Nomination for Groveport United Methodist Church

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NPS Form 10-900 - (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior MAR 2 3 1995 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 historic name - other names/site number - Location street & number 512 Main Street N vicinity city or town code 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the ciesignated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination - request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of - nationally - statewide locally. (- See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Dept. Head State of Federal agency and bureau Signature of certifying official/Title National Park Service Certification - See continuation sheet.

determined not eligible for the - other, (explain:) comments.) Groveport Date state Register. Ohio Registration Form National Register code 049 National Park Service 3-17-95- Groveport United Methodist Church National Register of Historic Places INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION Entered in the Date of Action removed from the National N/ not for publication meets does not meet the National Register criteria.I recommend that this property be considered significant architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional I hereby certify that the property is: - county - _ zip code - 43125 Franklin entered in the National Register. In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register See continuation sheet for additional Franklin Co., Ohio Name of Property County and State 5.

Classification - public-local ach building(s) - public-State - site - public-Federal - structure - object - Total Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 6. Function or Use Current Functions 7. Description LATE 19TH-EARLY 20th CENT.

REVIVALS/ foundation limestone Materials Narrative Description roof slate Ownership of Property other stained glass windows RELIGION/Religious Structure Category of Property Architectural Classification Historic Functions (Check as many boxes as apply) walls brick (Enter categories from instructions) Late Gothic Revival Noncontributing (Check only one box) Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previousty listed resources in the count.) (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) - district CMB Approval No 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Groveport United Methodist Church 512 Main Street, Groveport, Franklin Co, OH The Groveport United Methodist Church, 512 Main Street, Groveport, Madison Township, Franklin County, is a one story building constructed of village one block west of the town hall.

It is surrounded on all sides by a with stone trim, brick buttresses, and stained glass windows with polychrome The roofline is composed of a main gabled roof with a finial, cross arched windows with stained glass, two rows of brick belt courses, and a The front elevation facing Main Street has a pair of small projecting double panel oak doors topped by a semi-circular arched window and three rows The interior floorplan of the church is a modified version of the Akron In 1957 a one story classroom addition was built onto the rear of the continuously used for their original purpose. This unobtrusive addition is constructed of brick, cannot be seen from the front elevation, and does not detract from the historic appearance of the church.

Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places church.Such additions are common to historic churches that have been plan used by Protestant congregations from c.1868-1920 containing a balcony of header brick.The second small bay section contains a small semi-cicular circular arch of brick and stone.The steeple also contains four slender original fish scale slates are intact.The steeple is topped with a conical and alcove rooms at the rear of a semi-circular auditorium.The church windows that were installed in 1907.

The gas ceiling lights were replaced in High Victorian Gothic Revival style as evidenced in its smooth brick walls residential neighborhood.Opened in church displays elements of the railings, the original oak pews, and an oak rail that separates the elevated sanctuary contains two large stained glass windows and a series of smaller stained glass window.The larger recessed gabled end wall is highlighted bya arches of brick and stone. stretcher bond brick.It is located on the principal east/west street in the slate tower roof decorated with four brick gablets.Each gablet has a semi- gables and a tall square steeple on the southwest corner of the building.The the 1940swith electric 1ights and the chancel was remodelled in1978. Section number .

interior contains of a high vaulted ceiling with oak trim, a balcony with oak Page contain a series of arched stained glass windows of varying sizes. massive semi-circular stained glass window. The east and west walls also bays with brick buttresses.One of these bays contains the front entrance with chancel from the sanctuary.There is an organ to the right of the chancel.The Groveport United Methodist Church Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance for National Register listing.) - A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of - B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. * 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 Period of Significance distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations Significant Dates (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Significant Person - B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - C a birthplace or grave. Cultural Affiliation - D a cemetery.

- E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. -G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Builder: Charles D. Rarey Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: L preliminary determination of individual listing (36 X State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government - University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other - recordedby Historic American Buildings Survey Ohio Historical -recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 1907 Bibilography Register Architecture our history. Architect/Builder religious purposes.

(Enter categories from instructions) Applicable National Register Criteria Property is: Franklin Co., Ohio A owned by a religious institution or used for Name of repository: (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property Name of Property County and State 10. Geographical Data (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) - See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By _ date June 15, 1994 street & number512 Main Street - telephone _614/836-5968 _ state Ohio Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Representative black and white photographs of the property.

(Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Completethis item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) street & number - telephone Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate 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 of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box37127,Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503.

614/836-5968 Northing name Photographs Maps Easting Franklin Co., OH Boundary Justification Additional items Continuation Sheets Groveport United Methodist Church organization Groveport United Methodist Church 512 Main Street Groveport U. Methodist Church UTM References city or town- Groveport ILA A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing Zone Ohio city or town _ Groveport NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet The Groveport United Methodist Church meets National Register Criterion C.

The church is interior plan of the church is an example of the Akron Plan, an internal arrangement devised to accommodate late 19th century and early 20th century changing religious needs for the The decades between the Civil War and 1920 show great growth in the Methodist church and a continuing emphasis on education, publication of religious information and the mission devised to address the needs of the continued prominence of preaching as well as the develpment of Sunday Schools. The Akron Plan addressed these combined needs by locating out from the back and to the sides. These rooms could be opened up to accomodate a large School, to architect Jacob Snyder resulting in the unique plan for the First Methodist Church The present Groveport United Methodist Church was built in 1907 and is the third Methodist church on the site replacing buildings constructed in 1836 and 1851.

The cornerstone of the second methodist church was salvaged and placed in the 1907 building. The bricks used to build the church were produced at a brick manufacturing plant in the village. The builder for The Groveport United Methodist Church displays the elements that distinquish the Akron Plan in its main auditorium with corner pulpit, aisles radiating out from the pulpit, pews with two tiers of classrooms. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th century exterior church design still relied upon traditional themes associated with religious architecture.

The exterior of the Groveport United Methodist Church displays turn-of-the-century picturesque eclecticism characterized by the use of a variety of materials and textures and a borrowing of elements from several historic styles church include its smooth brick walls with contrasting stone trim, rough-faced stone raised basement, multi-gabled slate roof, corner tower with steeple, and stained glass windows with polychrome arches of alternating brick and stone. practically every local congregation having classes. (8-86) program. Educational needs were served, in part, by the expansion of Sunday Schools, with Thomas Redman (roof construction). the pulpit at the apex of the triangular-shaped sanctuary with Sunday School rooms radiating seating capacity or closed off the conduct classes.

The Akron Plan church design originated significant in its local context as an early 20th century example of religious architecture. The including Romanesque, Queen Anne and Gothic. Architectural characteristics displayed by the arranged in a semi-circular fashion on a sloping floor, and adjoining Sunday School rooms National Register of Historic Places Throughout the 19th century and into the early 2oth century protestant church plans were with a suggestion of Lewis A. Miller, Superintendent of the Methodist Church's Sunday of Akron in 1886with a Sunday School room at the rear of and opening into the sanctuary. the church was Groveport resident Charles Rarey assisted by Gottlieb Dorrer (stone work) and continued emphasis on preaching combined with the growth of the Sunday School program. Page Section number - 8 OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet irchitectural context of the village. The presbyterian church, built in 1853, has been altered and displays no academic architectural style. Zion Lutheran (now Groveport Church of Christ) was built in 1916 and displays elements of the Late Gothic Revival style. Section number Page National Register of Historic Places NPS Form10-900-a 7/31/78) consisting of the Italianate style town hall (built 1875) and two residences (built c. 1840 and 1878) on Main Street; and the Groveport Log House on Wirt Road (NR 5/6/76). The architecture of the Groveport United Methodist Church compares favorably within the Page 2 National Park Service Groveport United Methodist Church 512 Main St., Groveport,Franklin Co., Ohio Gordon, Stephen C. How to Complete the Ohio Historic Inventory.

Columbus: Ohio Historical Society, 1992 The Groveport Story, 1812-1962. Sesqui-centennial booklet. Ohio Historical by unigraphic, Inc., 19/4. National Register of Historic Places files, Franklin County. Ohio Historic Ohio Historic Inventory, Groveport, Franklin County. Ohio Historic Samuelson, Robert, ed. Architecture: Columbus. Columbus Chapter of the American Institute of Architecs, 1976. Brown, Jeffrey. Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, National Register of Historic Places Nomination. Ohio Historic Preservation Office, 1994. Lippy, Charles H. and Williams, Peter W., eds._Encyclopedia of the American National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet BIBLIOGRAPHY: Scrapbooks and congregation records, Groveport United Methodist Church. Society Archives. Preservation Office.

