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OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) JAN - 2 1998 This form is for use in nominating or requestingdeterminations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the 1. Name of Property other names/site number_ 2. Location street & number_ N/AO not for publication city or town N/A O vicinity state - - code 085 zip code 44077 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this [X nomination Historic Places and meetstheprocedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property - nationally - statewide fax locally. (L See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO State of Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification Date of Action - See continuation sheet.

- determined not eligible for the - removed from the National - other, (explain:) - comments.) Date Painesville Registration Form historic name National Register Register. National Park Service Ohio 12-23-97 RECEIVED 2280 United States Department of the Interior Painesville United Methodist Church The Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville Signature of certifying official/Title National Register of Historic Places entered in the National Register. NPS Form 10-900 by entering the information requested. lf an item does not apply to the property being documented,enter "N/A" for"not applicable."For functions, 71 North Park Place code OH - county - Lake Dept. Head I hereby certify that the property is: NAT. REC entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items.

x] meets does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register continuation sheet for additional Lake County, Ohio Name of Property 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) X building(s) -district - structure - object 6. Function or Use 7.

Description Noncontributing brick glass site Narrative Description public-local public-State Architectural Classification private roof public-Federal Historic Functions walls Materials asphalt shingle Current Functions Gothic Revival Category of Property RELIGION/religious structure County and State (Enter categories from instructions) Number of Resources within Property Number of contributing resources previously listed Name of related multiple property listing in the National Register The Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) foundation Sandstone other Total Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville The Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville is a Gothic Revival style Akron Plan church completed in 1881.

It is located on the north side of the city's central downtown square, between the Lake County courthouse and a senior citizens center (photo #6). Designed by architect Jacob Snyder as an Akron Plan church with Sunday School rooms on two levels around a larger central room, the cornerstone for the Methodist church was laid in 1873. Snyder's exterior design, although quite similar to his design for the Akron Methodist Episcopal Church, was reportedly derived from the Metropolitan Wesleyan Methodist Church in Toronto, Canada, and the interior was modeled after his plan for the Akron M. E. Church (Committee 1985:6).

Essentially rectangular in plan, the original building measures approximately 161 feet long, including the projection of its buttresses, by The front-gable facade (photo #s 1 & 3) is dominated by a large compound Gothic arch framing a stained glass window, 24 feet wide by 20 feet tall and comprised of 1,371 pieces of glass, with elaborate tracery forming a seven-point star within a rose window (photo #8). The double-door Gothic arch main entrance (photo #s 32-33) is centered below the window and central bay is flanked by two large square corner towers of unequal height.

Crowned with elaborate pinnacles, both towers are enhanced by pointed arch louvered belfries, stained glass lancet windows with stone drip molds, projecting stone drip courses, decorative blind arcade Buttresses on the church's side elevations rise to a corbeled brick cornice and separate ten 16 1/2 foot tall stained glass lancet windows with brick lintels. The Sunday School section at the rear of the church, projecting slightly from the side walls and semi-polygonal at the rear, windows, octagonal corner buttresses flanking the side entrances (photo #30), and gablets along the clerestory cornice (photo #29). Inside the Sunday School section, fourteen class rooms are arranged in a semi-circular fashion on two levels around the outer walls (photo #s 20-22).

Jacob Snyder described this area as a main Sunday School room measuring 41 1/2 feet by 45 1/2 feet, from the sides of which are projected two stories of seven class rooms each. "These are connected with the main room by folding sash doors, and have their division walls concentrically radiate from the superintendent's platform, so as to expose to view from this point the occupants of the projected rooms, and conversely. In height the central room extends somewhat above the flat pitched metal roof of the radiating class rooms, thus admitting its being lighted by clear story windows, which are alternated segmental and Gothic, and are located in the polygonal sides.

As many of the latter as contain the Gothic windows, are gabled, having their roofs intersect Description National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet brickwork, stone gables over front doorways, and octagonal corner buttresses (photo #28). 80feet wide.A sandstone block foundation supports red brick walls laid in running bond. is imitative of an apse in exterior appearance.This section incorporates lancet stained glass United States Department of the Interior Lake County, Ohio Section number 7 Page 1 NPS Form 10-900- REC'D BY OHPO sheltered by a shallow stone-capped gable portico with two stone colonettes.

The massive NPS Form 10-000-e United States Department of the Interior REC'D CYOKPO DEC 2 21997 Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville Lake County, Ohio for Sunday School classes, this area, which was dedicated in 1875, still retains a high degree imitation of the fountain similarly installed in the Akron Sunday School, but do not tell when it was removed. In the main sanctuary, pews are still arranged in an arc facing the pulpit, without a center aisle.

