Nomination for East Market Street Church of Christ

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 DEC 3 0 1988 (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property other names/site number 2. Location street & number city, town J vicinity code 0H zip code 44305 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property 4 private X building(s) Name of related multiple property listing: listed in the National Register - 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, 1 hereby certify that this National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. Signature of certifying official State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting or other official 5. National Park Service Certification 1, hefeby, certify that this property is: Ventered in the National Register. J See continuation sheet.

determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the other, (explain:) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action Noncontributing object structure public-local public-Federal public-State district Akron state Total National Register. site Registration Form historic name Ohio Date East Market Street Christian Church National Register of Historic Places Number of contributing resources previously Number of Resources within Property National Park Service East Market Street Church of Christ 864 East Market Street United States Department of the Interior removed from the National Register. not for publication (Rev. 8-86) This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual propertidf or districts.

See instructiong in Guidelines county Summit NATIONAL N/AL and areas of significance,enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions.For additional space use continuation sheets 3440 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) 7. Description is brick. The was completed by June, 1912. architrave, cornice and raking box cornice of the pediment are terra cotta, and the frieze cotta sills and lintels, and paired round windows with circular tracery on the second centered on the east wall, with seating and balconies in a modified semi-circle on three The interior is further distinguished by ceiling beams, hexagonal balcony supports, and roof asphalt walls terra cotta three bay recessed entrance portico has stained glass round-arched windows with circular the interior.

doors also have terra cotta surrounds and entablatures.Arcaded round-arch bays flanking and paired stained glass rectangular windows on the first floor and round-arched windows Neo-Classical Revival Architectural Classification See continuation sheet RELIGION/religious structure Describe present and historic physical appearance. Materials (enter categories from instructions) (enter categories from instructions) the portico have paired rectangular stained glass windows on the first floor, with terra pilasters with carved and scrolled capitals. closed off from the main sanctuary.The original seating has been replaced by theater The facade is laid in Flemish bond brick;the sides and rear are running bond.The The church continues to maintain a high degree of integrity on both the exterior and foundation _ Neo-Classical Revival style.

The cornerstone was laid on 8 October 1911 and the church floor level. Side and rear elevations are rather plain, distinguished mainly by single stone tracery and terra cotta surrounds and sills.The main double door and flanking single foundation is stone, with a terra cotta watertable.A projecting central raised pavilion seats.The coved ceiling has a beamed and coffered three-section stained glass skylight.

sides.Sunday school or classrooms on the main and balcony levels can be opened to or The East Market Street Church of Christ is a rectangular two story brick building in the pilasters and two fluted Ionic columns with attic bases on high plinths.The plain The church's interior is arranged on the "Akron Plan" of church design.The altar is is brick.A blind brick balustrade wraps around the front and sides of the pavilion.The on the second floor.The roof is a shallow pitched hip with asphalt shingling. 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Harpster, Milton E. and Bliss, John F. State significance of property, and justify criteria,criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. well known Akron architect (who moved to New York City in 1894), adapted this plan to sides which could be closed into classrooms by sliding or folding partitions, or opened up years ago, and the Akron Plan High Street Christian Church, built in 1892, burned in 1975. The Wooster Avenue Church, very similar in design to this church, was also demolished.

X See continuation sheet 1912 Architecture Significant Dates Cultural Affiliation Significant Person the father-in-law of Thomas A.Edison, and the co-founder of the influential Chautauqua when extra space was needed in the sanctuary.The First Methodist Church was demolished Architect/Builder unaltered Akron Plan churches remaining in the city where the Akron Plan was developed. school, and is the oldest surviving Akron Plan church in Akron that was designed The Akron plan originated with Lewis A.Miller, an inventor and manufacturer of reapers, specifically as a sanctuary.This church is also a notable example in the Neo-Classical commissions were many houses, including one for Harvey Firestone demolished),and provide a semi-circular auditorium with a double tier of Sunday school rooms on three specifically as a sanctuary and Sunday school, in the city of Akron.

prolific architects of the early twentieth century. Period of Significance Miller developed a unique design for the First Methodist Church of Akron (built 1868), It is also the earliest example of the type in Akron still in use as a church and Sunday Harpster and Bliss.From their association in 1907 to Bliss' death in 1925, Harpster and Christ, Scientist (built 1915),the First Methodist Episcopal Church United This building is also a noteworthy example ofa church designed by the Akron firm of Mlocally Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) Revival style of the buildings designed by Harpster and Bliss, Akron's most noteworthy and St. Paul's Sunday School and Parish House, built in 1884 (NR 11-76), although an Akron major public buildings, churches, and schools in a wide variety of styles. Much of their Methodist, built 1913-14), the Temple Israel (built ca.