Religious Experience:Studies of Traditiona and Movements.New York:Charles History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties.Williams Brothers,1888.Reproduced United States Department of the Interior Scribners' Sons, Page Section number 9 RECEIVED 413 National Park Service Groveport U. Methodist Church VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION: to form a rectangle around the building. The eastern boundary line lies 10 feet east of the easternmost wall of the building and runs parallel to that wall. The northern boundary line lies 10 feet north of the northernmost wall of the building and runs parallel to that wall. The western boundary line lies 10 feet west of the westernmost wall of the building and runs parallel to that of the building and runs parallel to that wall.

BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION: Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Section number10Page The boundaries of the nominated property are set to include only the church. Unlted States Department of the Interior MAR 2 3 1995 wall.

The southern boundary line lies 10 feet south of the southernmost wall The nominated property is bounded by a set of imaginary lines that intersect Page National Park Service Groveport United Methodist Church 512 Main Street, Groveport, Ohio Photographer: Betty Moculloch Date of photograph: July, 1994 Location of negatives: Betty Moculloch 1) Front elevation facing north 5) Detail of cornerstone 6) Altar facing east 11) Altar and chancel facing southeast Page National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet 2) Front elevation facing northwest Section number 7) Sanctuary facing east The following information is the same for all photographs: United States Department of the Interior 8) Sanctuary facing northwest 12) Sanctuary facing west 3) Side elevation facing west 10) Sanctuary facing north 13)Detail of cornerstone removed from Wesley Chapel M.E.Church dated 185l.

9) Stained glass window facing south CMB Approved No 10240018 512 Main St., Groveport, Franklin Co., Ohio Groveport U. Methodist Church VIEWS: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NOMINATOR: STATE N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE TELEPHONE 4/20/95 MULTIPLE RETURN DISCIPLINE REJECT 5/07/95 REVIEWER Entered in the RECOM./CRITERIA PDIL: OTHER: National Register DATE RECEIVED: 3/23/95 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REASONS FOR REVIEW: /ACCEPT N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: FRANRLINCT GROVEPORTU.M. NORTAWESt 13 PhoTos -fACINg West 13 Photos No.3 GROVEPOet FRANKLIN CTY, OH ChURCH STEBES GROUEPORT U, M. CHURCH 13 PhaTos FRANKLIN CTy, OH No. 4 A.D. 1907.

CHRIST THE CHIEF CORNER STONE GROVEPORTU. Mi CHURCH FRANKLIN CTY, OH. No.5 13 Photos No. 6 GROUEPORT U.M. ChURCH FRANKLIN CTY, OH 13 PhoTos No. 7 FRANKLIN CTY, OH. ChURCH GROVEPORT U.M. 13PhoTo FRANKLIN CTY, OH. 13 Photos No. 9 PACINg NORTH GROVEPORT U.M. FRANKLIN CTY, OH. 13 Photes ChuRcH No. 11 GROVEPORT U.M. CHURCH FRANKLIN CTY, OH 13 PhoTos No. 12 GROVEPORT UIM. FRANKLIN CTY, OH. ChURCH ChURCH No. 13 13 Photos 1851 GROVEPORY U.M. FRAWKLIO CTY, OH, CACING NORTH UNITED STATES LOCKBOURNE, OHIO (.S MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) LOCKBOURNE QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 Fax: 297-2546 March 20, 1995 SINCE 1885 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Register of Historic Places P. O.

Box 37127 MAR 2 3 1990 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION Enclosed please find nine (9) new National register nominations. All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. NEW SUBMISSION Sollars Farmstead Telephone Co. Bldg. Interlocking Tower Frank H. Mason House Frank Mason Raymond House Please note that the following submission includes a letter of objection from the property owner. We are requesting a determination of eligibility for this submission. Cuyahoga Hamilton Fayette SOCIETY COUNTY 614/297-2470 Franklin Madison Miami Summit OHIO Stark HISTORICAL Church Price Corners Bradford Junction Washington, D. C. 20013-7127 RECEIVED 413 Cincinnati and Suburban Pennsylvania Railway Ore Dock NATIONAL PARK SERVICE George E. Cook House Dear Ms. Shull: Groveport United Methodist Shull, March 20, 1995, page 2 W.

Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer Sincerely, enclosures If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact this office.