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Response to this request is required to obtain instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect |2|66|630] NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church Champaign County, Ohio The St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church is significant under Criterion A for its long association with Urbana's African-American community, among western Ohio's oldest, dating to the 1820s, and as a spiritual, cultural and symbolic focal point for African- Americans in Champaign County from the church's completion in 1876 to the present. St. Paul's is among the first A.M.E. congregations in western Ohio, being established in 1824 on the same site that the present church stands today. St.
Paul's is the most intact tangible remnant of Urbana's African-American heritage, having served as a religious center, meeting place, and educational facility for Urbana's African-American heritage for nearly one hundred and twenty years. Urbana Township and Urbana in particular had a significant concentration of African-Americans. During the latter half of the 19th century, African-Americans comprised nearly 10 percent of Urbana's total population, a figure nine times the state W. Arnett (1838-1906), a nationally prominent African-American church leader, orator and legislator during the latter half of the nineteenth Century [DANB, pp. 17-18]. Arnett was the first pastor of the new St. Paul A.M.E. Church, believed to be the oldest surviving church in where Arnett held pastorships from 1867-1869 and 1873-1875, are both demolished, as is St. Paul A.M.E.
Church in Columbus, where Arnett filled the pastorship from 1878-1879. strong southern antecedents. Although not exclusively an African-American building type, the raised basement, vestibule, and second floor auditorium are frequently associated with southern congregations, and A.M.E. congregations in particular. This church type, with antebellum analogs in Alabama, may have its origins in the coastal regions of Virginia and the Carolinas.' Perhaps by virtue of its plan, St. Paul's is one of, if not, the largest 19th century African-American churches outside of Ohio's urban centers. Only the scale of Beebe Chapel in Ripley (1899; NROHP 1985) can compare with St. Paul's. Of the six historic African-American churches that were built in Champaign County during Since it was completed in 1876, St.
Paul A.M.E Church has remained the spiritual, social and symbolic center of Champaign County's African-American community. The property meets Criteria Consideration A because it derives its primary significance from architectural Introduction Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places distinction and historical importance. average.The church is also significant under Criterion B for its association with Benjamin Under Criterion C,St.Paul's is significant as it represents a distinctive church plan with United States Department of the Interior the nation associated with Arnett.Walnut Hills A.M.E.and Allen Temple in Cincinnati, the 19th Century (Mechanicsburgs 2A.M.E.,1Baptist;North Lewisburgs1 A.M.E.,and Urbanas 1 Baptist and 1 A.M.E.),St.Paul A.M.E Church is the largest and best preserved.
(8-86) Section number 8 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church Champaign County, Ohio Brief History of Urbana and St. Paul A.M.E. Church Urbana was founded in 1805 by two Virginians: Colonel William Ward and Joseph C. Vance. The earliest tax records of Urbana from 1821 show several African-Americans owning property in Urbana; all of which were in the vicinity of East Market Street and the later site of St. Paul A.M.E. Church. Among these early landholders was a couple named Peter and "Aunt" Fanny Carter. Peter disappeared a few years later, but Aunt Fanny remained a fixture in early Urbana who earned money by doing washing for the wealthier families in town. The Carter's hard work paid off as they owned all of lot 113 in the original town plat of Urbana.
The couple had a small log cabin residence on half of the lot on which the local A.M.E. congregation was organized in 1824. Just eight years prior, African Methodism was established by former slave Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Urbana group was organized by a missionary named Moses Freeman who was sent westward from travelled extensively throughout the West. When he came to this place he only found a few persons of color, and but few members of the M.E. Church, but when the object of his mission was made known he was gladly received, and with Frank and Rachel Reno, Lewis and Susan Adams, John and Rebecca Gamon, Elijah Brown, Fanny Carter, met at the house of Sister Fanny Carter, where he preached and organized the first A.M.E.
Church in Urbana...Elijah Brown was the first local preacher; he was appointed leader of the class, and kept the little flock together until a preacher was sent to supply and care for his little plant." The first church was not built by the congregation as recorded previously in the church history. According to the Champaign County Common Pleas records, a building was purchased in 1826 from Jacob Lyons for $50.00 and moved to the west half of lot 113 on East Market Street, and used as the church until 1844. Aunt Fanny Carter, who owned the lot, and whose home was located on the rear portion of the land, eventually sold the half lot for twenty dollars in 1833 to the trustees of the church. In 1844, a brick structure was built by the congregation with the men, women, and children molding the bricks, milling the lumber, and making the pews.