1917), and the East Market Street statewide church architecture was in the Neo-Classical Revival style, and includes the Church of The East Market Street Church of Christ is significant as one of only two essentially Bliss were the most prominent and prolific architects in Akron. Numbered among their nationally 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Pahlau, James A. "Harpster & Bliss, Akron Architects 1907-1925." (Akron, 1983) Portage Trails, Vol. 36, No. 8, The Summit County Historical Society. Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: X State historic preservation office previously determined eligible by the National Register recorded by Historic American Buildings recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10. Geographical Data Verbal Boundary Description and page 538 The boundary is based on legally recorded lot lines, reflecting the entire city 11. Form Prepared By organization _ July 13, 1988 (216) 438-0404 zip code 44702 Northing Canton date University Zone state telephone Local government Ohio See continuation sheet Boundary Justification Department of Planning and Urban Development.

lot that has historically been associated with the church. Other State agency UTM References Other Specify repository: Acreage of property previously listed in the National Register Federal agency Easting Ohio Historic Preservation Office Less than one acre designated a National Historic Landmark has been requested city or town Survey # Sublot 6 and the west 21.04 feet of sublot 5 in the Newton Allotment, Portage County name/title - Jeffrey D. Brown, Regional Coordinaton street & number 528 County Office Building Records Vol.1,p.24of the Board of transcribed plats of Summit County. NPS Form 10-000-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service East Market Street Church of Christ, Akron, OH, Summit County Section number - elements shared among Harpster and Bliss' most distinguished Neo-Classical churches.

The raised portico in antis, full pediment and balustrade, Ionic columns, brick pilasters, and Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places windows aligned with the doorways, and decorative string courses are other stylistic are found on Temple Israel and the Christian Science Church, and round-arched windows are Bliss' church designs in the Neo-Classical Revival style.

United States Department of the Interior University Club (built 1917-19) was also a notable Harpster and Bliss building in this Science church (now owned by the University of Akron), and Temple Israel have likewise all antis, with either Ionic columns (Methodist & Christian Science) or brick piers (Temple notable church designs in this style.They all feature prominent raised porticos in terra cotta trim, is thus the earliest and most intact surviving example of Harpster and Church of Christ.(The Neo-Classical Revival Style was unusual in itself -most Akron Israel).Pedimented balustrades and three bay central doorways, flanked by single bays, Street Church embodies most of the elements that distinguish Harpster and Bliss' later Akron, Summit County, Ohio 12'-0"- 9-0° 52-0"- 34-0* 21:3"- 10'-6° East Market St.

Christian Church 864 East Market St Akron OH 44305 NOTE ALL ROOM DIMENSIONS ARE BALCONY CLASS ROOM SECOND FLOOR East Market Street Church of Christ VENTURE CLASS 8'`6".12'-6" 17'-0"- 5-6"- 61-0° ONLY APRROXIMATIONS. 5:6 -35'-0" OFFICE CLOSET ORGAN CHAMBER PASTOA'S STVOY 10.0'.17'-0" 17:0"- 8'- 6° 17-0" - 8:3" Akron, Summit County, Ohio LOYAL. BUILDERS East Market St. Christian Church 864 East Market St Akron OH 44305 BAPTISMAL ROOM East Market Street Church of Christ LOYAL WOMEN CHOIR ALL ROOM LMENSIONS ARE 5'0'.5.6" LECTERN 17°- 3° - 26:6' EIRST. FLOOR 40:0° - 60 -0 CONSOLE NOTE: PULPIT SCHOOL SUNDAY LOUNGE NARTHEX LOET 8'0".6'.9" 0:6"- 17-0° OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Section number - Date Listed: 2/7/89 subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments, properties, yet Criteria Consideration A was not checked.

