Decorative drawing: a plain country church with a tall steeple. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Salem Methodist Episcopal Church

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 2,283 words across 20 pages, filed in 1995. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 95000167, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

NPS Form 10-900 (Oct. 1990) JAN 3 0 1995 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property Salem Methodist Episcopal Church historic name - - First United Methodist Church Location N/A -I not for publication city or town - - vicinity - statewide 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this [X nomination -request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of - See continuation sheet.
- determined not eligible for the - removed from the National - other, (explain:) comments.) Date Register. Salem ECEIVE 167 Entered in the National Park Service Registration Form Ohio United States Department of the Interior other names/site number National Register of Historic Places National Register 4. National Park Service Certification State of Federal agency and bureau code 029 10-17-94 Signature of certifying official/Title code OH OMB No.110024-0018 _ county - Xi meets does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO zip code 44460 Columbiana entered in the National Register.
nationally statewide See continuation sheet for additional comments.) In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria.( See continuation sheet for additional Columbiana Co., Ohio 5. Classification X private & building(s) - public-local - public-State - public-Federal L object Function or Use (Enter categories from inistructions) RELIGION/ religious structure 7.
Description foundation - tile Historic Functions Noncontributing site structure brick Narrative Description Current Functions roof stone Architectural Classification Materials County and State in the National Register Number of Resources within Property Salem Methodist Episcopal Church Ownership of Property Category of Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Number of contributing resources previously listed Name of related multiple property listing (Check as many boxes as apply) (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Name of Property Late Romanesque Revival (Check only one box) - district glass other Total OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbiana Co., OH -blocks of Salem's downtown commercial district.
addition's stone watertable, tile roof, and parapet gable complement the original church design, the long rectangular main sanctuary. Continuation Sheet National Park Service The Salem Methodist Episcopal Church is an Akron Plan church National Register of Historic Places dominated by paired towers flanking a corbeled pediment front Alterations to the Salem Methodist Church include an Identical round-arch entries are lug sills of Berea sandstone. Salem Methodist Church's interior is laid out in a variant producing two towers of equal rather than unequal height, as also been painted over, although they presumably still survive auditorium are the Sunday School rooms, arranged on two levels. on the northeast tower and a castellated belfry on the northwest the northwest tower, opening to a vestibule that leads into the under newer paint.
are on the adjacent south wall, and a gallery extends along the corner of the main auditorium, the Wirsching organ and choir box NPS Form 10-900-8 Section number - located in both towers, with the primary entry to the church, in Multiple Page round-arch art glass windows of various sizes are supported by parapets capped by smooth sandstone and urn finials. gable. window openings are not as compatible.Interior frescoes have is located in a mixed commercial-residential area within two black mortar in a running-bond pattern.A raised basement is set off by a smooth stone watertable, with a cornerstone bearing the Woodwork throughout is quarter-sawn oak. The church is constructed of rock-faced black brick laid in west and north sides.
Two cross gables, as well as the front gable, display low NPS Form 10-000 Section number _ - Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbiana Co., OH Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Copy of original architect's front elevation. United States Department of the Interlor OMB Approvel Na. 1024-0018 JALEM OHIS 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