Most of the money for this structure was donated by the white citizens of Urbana. This church would be the building that would serve the congregation until the present structure was built. In 1866 the little brick church was "pulled down" because it was deemed too small for St. Paul's growing congregation. By this time Aunt Fanny Carter Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Philadelphia.A 1902 anniversary program from the church states,"Rev.Moses Freeman (8-86) Section number - Page United States Department of the Interior National Park Service St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church Champaign County, Ohio Brief History (cont'd) had died, and her remaining portion of lot 113 was willed to Moses B. Corwin, a prominent white attorney. The trustees of St. Paul's purchased the lot from Mr. Corwin on September 20, 1864 for $160.00.
The present church's construction began in 1866 under the leadership of G. W. Clark, (where audience room (reception hall) were purchased by Rev. Cumberland, while the remaining task of finishing and furnishing the church fell to Rev. Benjamin Arnett, a native of Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Arnett served as pastor in 1876 and 1877, prior to moving to a pastorate in of the A.M.E. Church, subsequently he served numerous district appointments and as chaplain at the National Republican convention at St. Louis in 1896. In 1886 he was elected to the Ohio legislature and helped draft the bill abolishing the state's "Black Laws." It should also be noted that famed black leader, Frederick Douglass spoke at Union Hall in Urbana on Society in Celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation. The proceeds from the event were used toward the building fund for the present church.
Finally, on September 19, 1876, the for St. Paul A.M.E. Church to be constructed. The newspaper described the dedication Bethlehem, Sacred Heart, and the Cross and crown being platted out in flowers in the church yard. The 1885 History of Champaign County compared St. Paul's sermons to those found in the South. "The music, too, was usually that of an emotional character that strongly impressed the audience. Improvisation was not unusual, after the manner of some Southern An Overview of African-American History of Urbana, Ohio St. Paul A.M.E. Church has served the black community's social, educational, and religious needs in Urbana for the past one hundred and twenty five years. The history of Urbana's histories, with the exception of St. Paul A.M.E. Church.
It is primarily through church publications, obituaries, census records, maps and personal recollections that a more detailed look at the black community in Urbana can be compiled.
Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places African-American community was seldom discussed in Urbana or Champaign County churches where books are not used.." Section number 8 ceremony with over1,000 in attendance and $440.00 in subscriptions being raised to help pay the congregation met during the present building's construction is not known), the seats in the September24,1866.The occasion was organized by the women of the A.M.E.Ladies Aid off the construction debt.The church lawn was observed as being"tasteful"with the Star of Columbus.At the General Conference of 1888Arnett was elected to serve as the 17th bishop daily issue of the Urbana Citizen and Gazette proclaimed, "It's finished!" It took ten years (8-86) National Park Service St.
Paul African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church Champaign County, Ohio Overview (cont'd) In 1787, sixteen years before Ohio became a state, the A.M.E. movement began in Philadelphia through the efforts of a freed slave named Richard Allen. Allen staged a walk- out of other blacks in the congregation after discrimination was displayed by the predominantly white Methodist Church. Allen and others led the way for the organization of African Methodism in 1816 and the first A.M.E. Church to be established. By the 1820s, missionaries were being sent into the western Ohio frontier to preach the gospel and to unite early Ohio African-Americans to start their own A.M.E. churches when prejudice or other known, however, if the Urbana A.M.E. Church was formed in response to racism experienced at the Urbana Methodist Church. The Urbana A.M.E.
Church was founded in 1824 with six men and four women listed as charter members. Early Urbana African-American families represented included: Adams, Reno, Carter, Reed, Brown, Mitchell, and Warren. By 1825, Urbana had only a handful of black residents. The 1820 Champaign County census records 154 "people of color" residing in the county, most of whom called Urbana home. It is believed most of the residents came as servants with wealthy Virginians who settled the 1812. In 1811, when Urbana was just six years old, only four black residents inhabited the small village, all of whom resided in log homes surrounding or occupying the current site of St. Paul Church.
Those residents were Wilson Thomas, Peter and Fanny Carter, and a man only known as "Toney" In the 1830s through the 1850s, Urbana was a thriving county seat with a growing economy because of rich agricultural lands, some light manufacturing, and the introduction of the railroads. When the 1830 census was completed, 208 free colored persons were residing in Champaign County. Thirteen of those families were affiliated with St. Paul Church, and six Gannon, Hunt, Reed, Reno and Winsor families. In October 1833, the young St. Paul Church reached 324, and 73 of them called Urbana home. As early as 1833, at a session of the Ohio Annual Conference of the A.M.E. Church, education was listed a priority. St. Paul took the lead and established a "select school" on the first floor of the church until the Urbana Board of Education established a colored school later. In addition, St.
