many frame, middle class and working class houses from [x See continuation sheet 1883 Architecture Unknown Significant Dates Significant Person map. Constructed during the days when the city of Hilliard was a tiny village, Hilliard Methodist Episcopal Church meets National Register criterion C. this church was a symbolic stronghold in the community.The building's Cultural Affiliation The church is significant in its local context for its architectural church continues to be used for religious services today.
In recent years, Hilliard has experienced tremendous growth as the city's significance and contribution to the development of the town as a rural Hilliard Methodist Episcopal Church is one of four properties in Hilliard which are being nominated to the National Register for their architectural only 19th century church in Hilliard to survive to the present day. Hilliard began to take on the character of a suburban bedroom community.
Center and Norwich Streets.The grain elevator and lumber yard still the railroad line some ten miles west of Columbus map),the community Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) integrity as a religious structure of the l880s and for its role as the scattered 19th and early 20th century buildings which remain on Main, Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: Old Hilliard represents the original settlement of "Hilliard's Station"as evolved slowly asa railroad town and agricultural center during the next Architect/Builder "old Hilliard," as the original town is called, as shown on the attached population increased from only 610 in 1950 to over 5,600 in 1960,and In 1988,Hilliard has become a city of 10,500which is continuing to grow Applicable National Register Criteria ABc It was platted in 1853 by John Hilliard.
Laid out in a grid pattern around boundaries were expanded through annexation and development.The town's Gothic detailing has been maintained and its character preserved as the agricultural community of the 19th century.The buildings are located in both the 19th and early 20th centuries. OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior APR 25 National Park Service Hilliard Methodist Episcopal Church, Hilliard, Franklin County, OH city's newer developments, Old Hilliard retains much of its rural character were central to its early community life. set aside by Hilliard's founder in 1853 for the location of a church. The with the organization of Wesley Chapel Methodist Church in 1832.
The Hilliard Methodist Church was the second church to organize, meeting in a Episcopal Church on Norwich Street, were both demolished before 1945 as built in 1891 and located on Dublin Road within Norwich Township but and are highlighted by a dominant bell tower. In addition, the Gothic influence in Old Hilliard at this time is evident in two c. 1880 frame Hilliard Methodist Church, however, remains the primary example of this and early 20th century religious activity in the original town of Hilliard. existence, and has survived new ownership with its architectural character National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet church property. in 1883. century religious architecture in Hilliard. style in Hilliard.
The Hilliard Methodist Episcopal Church occupies the original plot of land intact.It retains a great deal of integrity as an example of late 19th Methodist denomination was the first to be established in Norwich Township This building remained in use by the Methodist Church until 1957,when it Hilliard Methodist Church remains today as an architectural symbol of 19th Hilliard's Station was laid out in 1853,this group arranged to purchase rural school building as the Lattimer Class beginning in 1842.Once Christian Disciple Church on Main Street and a c.1883 African Methodist church built on this site in 1855 was replaced by the existing brick church The building has undergone little change in the 1o0-plus years of its NPS Form 10-900 as additional acres of farmland are developed. In sharp contrast to the two lots at Main and Norwich Streets for construction of a church.
A frame Architecturally, Hilliard Methodist compares favorably with Wesley Chapel (NR 1979), was purchased by its present occupants, Northwest Bible Church, in 1977. through both lack of development and recent preservation of buildings which Hilliard Methodist Church is significant as the only 19th century church to houses which feature steeply-pitched gables and pointed-arch windows. outside of the city of Hilliard.Both churches exhibit Gothic detailing that time.
After 20 years of use as First Baptist Church, this building have survived in the city of Hilliard.Two frame churches,an 1865 was sold to the First Baptist Church of Hilliard.Hilliard Methodist Church built a new church building in a newly annexed area of the city at 25 196- ANNEXED TO FORM PRESENT-DAY CITY OF HILLIARD 1 CMIL TON =RD Hilliard Nethodist Episcopal CHuroh Franklin County,OH Hilliard Methodist Episcopal Church, Hilliard, Franklin County, Ohio 1. Winterringer Building 2. Odd Fellows Hall 3. Hilliard Methodist Church 4. Merryman House OLD HILLIARD (ORIGINAL VILLAGE BOUNDARIES) Madison Norwich Grant LOCATIONS OF PROPERTIES NOMINATED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER: APR 25 1988 Atlas of Franklin County, 1873. Miller, Mary.
]preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: LX State historic preservation office Survey # Record # North Part, Lots #67 and #69, City of Hilliard 11. Form Prepared By name/title _ Benjamin D. Rickey & Co. organization _ - telephone (614) 221-0358 street & number - city or town _ _ state _ zip code - 43215 Northing Easting Zone date Columbus Other the property. Specify repository: Federal agency UTM References Local government Previous documentation on file (NPs): N/ A Boundary Justification See continuation sheet designated a National Historic Landmark Verbal Boundary Description Acreage of property 9. Major Bibliographical References recorded by Historic American Engineering Other State agency has been requested previously listed in the National Register recorded by Historic American Buildings 10.
