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RECEIVED 4T3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service APR 4 1994 and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property 2. Location street & number I not for publication city, town code OH zip code 44634 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property XX private X building(s) Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register _ 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this National Register of Historic Placesandmeets the proceduraland professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.
Signature of certifying official Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- SHPO State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting or other official 5. National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Jentered in the National Register. J See continuation sheet. Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the removed from the National Register. other, (explain:) 029 Noncontributing district site 3-28-94 Date state public-local structure object Total Registration Form National Register. historic name Ohio public-Federal INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION Middle Sandy Presbyterian Church Homeworth Road county Columbiana other names/site number National Register of Historic Places Number of Resources within Property public-State determined eligible for the National Entered in the Jvicinity Date of Action NPS Form 10-900 the requested informatión.
If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A"for "not applicable."For functions, styles, materials. Western Columbiana County Historical Society Museum, COL-13-1 In my opinion, the property 414 Niddle-Sandy Presbyterian Church, Columbiana Co., OH Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) 7. Description foundation _ walls - Describe present and historic physical appearance. craftsmanship and fine proportions, but with restrained detailing. The building has a high degree of integrity, surviving intact with almost no alterations It has a prominent location, standing on a bluff at the northern edge of the village of Homeworth. The site, thus affording a head-on view of the hilltop church from the village. Owing to its high elevation, the the steep creek valley that is well wooded and descends perhaps thirty feet to the wooded creek flood plain below.
North of the church is a small lawn area, formerly a parking lot, that borders on the road. Across few hundred feet north of here stands the new church building, erected 1963-64. The front elevation of the historic Middle Sandy Presbyterian Church, nominated here, features a central unusual simplified pedimented wood hood molding. A massive horizontal entablature stretches across the facade, combining with raked entablatures following the roofline to define an impressive front pediment infilled with clapboard siding. All four corners are accented by pilasters. Rising up from the facade is a massive square cupola, measuring about seven feet by perhaps twelve feet broad entablature crowns the cupola, which is surmounted by a slate-covered pyramidal roof. The sides of the building each feature four regularly spaced windows.
The entablature extends around the sides, but terminates in returns on the rear elevation. Two tall, symmetrical sixteen-over-sixteen windows pierce the rear facade. X See continuation sheet other Sandstone Wood roof Architectural Classification Slate Greek Revival (enter categories from instructions) tombstones accent the cemetery grounds.
Bordering the cemetery and the church grounds on the west is capped by a paneled transom.The windows and doorway on the front facade are each crowned by an siding.The building has a slate-covered gable roof that is accented by a broad square cupola over the Materials (enter categories from instructions) the road are residences that appear to be fairly old but have been altered considerably in recent years.A Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) township cemetery that gradually slopes southward away from the church building.Elaborate marble in height.This feature is accented by clusters of pilasters that frame long narrow louvers on each side.A front entrance.It is a well-preserved example of Greek Revival style architecture, displaying excellent church may be seen from most points in town. Bordering on the south side of the church is an historic 6.
Function or Use Homeworth-Alliance road, the major north-south route in this small hamlet, curves around the church Religion: Religious Facility Recreation and Culture: Museum church overlooks the deep valley of the Middle Branch of Sandy Creek, a tributary of Tuscarawas River. double doorway flanked by tall elegant sixteen-over-sixteen double-hung windows.The doorway is sixty feet and rests on a masonry foundation faced with brick.Its exterior is covered with clapboard Middle Sandy Presbyterian Church is a one-story frame rectangular building measuring about forty by NP6 Form 10000- OMB Approvel No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interlor APR " 4 1994 Continuation Sheet Columbiana Co., OH Section number _ - Page - Also added at this time is an exposed chimney at the center of the rear elevation, a set of concrete steps at the main entrance, A small door cut into the front at the extreme south end at grade level and an enclosed document its existence, there was a spire atop the cupola that was reportedly removed when the slate roof The building also features fine timber framing, which may be observed in the attic. Hewn studs, spaced about two feet apart, are mortised into larger hewn top plates, measuring about a foot square. These horizontal members also receive the mortised eave rafters and have diagonal bracing at the corners.
They are tied into a series of five regularly spaced similarly sized hewn beams that span the width of the beams by a series of inch-thick round iron rods with massive bolts. The central truss serves to stiffen the * the fairly light weight sawn roof purlins, which were probably installed along with the slate roof in 1886. The structure is massive, intricate and beautifully crafted The front entrance leads into a narrow vestibule. At the vestibule's western end is a small room that that contains a set of stairs leading down to the basement, with a landing at grade level leading to the newer corner entrance. Two sets of doors lead from the vestibule into the sanctuary. The sanctuary is a broad space, well lighted by large windows on the sides and at the rear. Two aisles ceiling.
The ceiling was apparently installed as part of major renovations that included the slate roof in located at the front of the sanctuary, just behind the vestibule. It was moved to the rear in about 1870 and expanded in 1922 and 1942 to accommodate space for a choir and an organ. Simple lighting fixtures seem to date from the 1922 renovations. The basement and its stairways were added in 1922. The basement extends under the entire church and features painted tile block walls. A series of tubular columns down the center of the basement provide support for the first floor. The basement has a large central space with its western end partitioned into classrooms. At the southwest corner is a kitchen. The Middle Sandy Presbyterian Church Natlonal Register of Hlstorlc Places building.These cross-spanning beams are mortised every sixteen inches to receive the ceiling joists. built in 1922.
National Park Service extend from the vestibule entrances to the pulpit.Historic pews have Empire-inspired Gothic pew ends RECEIVED 413 having as its centerpiece a single sixty-foot-long long hewn timber sixteen inches in diameter. It must INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION elaborate coved borders that extend down the walls.Two tin rosettes form elegant focal points in the 1886.The maple floor in the vestibule and the sanctuary dates from 1922.The pulpit was originally walnut trim.Walls are faced with plaster.The ceiling is covered with stamped tin and has impressive wood shingle roof.Other exterior changes consist of a brick-faced basement that was added in 1922. ceiling beams and prevent sagging. About one-third of the way up the roof are horizontal hewn beams apparently was used as a minister's study.Opposite this room at the south end of the vestibule is a room was installed in 1886.
northwest corner contains restrooms and a furnace room.The space has been little altered since it was have come from an immense oak tree nearby. This triangular truss is tied into the cross-spanning ceiling spanning the length that are mortised into diagonal hewn timbers tied into the ceiling joists. They support and seem to be original, or at least late nineteenth century in origin. They are made of chestnut with rear stairway to the basement at the northwest corner.Although no historic photographs exist to NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interlor National Register of Historlc Places Continuation Sheet Columbiana Co., OH Section number 7 Page _ 2 church a short distance north of here in 1963-64.
In the same year that the new church was dedicated, the present church and its site were transferred to the Western Columbiana County Historical Society, which has carefully transformed the building into a museum. Most of the pews remain, but those along the sides has been taken to preserve the historic character of this building in its new role as a smal museum. Middle Sandy Presbyterian Church National Park Service freestanding elaborately carved late nineteenth century cabinet faces the main entrance.Displays have also been set up in the basement and historic photographs and other displays line the walls.Great care were removed to provide space for display cabinets.The pulpit area is also used for displays.A The church retains a high degree of integrity.A significant factor was the construction of an entirely new (8-86) Middle Sandy Presbyterian Church, Columbiana Co., OH 8.
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