Paul's is on record as contributing $1,319.16 toward the Wilberforce University between 1864-1873. Wilberforce Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places had reached a membership of 47.By 1840, the black population of Champaign County had circumstances prevented blacks from fully participating in white congregations.It is not of those families lived within the corporation limits of Urbana.They included the Carter, United States Department of the Interior area,or migrated to Urbana when it served as the Governor's Headquarters during the War of Page Section number 8 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church Overview (cont'd) University, founded by the A.M.E. Church, is located outside of Xenia, Ohio and is the first African-American institution of a college level. It was also during this time, that St.
Paul A.M.E. Church would conduct Endowment Day Rallies for the benefit of Wilberforce and its allied institutions of higher learning for African-Americans. In 1853, the first Swedenborgian university was established in the nation, later becoming Urbana University. The white Methodist Church had grown to a membership of over 450, and decided to split to established in 1855, one block south of St. Paul to serve the south side of town. It is also interesting to note here that perhaps the early St. Paul's congregation felt some kind of connection to the white Methodist Churches, at least in respect to architecture. Comparing photographs and renderings of the white churches, a resemblance is noted between the present day St. Paul's (circa. 1866-1876) and its white counterparts.
Urbana's black population also The city drew poor blacks in part to the availability of jobs in Urbana's booming economy in the realms of agriculture, railroads, and general labor pool. Urbana was also a center of Underground Railroad activity being located at the intersection of two heavily traveled routes history even served as local conductors for the "underground". Joseph Stilgess, who was identified as a mulatto in census records, and Peter Byrd, who owned several farms in the area, maintained an active profile in the freedom movement throughout the city. In 1850 nearly 10 percent of Urbana Township's total population (320 of 3,414) were African- Americans residing in the area which borders present day U.S. 68.
This route was a heavily travelled black migration route from the south from Kentucky to Lake Erie, and passed through western Ohio communities along the Underground Railroad, such as Ripley, Wilmington, Xenia, Springfield, Urbana, and Kenton. This transportation route undoubtedly contributed to the steady increase in the local black population, and growth of St. Paul The 1850s in Urbana was also a time that the old Second Ward of the city, where St. Paul's is located, began to emerge as an ethnic section of Urbana that flourished with African- Americans, mulattos, Irish, and whites of various social classes. However, this neighborhood was still sharply divided and defined from all white middle and upper class residential areas Church. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Champaign County, Ohio grew during the city's pre-Civil War days.
to freedom,present day routes U.S.36and U.S. 68.Two prominent figures in St.Paul's of the city such as Scioto and Reynolds Streets.Names such a"Light Town","New Guinea", serve the city's growing population better. With that another white Methodist Church was and "Gooseville" started to be associated with this ethic pocket of the city. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church Champaign County, Ohio Overview (cont'd) seemed to be well defined as an all black Baptist Church, separate from its white counterpart, was established in the neighborhood at the corner of Buckeye and Hill Streets. Formed originally as the Anti-Slavery Church by Reverend Samuel Jones, the Jerusalem Baptist Church, as it later became known, was founded in 1846 with only six members.
The city during this time period, and a legal effort was made to prevent a black man by the name of Elijah Farrell from offering testimony in a local trial because he was a "Negro". The 1856 offered or received. Urbana's Oak Dale Cemetery was dedicated in 1856. When this complete with a "colored section" in the extreme back section of the cemetery that was barren Although, there was a mutual understanding of racial divisions in Urbana, which had grown to a population of almost 3,000 and black population of 210 (an additional 110 African- Americans resided outside the city in Urbana Township), the pre-Civil War attitude towards blacks in Urbana was very tolerant to the point that fugitive slaves, openly defied the Fugitive Slave Act, and were seen regularly on the streets of Urbana by local residents and law enforcement who knew that they were run-away slaves.