Barb Consideration. Summit Page State the National Register Criteria exception for religious DISTRIBUTION: Multiple Name Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation National Register of Historic Places notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included National Register property file Continuation Sheet Signature of the Keeper Property Name SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD County Amended Items in Nomination: National Park Service Nominating Authority (without nomination attachment) East Market St. Church of Christ The form is now officially amended to include the Criteria There is a technical oversight on the form-this property meets Powers with the OH SHPO agrees that the form should be changed. Date of Action NPS Form 10-900-a *nshe nomination documentation.

NRIS Reference Number: 88003440 This property is listed in the National Register of Historic (8-86) NOMINATOR: STATE N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N 12/30/88 DATE 1/26/89 REJECT MULTIPLE REVIEWER 2/13/89 RETURN PERIOD: OTHER: NAME: DATE RECEIVED: EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REASONS FOR REVIEW: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLRYN DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: N PDIL: ACCEPT REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION N SLR DRAFT: Y NATIONAL: ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./CRITERIA 2/2/89 _justification of areas checked _justification of exception _acreage _verbal boundary description _sketch maps _photographs _presentation _ Phone current count Period context materials FUNCTION DESCRIPTION clarity historic other BIBLIOGRAPHY SIGNIFICANCE completeness CLASSIFICATION Builder/Architect Date Signed summary paragraph resource type architectural classification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION Specific dates relationship of integrity to significance relating significance to the resource boundary justification OTHER COMMENTS descriptive text GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION USGS maps Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Statement of Significance one paragraph) UTMS applicable criteria Christ, 864 E.

Market St., Akron, Brown, July 1987, neg. at OHPO. East Market Street Church of View of front & west facades, Summit Co., Ohio. Photo by J.D. Brown, July 1987, neg. at OHPO. View of rear facade, looking NE. Photo no. 2. East Market Street Church of Christ, 864 E. Market St., Akron, Christ, 864 E. Market St., Akron, Brown, July 1987, neg. at OHPO. 1ooking E. Photo no. 3. East Market Street Church of Interior view of sanctuary, Photo no. 4. Detail view of skylight. East Market Street Church of Brown, neg. at OHPo, July 1987. Christ, 864 E. Market St., Akron, Summit Co., Ohio. Photo by J.D. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AKRON EAST QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF HIOHWAYS Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey ROAD CLASSIFICATION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AKRON EAST, OHIO STATE OF OHIO DONALD L. PLUSQUELLIC RECEIVED JUL 2 .5 1988 July 14, 1988 Dr. W.

Ray Luce 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, OH 43211 Re: East Market Street Christian Church 864 E. Market Street, Akron, Ohio Dear Dr. Luce: In order to expedite the nomination process, I hereby waive City of Akron, Ohio Mayor listing of property within my jurisdiction. State Historic Preservation Officer Sincerely, listing a property in the National Register of Historic It has come to my attention that the subject property is Ohio Historic Preservation office This will confirm that I am fully aware of the effects of Preservation am entitled to comment on the proposed my right to coiminent on this proposed listing. being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 December 27, 1988 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief DEC 3 0 1988 P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 office before the deadline. W.

Ray Luce WRL : ame 614/297-2470 Enclosures County SOCIETY New Submissions NATIONAL REGISTER Department of the Interior HISTORICAL Sincerely, notification procedures have been followed for this new submission.We Summit National Park Service State Historic Preservation Officer National Register of Historic Places Please contact me if you have any questions. Dear Carol: East Market Street Church of Christ Ohio Historic Preservation Office SINCE 1885 Enclosed is 1new National Register nomination.All of the appropriate requirements;the photographs with adhesive labels were submitted to our request an extension of the 1 October 1988 deadline for the new photographic Register of Historic Places.

I recognize that, under the National Historic Preservation Act, I am entitled to object to the proposed listing of my property by a notarized, Following is the address of my property: I hereby waive my right to object to the proposed listing and notify you that I request . Sincerely, East Market Street Christian Church property will not be listed. This will confirm that I am fully aware of the effects of listing a property in the National Waiver by Property Owner 864 East Market Street Address of SHPO DR RAY LUCE Mrs. John Davis - Historian, Trustee there are multiple owners of this property and a majority of the owners object, the written statement. If I am the sole owner and I object, my property will not be listed. If that my property be listed in the National Register at the earliest possible date. Dear (SHPO name):