Geographical Data Ohio 3/21/88 University previously determined eligible by the National Register Less than one acre 391 Library Park South "Hi1liard United Methodist Church,1855-1980,"1980. "The Quartoquecentennial of a Pride Community - 1978, Hilliard, Ohio," 1978. The boundary includes the entire city lot that has historically been associated with Williams Brothers. History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties, 1880. "First White Settlers Came to Hilliards in 1807,"July 22,1956. WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Fed. Reg. Date: - Date Due: - nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: _ Lappeal -sample Drequest Reviewer's comments: - 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 Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description - unaltered L original site - excellent J moved J fair -summary paragraph yes ruins Category completeness Condition dates Status REJECT alterations/integrity resubmission Ownership deteriorated Franklin County Reviewer clarity unexposed RETURN Substantive Review: Hilliard Methodist Episcopal Church boundary selection Recom./Criteria 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Public Acquisition Present Use Accessible ACCEPT Check one NR decision NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ("R" June 1984) APR 25 1988 Discipline Working No. Action: 8.
Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) - completeness J applicable criteria Jrelating significance to the resource J context J relationship of integrity to significance J justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References Acreage of nominated property 11. Form Prepared By Questions concerning this nomination may.be directed to - GPO 918-450 Date Signed Phone Builder/Architect Photographs title Maps Period state national Specific dates clarity local summary paragraph 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Other Verbal boundary description and justification State Historic Preservation Officer signature 10.
Geographical Data Quadrangle name UTM References justification of areas checked The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Photo # / APR 25. east Hilliard Methodist Church View of main facades, looking Neg. at 39l Library Park, Cols. Hilliard, Franklin Co., Ohio 4066 Main Street Photo by J. Williams, 9/87 Neg- at 391 Library Park, Cols. APR 25 1988 Detail of bell tower Hilliard, Franklin Co., Ohio 4066 Main Street Photo by J. Williams, 9/87 Hilliard Methodist Church Photo #2 BIBLE NORTHVEST CHURCH Hilliard, Franklin Co., Ohio APR 25 1900 Hilliard Methodist Church Detail of entrance porch 4066 Main Street Neg. at 391 Library Park,Cols. Photo by J. Williams, 9/87 Porch #3 Hilliard, Franklin Co., Ohio Neg. at 391 Library Park, Cols.
APR 25 1988 Photo # 4 north Hilliard Methodist Church View of church, looking 4066 Main Street Photo by J. Williams, 9/87 Hilliard, Franklin Co., Ohio Photo # 5 APR 25 1988 northwest Rear view of church, looking Hilliard Methodist Church 4066 Main Street Photo by J. Williams, 9/87 Neg. at 391 Library Park, Cols. Hilliard, Franklin Co., Ohio Photo by J. Williams, 9/87 APR Photo # U northwest Hilliard Methodist Church Interior of sanctuary, looking 4066 Main Street Neg. at 39l Library Park. Cols. Hilliard, Franklin Co., Ohio Photo by J. Williams, 9/87 APR 25 !! Photo # south Hilliard Methodist Church 4066 Main Street Interior sanctuary, looking Neg. at 391 Library Park, Cols. Hilliard, Franklin Co., Ohio Photo by J. Willians, 9/87 Neg. at 391 Library Park, Cols.
APR 25 1988 southwest Interior of sanctuary, looking 4066 Main Street Hilliard Methodist Church Looking southwest; view of additions Hilliard Methodist Church Neg. at 39l Library Park, Cols. 4066 Main Street Photo #9 Photo by J. Wi1liams, 9/87 Hilliard, Franklin Co., Ohio 2.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) S UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HILLIARD, OHIO HILLIARD QUADRANGLE ROAD CLASSIFICATION DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Hilliard, Franklin Co., Ohio N400w8307.5/7.5 Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 April 21, 1988 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief Department of the Interior P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Merryman, Dr. James, House Odd Fellows Hall W.
Ray Luce WRL: bp:dh SOCIETY Montgomery County Cuyahoga Enclosures Stark HISTORICAL Franklin New Submissions Sincerely, Hyman Schriber Building National Park Service Frances Building Dear Carol: Hilliard Methodist Episcopal Church State Historic Preservation Officer SINCE 1885 614/297-2470 Please contact me if you have any questions. APR 2 5 1988 notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. Enclosed are 6 new National Register nominations.All of the appropriate Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 June 16, 1988 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 change has been made to this nomination, regarding the verbal boundary Please contact me if you have any questions. W.
Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer WRL : ae JUN 2 O 1988 SOCIETY 614/297-2470 Enclosures County Resubmissions Franklin HISTORICAL SINCE 1885 Dear Carol: Enclosed is 1 resubmitted National Register nomination.The appropriate Sincerely. National Park Service Department of the Interior Hilliard Methodist Episcopal Church description.
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