The law stated that it was legal for southerners to come north and reclaim their slaves (property) by force or with the aid of northern law enforcement to capture fugitive slaves and return them to the south. Simply crossing into a free state to avoid capture was subject to prosecution. However, the vast majority of Urbana residents paid no heed to the law. In the early 1860s, the St. Paul Church built in the 1830s was serving the growing influx of African-Americans in Urbana. This earlier structure, as well as Aunt Fanny Carter's cabin were standing on what would become the present building's location. Next to this earlier church, was the colored school with Charles Jones serving as school master. Mr. Jones colored troops during the Civil War. In 1863 or 1864, Aunt Fanny Carter died, and willed the east half of lot 113 to her friend, and prominent white attorney Moses B.
Corwin, who sold the half lot in 1864 to the trustees of the church and cleared the way for the present St. Paul's Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places tobe constructed. and prone to flooding. Jim Crow became evident in Urbana at this time too.The racial boundaries in the city school board began a segregated"colored school"on the grounds of the current St.Paul's Urbana case argued that it was unconstitutional and illegal for a Negro's testimony to be appeared in the 1860s Urbana newspaper as a proponent of local black men joining the Section number 8 beautiful "park" cemetery opened, it was tastefully landscaped and strategically segregated (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service St.
Paul African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church Champaign County, Ohio In 1860, 304 of 581 African-Americans in Champaign County resided in the City of Urbana. By 1870, the black and mulatto population of the county had reached 735, with 391 of that The late nineteeth century also began to witness the advancement among the African- American community of Urbana, both socially and economically. The local black population in 1880 reached 814 inside the corporation limits of Urbana, while a total of 1,672 black their own businesses such as barber shops, dress makers, and paper hangers. They also began to make strides to be accepted as policemen, city councilmen, county administrators, and B. Ross home at 325 East Water Street to serve as the new colored school. In 1876, the Mother's Day Teas, and Childrens Day exercises that drew large crowds.
The church also had established a Missionary Fund and Poor Fund to assist its congregations through hard By the Progressive Era, Urbana's black society was bustling with nearly a 1,000 residents in the 1890s a black fraternal lodge called the Benjamin Lodge was established in an old Federal style home in the 100 block of East Market Street. The Urbana school system was The institute was a black technical trade school that Curry had hoped would rival The Tuskegee Institute of Alabama by becoming a major black institution of higher learning in the Seldom did local students attend the school simply because they had the opportunity to attend racial board of directors and taught the domestic sciences, blacksmithing, and general course Institute also hosted the only black Civil War veterans reunions in the state. The group even transpired.
All the wonderful history associated with the Curry Institute took place just one times. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places number residing in Urbana. social needs of black Urbanans as well.The church was host to Election Day Dinners, substantial property owners.In 1873,the Urbana Board of Education purchased the Philander public school with white children.The Curry Institute was incorporated with a local inter- unsegregated, and Professor E.W.B. Curry came to town and established the Curry Institute. north.The school mostly taught studentsfrom southern states orfrom other regions in Ohio. Urbana and Urbana Township.Urbana itself had almost reached 10,000people overall.In present St.Paul A.M.E.
Church was completed with some 1,100people (black and white) Overview (cont'd) of study.The school also produced its own newspaper called The Informer.The Curry residents were found in Champaign County overall. More and more blacks began to establish attending its dedication ceremony.By 1887,St.Paul Church was serving the financial and proposed erecting a black Civil War veteran's memorial to be built in Urbana,but it never Section number - Page (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church Champaign County, Ohio However, the 1890s and the turn of the century witnessed a decline in Urbana's black eight living in Urbana Township. In March of 1900, St. Paul's Church reported it had 140 100. By 1917, the Sunday School enrollment totaled 159.
In 1902, a church publication states 125 lots and 105 houses in Urbana were owned by colored citizens. Of the 125 lots, 107 of them were owned by St. Paul's members. However, increasing racial tensions and better economic opportunities in larger cities such a Cleveland, Columbus, and Detroit made Urbana a detour on the black migration highway north by so many blacks leaving the southlooking for a better way of life. By the 1920s, the Curry Institute closed its doors after a failed attempt to build a campus just south of town. In 1918, St. Paul's suffered a minor split when members of the Slaughter family lead a small group, mostly of their own family, to leave the church and construct a small frame church in the 300 block of East Reynolds Street, opposite their home, called Bethel. The small church lasted only a few years until two things black Urbanan's could rely on was St.
Paul Church and Guy Allen's Funeral Reynolds Street. Despite it all, St. Paul's was still the dominant black landmark and church, and faithfully served a declining black population. Today, Urbana's black population has dwindled to nearly 350, slightly more than its converted to a residence, and the Curry Institute has been significantly altered. Only St. Paul A.M.E. Church, even with its 1920s modifications, remains the most significant surviving African-American landmark in Urbana and Champaign County. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior population.The 1900 census identified 683 African-Americans residing in Urbana, and sixty- block directly south of the present St.Paul A.M.E.Church.
