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ECEIVE OMB No. 1024-0018 FEB 2 2 1990 1. Name of Property Location street & number city, town Jvicinity zip code Classification y private Xl building(s) Structure _objects State/Federal Agency Certification 5. National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Xentered in the National Register. determined not eligible for the Jother, (explain:) 151 Noncontributing Canton public-local public-Federal Date Registration Form district public-State state Ohio Total Number of contributing resources previously other names/site number National Register.
historic name and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions.For additional space use continuation sheets listed in the National Register Ownership of Property National Park Service This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines Name of related multiple property listing: United States Department of the Interior Number of Resources within Property Signature of commenting or other official Category of Property State or Federal agency and bureau determined eligible for the National removed from the National Register. not for publication See continuation sheet Date of Action National Register of Historic Piaces and meets the procedural and professional fequirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.
Signature of certitying official (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 720 Cleveland Ave., N.W. NPS Form 10-900 site the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, Register. See continuation sheet. As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certily that this In my opinion, the property X 472 In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria.See continuation sheet. Entered in the 6. Function or Use RELIGION/ religious structure 7. Description walls - It is located just north of Canton's downtown commercial district, in what is now a 1ow-density commercial area.
Constructed of brick on a stone foundation, the church and cross reaching to a height of 210 feet, but this part of the construction plan were erected, giving a maximum height of 141 feet. The interior height of the church each side of the tower are surmounted by engaged battlements, with thin turrets at columns, with alternating Corinthian and foliated capitals, lining the nave. The ornate Studios of Munich, Germany, were installed depicting events in the life of Christ. 1919, due to deteriorating brick, a stucco surface resembling large cut stone was - See continuation sheet separated from the church by a paved parking lot. shingle brick stucco Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) Architectural Classification pointed-arch stained glass window with Gothic tracery, over which is a niche, Gothic Revival Describe present and historic physical appearance.
(enter categories from instructions) foundation Stone The church interior features Gothic vaulted ceilings supported by clustered each corner.An octagonal tower rises from this base, and has single lancet openings Two major alterations have been made to the exterior of St. Peter Church.In Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) corbel tables, and rose windows in the large gables. were added to the central tower, which was previously battlemented, and tall conical caps Materials (enter categories from instructions) replaced by one of Carrara marble, and new stained glass windows from the Zettler front corners, and large side gables suggestive of a transept, are also flanked by wood floors were replaced in 1920 by concrete covered with marble mosaics and Statuary in the sanctuary was made by Meyer of Munich.
A new school and convent to the south (built 1968) is St.Peter's is a Gothic Revival church, built in 1875-79 and rectangular in plan. was left in abeyance.It was not until 1944 that a more modest steeple and cross is 65 feet. The symmetrical facade of St.Peter Church is dominated by the tall alternating with diminutive buttresses on each face. buttresses, narrow lancet windows, an oculus, and an octagonal top, flank the central marble altar and two side altars are decorated with mosaic insets. Sagging original recently added to these caps, and the roof-and front doors have been replaced several glass The side facades are further distinguished by buttresses, arcaded times.No historic buildings directly associated with St.
Peter Church still survive, as terrazo.The lower walls and pillar sections were finished in scagliola, and the walls compound Gothic arch main entry with double doors.Above the doorway is a large small spires. tower and are somewhat imitative of its design.Small side gables at the church's measures 74 x 164 feet.The central tower was to have been surmounted by a steeple 8. Statement of Significance