KI C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) - B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. within the past 50 years. Bostick, J.M., architect Meyers, Jacob, & S.J.
Fisher, builders - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 X State Historic Preservation Office - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - Local government L University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other - recordedby Historic American Buildings Survey L recorded by Historic American Engineering 1910 Architecture Bibilography Register Significant Person Significant Dates religious purposes. individual distinction. Architect/Builder County and State Cultural Affiliation Criteria Considerations Areas of Significance Narrative Statement of Significance for National Register listing.) Period of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Property is: Salem Methodist Episcopal Church 9.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References our history. Applicable National Register Criteria previously determined eligible by the National significant in our past. Name of Property A Property is associated with events that have made Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A a significant contribution to the broad patterns of information important in prehistory or history. G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance B Property is associated with the lives of persons Name of repository: CFR 67) has been requested Record # Primary location of additional data: (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) A owned by a religious institution or used for (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Columbiana Co., Ohio (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 10.
Geographical Data JTM Reference: Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet - See continuation sheet 11. Form Prepared By date Feb. 23, 1994 street & number 201 3rd. Street NE - telephone _216-438-0404 - state Ohie Trustees of the United Methodist Church of Salem 244 S. Broadway - telephone - street & number _ zip code 44460 a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form.
Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect 216-337-9531 Zone name Easting Salem Photographs Additional items Additional Documentation Northing Boundary Justification Continuation Sheets Verbal Boundary Description Name of Property Salem Methodist Episcopal Church Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate Property Owner Estimated Burden Statement:Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing Representative black and white photographs of the property. (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) city or town (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) name/title Jeffrey D.
Brown/Regional Coordinator (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Submit the following items with the completed form: County and State Columbiana Co., Ohio organization - . zip code_44702 A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service,P.O. Box37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Acreage of Property - properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. Maps Ohio Ohio Historic Preservation Office A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. less than one NPS Form 10-000-a OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 - Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbiana Co., OH school's superintendent" (Jaeger 1984), where the "transition children of all ages, contributed to the popularity of the new the Sunday School behind the pulpit wall, but a number of partitions could be opened as needed to, in effect, extend the "Shortly after the turn of the twentieth century, the Continuation Sheet design among Protestant evangelical churches. was the growing importance through the ninteenth century of National Park Service National Register of Historic Places fundamental changes in both worship and Christian education, from individual class work to general gathering could be made The Salem Methodist Episcopal Church is nominated under Sunday School room at the rear of and opening into the sanctuary.
Protestant church in America underwent a number of very the ceremonial processions of the ritual churches, it did not fit Gothic plan with its traditional center aisle was well-suited to as the Uniform Lesson System, providing a common lesson plan for acceptance in the early l870s of a Sunday School curriculum known Lewis A.Miller to architect Jacob in turn developed Criterion C as a significant example of an Akron Plan church in The impetus for this design, an adaptation of an auditorium plan, The Akron Plan church design originated with a suggestion of design was entirely abandoned by the evangelical denominations in and Akron Plan Sunday School were...entirely supplanted in the By l885,the traditional Gothic plan and form of church the city of Salem.
a unique design for the First Methodist Church of Akron, with a United States Department of the Interior Miller, Superintendent of the Methodist Church's "By the 1890s, the Akron Plan had become the standard Sunday School, had divided the school into grades using a uniform Page churches. Protestant Sunday School arrangement for all medium-sized or ecclesiastical architecture. Both the auditorium preaching place the needs of the more preacher/minister oriented evangelical which resulted several years later in related changes in Sunday Schools. revivals or holiday celebrations. favor of the auditorium and Akron Plans the Section number 8 OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbiana Co., OH Continuation Sheet nineteenth century Protestant evangelical church design.
The Salem Methodist Episcopal Church still possesses all of main auditorium with a pulpit in one radiating out and is a significant representative of this movement in later National Register of Historic Places particularly the interior, exhibits a high degree of integrity, sloping gallery, and adjoining Sunday School room National Park Service from the pulpit, pews arranged in a semi-circular fashion on the course of thirty years"(Ibid:l82),as a new emphasis on separate Section number - Page the elements that distinguish the Akron Plan.These include the NPS Form 10-000-a Approval No. 1024-0018 Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbiana Co., Section number Salem Herald, March 29, 1911. New Church Ediface is Thoroughly Modern. Salem Herald, April 3, 1911. Salem News, May 7, 1981. Anon.
Page Continuation Sheet Ohio Bibliography National Park Service Hundreds Attend Reception Held at Methodist Church. National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior M.A. thesis, Cornell University, 1984. NPS Form 10-900- Zeigler, Barbara. Philipp Wirsching, Salem Organ Builder. Jaeger, A. Robert. The Auditorium and Akron Plans - Reflections NPS Form 10-000-a Approvel No. 1024-0018 The nominated property occupies city lots 326, 327, and 328 in the City of Salem, Columbiana County. property.
Continuation Sheet Verbal Boundary Description Boundary Justification The boundary includes the entire three legally recorded city National Park Service lots that are historically associated with the nominated Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbiana Co., National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Section number - Page UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NOMINATOR: STATE N PDIL: N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM.
/CRITERIA REJECT DATE TELEPHONE 3/03/95 RETURN DISCIPLINE MULTIPLE 3/16/95 1/30/95 REVIEWER NATIONAL: OTHER: Entered in the NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF 16TH DAY: REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Columbiana ACCEPT National Register LESS THAN 5O YEARS: Photo by J.D. Brown, Feb. 1994. Photo #1 of co. Negative a O. H.PO. CNERCO) looking Sw. Negative at OH.P.O CNERCo Pho+#2of6 Negative a O.H. P.O. CNERCa) Feb. 1994 elevation, . Photo by J.D.Brown, SALEM Salem Columbiana Exterior defail : Cornerstone Ohio Negative at O.H.p. O. CNE RCO Negative at O.H.P.O. (NE RCO) Photo # 5 of C. Photaby V.D. Brown, 4-1994 Negative at O.H.P.O.
(NERCO) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROAD CLASSIFICATION SALEM QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES SALEM, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OHIO Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211-2497 Fax: 297-2546 National Park Service January 24, 1995 Ms. Carol Shull. Keeper Department of the Interior P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Mother of Sorrows Church Pottorf, Henry and Mary, House and Farmstead Kilgore Union Presbyterian Church -Salem Methodist Episcopal Church Farmers National Bank Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Please contact Barbara Powers of my staff if you have any questions. W.
Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer 614/297-2470 Madison Ashtabula Sincerely SOCIETY Marion Columbiana HISTORICAL County New Submissions Ohio Historic Preservation Office Carroll SINCE 1885 Chapel Enclosures Enclosed are six National Register nominations.All the appropriate ERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVIC JAN 3 0 1995 National Register of Historic Places OHIO