Overview (cont'd) members with 22 on probation.The church's Sunday School classes averaged attendances of Benjamin Lodge have all been destroyed.The black Baptist (New Jerusalem Church) suffered population in 1870. The early St. Paul Churches, Aunt Fanny Carter's cabin,and the congregation built a new structure at the edge of the city.The Bethel Church has been Home,which served the black community foryears near the corner of Buckeye and East hosted one of the largest A.M.E.conferences for the state.During the Great Depression, the tragedy in 1979 when the structure collapsed just hours before Sunday evening services.That mostof the membersrejoined St.Paul's.St.Paul Church received a boost in 1926,as it Section number 8 Page . (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service St.
Paul African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church Champaign County, Ohio (Chillicothe 1819, Springfield 1821, Urbana 1824). This building and site has served its purpose well and has played the role of a social and here with Gilbert Jones, President of Wilberforce University, presiding over the week long previous structures housed the "select school" from 1845-1853 which was Urbana's answer to segregated schools, and to the present when St. Paul's opened the first Head Start program in white and will remain a monument of hope, struggle, and progress for the African-American people of Urbana, Champaign County, and Western Ohio.
Letter communication from Amanda Badgett, Miami Beach, Florida, May 5, 1997, and telephone communication from Tyler Potterfield, Preservation Officer, City of Richmond, Footnotes Conclusion Continuation Sheet (8-86) National Register of Historic Places Virginia, April 9, 1997. conference.St.Paul's education capacity also covered the nineteenth century when the local black society by being one of the oldest A.M.E. congregations in western Ohio. Champaign County.In one hundred and seventy two years, St. Paul's has served black and St.Paul A.M.E. Church is a focal point of Urbana's black heritage and the cornerstone of the intellectual center as it did in 1926when the Ohio A.M.E.held its 96th annual conference Section number - Page NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Champaign County, Ohio Arnett, Benjamin. Arnett's Statistics. 1876.
Badgett, Amanda. Letter Communication. May 5, 1997. Champaign County Genealogical Society. History of Champaign County, Ohio. 1993. Champaign County Auditor's Office, Urbana Tax Records, 1860-1877. Champaign County Recorder's Office, Urbana Book, Volume IA. Columbus, Ohio. Ohio Historical Society. WPA Church Records Survey, 1936. Devoe, William. Atlas of Champaign County, Ohio. Indianapolis: 1874. Historical Sketch of Saint Paul A.M.E. Church and Programme of the Seventy-eighth Anniversary. Urbana, Ohio. 1902. Logan, Rayford, and Winston, Michael, eds. Dictionary of American Negro Biography. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1982. Middleton, Evan. History of Champaign County, Ohio. Chicago: 1917. Potterfield, Tyler. Telephone Interview. April 9, 1997. Stokes, Arthur. Charles Leander Hill: Profile of a Scholar. Wilberforce University: Urbana Citizen and Gazette, Urbana, Ohio.
Various editions from 1866-1925. Various St. Paul A.M.E. Church records. Wilhelm, Herbert, The Origin and Distribution of Settlement Groups: Ohio-1850. Ohio University. 1982. Lot 113 of the original town plat to the town, now the city, of Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio The nominated property includes the entire parcel historically associated with the church. Bibliography 1984. (8-86) Boundary Justification National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Verbal Boundary Description United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number . subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments, Page Continuation Sheet in the nomination documentation. notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included became nationally prominent.
Amended Items in Nomination: National Register of Historic Places The nomination establishes the historical and architectural Property Name: SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD This property is listed in the National Register of Historic National Park Service requested substantive review to determine if it meets Criterion B establish that the two years spent here were an important period Multiple Name Benjamin Arnett was associated with this church building for only for the building's association with church leader Benjamin W. extant that are associated with his career during the period he meets Criterion B.
United States Department of the Interior Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation Signature of the Keeper Date of Action in Arnett's there are apparently other buildings still Criterion B, it must be shown that this was an important period 97000954 Date Listed: 9/5/97 St. Paul AME Church two years (1876-1877) early in his career. Arnett. (8-86) State: Champaign The nomination does not establish that the property County: The SHPO importance of this property under Criteria A and C. To be eligible under NRIs Reference Number: in his life and that the building is the only extant 3. ElAINe GASSAWAY 1. ST.PAUl A.M.E. ChuRch 4. 7/95 7/95 4. 7/95 1. ST. PAUĂ A.M.E. Chunch 3. ElAINe GASSAWAY 4. 7/95 4. 7/95 GASSAWAY Society 4. 7/95 7. #10 looking Southwest GASSAWAY 3. ElAINe GASSAWAy 5. ONIO HISTORICAL Society 4. 7/95 7.# 14 3. ElAINe GASSAWAy 3.
ElAINe GASSAWAY 7.#16 6. INTeRIOR STRINeD GlASS DetAIl 3.CIAiNe GAssAway 1. ST. PAul AM.E. Church EXIT 3. ElAINe GASSAWAy GASSAWAY 1. ST. PAUl A.M.E. Church 3. ClAIe GASSAWAY 7. # 22 4. 7/95 7. #23 3. ElAINe GASSAWAY Looking west 3.EIAINe GASSAW AY Urbana UTM Coordinates! 17 266630 4442940 UNITED STATES ROAD CLASSIFICATION DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY URBANA EAST QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) Champaign Co., OH DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES URBANA EAST, OHIO STATE OF OHIO Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 Fax: 297-2496 Ms. Carol Shull, Keeper National Register of Historic Places National Park Service 1849 C. Street (NC-490) Washington, D.C. 20240 Champaign County, Ohio.
All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for this continuous association with Urbana's African-American community and as a focal point for African-Americans in Champaign County from 1876 to the present. The church is also deemed to be significant under Criterion C as it represents a distinctive type of church plan with strong southern antecedents. In addition, St. Paul's is considered to be significant under Criterion B for its historical association with Benjamin W. Arnett, a nationally prominent African-American Church leader, orator and legislator during the latter half of the 19th direct ties to Reverend Arnett, especially during his early pastorship. His residences in Urbana and later in Wilberforce, Ohio, have not been documented, the former if still standing, has most likely been altered.
I am requesting a substantive review of this nomination, particularly under Criterion B, be conducted in order to receive the full benefit of the National Please contact this office if you have any questions regarding the nomination or our request State Historic Preservation Officer cc: Glenn Harper, Regional Coordinator John Bry, Form Preparer Sincerely, 614/297-2470 SOCIETY HISTORICAL Dear Carol: new submission. This nomination presents significance for the church under Criterion A for its long and SINCE 1885 July 17, 1997 for substantive review. Register reviewer's expertise. century.It is our feeling St.Paul's is the only known documented property in Ohio with such Enclosed is one new National Register nomination for the St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Urbana, OHIO REFERENCE No.: 97000954 Control No.: 970804/nep PROPERTY NAME: St. Paul AME Church MULTIPLE NAME: NOT APPLICABLE 316 E.
Market St. CITY: Urbana COUNTY: Champaign STATE: OHIO Objects Nomination/Determination Type: SINGLE RESOURCE Nominator: STATE GOVERNMENT NPS Park Name: NOT APPLICABLE Date: 07/24/97 Level of Significant Person's Name: Arnett, Benjamin EDUCATION RELIGION BOUNDARY PERSON Federal Current Subfunctions ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE Agency: Historic SCHOOL Significance LOCAL Buildings Certification: SOCIAL Sites RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE RELIGIOUS PROPERTY ADDRESS/ Restricted Location Information: NOT APPLICABLE Criteria Considerations: ETHNIC HERITAGE Structures MEETING HALL NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY REPORT OTHER NAME/ Nominator Name: Area of Significance: Certification: DATE RECEIVED/PENDING NOMINATION SITE No Page Applicable Criteria: EVENT Cultural Affiliation: HABS No. N/A HAER No.
N/A Describe Other Style: NOT APPLICABLE Foundation Materials: BRICK Zone Easting 17/ /3 66 630/ /44 42 940 1876 1875-1899 1922 1900-1924 Zone Northing 1925-1949 BRICK RELIGION Architectural UTM Acreage Architect/Builder/Engineer/ Coordinates: ASPHALT Significance: Designer: SOCIAL HISTORY GREEK REVIVAL Roof Materials: STUCCO Wall Materials: Other Documentation MID 19TH CENTURY REVIVAL NOT APPLICABLE Periods of: Other Materials: GLASS Specific Sig. Years: BLACK Circa: Styles
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