However, the architect's original plan was reportedly modified slightly 1899:8); although the details of this are not now known, perhaps it was in reference to the chapel was completed, joining the rear of the former Sunday School section to the newer 4x6 foot shed, counted as a non-contributing building, was erected along the east side of the undertaken to accommodate the installation of a large new Schantz pipe organ, which originally from the congregation's previous church building, wore out. Included in this renovation was the construction of a new altar from the facade of the old organ, addition of a marble top to the altar, and the expansion of the choir loft (photo #s 13-16). National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet National Park Service the apsidal roof of the central room"(Snyder 1873).

Although the rooms are no longer used 1873), apparently were not completed as such until 1923-24,when balconies along both sides church in 1983.In 1992-93 minor reconfigurations of the choir and organ areas were during final construction of the sanctuary in 1881 (Anon.1881,also quoted in Treadwell balconies.Balconies in the sanctuary, described by Snyder as a"continuous gallery"(Snyder #4) was constructed behind the church in 1955-57,and in 1961 a one-story hallway and of integrity.Church records indicate a fountain was added to the Sunday School in 1874,in building (photo #5).The original slate roof was replaced with asphalt shingle in 1982,and a of the sanctuary were installed(photo #s9-12).A new two-story education building(photo replaced an organ installed in 1900 (and reconstructed in 1972) after the first organ, moved Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville Lake County, Ohio Description of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville by architect Jacob Snyder, published in the Painesville Telegraph, October 23, 1873.

FICE, PAINESVILLE, OHIO... Not among the least worthy of Church and S.S. construction is the new M.E. Church edifice of Painesville, Ohio. Like its far-famed prototype, the Akron Church, the endeavor has been to avoid the errors of most of the pretentious constructions of this kind of the present day. For, while provision for the comfortable accommodation of a church community, in its adult population, has been secured, the Sunday School conveniences for the children have received an equal amount of consideration. So that, in this respect, chil- dren and adults have been treated with the same degree of importance.

This building, which in architectural style is designed to be decorated Gothic, and to be built of red brick [Editor's note: The bricks were made on the "flats" at the foot of the Main Street Hill, Painesville), with stone dressings, has its foundation walls and ashlar work now completed. Its greatest length, including the projections of the buttresses, is 161 feet, by a width correspond- ingly measured of 80 feet. The plan of the building is symmetrical, having two towers upon the front two angles including the front vestibule between them; the main audience room centrally located; and the S.S. apartments at the rear. The portion of the building including the latter pro- similar to the letter T. Of the two front towers the one is 18 feet and the other 16 feet square, size and form.

The toppings out of the main walls of towers consist of gabled louvres, sur- mounted with parapets, and pinnacles smaller than those at the angles. The extreme attitude from the grade line to the apices of the pinnacles of the larger tower is 114 feet, and the corre- sponding measurement of the smaller, 97 feet. There are two small towers at the line of intersec- tion of the main portion of the building and the rear projection, surmounted, the one by a spire, and the other by a truncated roof to accommodate the exit of the iron smoke stack, through air, the other for extraction of vitiated (air). In the center of the front is the principal doorway, with columns, bases, carved capitals, has also an entrance, similar in design to the central.

Besides the three front, there are also two National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Gothic arch with carved key and springing stones, and crocketed finial.Each of the front towers United States Department ot the Interior National Park Service Section number - jects somewhat beyond the side walls of the central portion, thus producing an outline of plan having octagonal buttresses at their angles topped out with pinnacles corresponding with their which the latter is topped-out. The tower having the spire is designed for the admission of fresh Page NPS Form 10-000+ Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville Lake County, Ohio side entrances, accommodating the S.S. apartments and the rear of the audience room. The window distribution of the entire building is liberal, both for architectural effect and ample light.

The large front window is Gothic, having a height of 24 feet and an inscribed circle of 20 feet in diameter, about which it is formed. Two windows of similar design are located above the side entrance doors, extending into the gabled walls, thus serving to light the upper and rear vestibules. The main audience room, exclusive of vestibules and organ loft, is 56 feet by 70 feet; and has a continuous gallery, raking down from its general level to that of the choir at the rear of the speaker's platform. The main S.S. room, exclusive of its complemental apartments, is 412 feet by 45½ ft., and in outline is somewhat more than a semi-polygon - from the sides of which are projected two stories of seven class rooms, or in all fourteen rooms. These are connected with the main room by folding sash doors, and have their division walls concentrically radiate from the superinten- and conversely.

In height the central room extends somewhat above the flat pitched metal roof of the radiating class rooms, thus admitting its being lighted by clear story windows, which are alternated segmental and Gothic, and are located in the polygonal sides. As many of the latter as contain the Gothic windows, are gabled, having their roofs intersect the apsidal roof of the cen- main S.S. room is vaulted and that of the main audience room inclined from the sides to the The lateral extremities of the space occupied by the singers' gallery and organ loft serve on ence room, besides affording space for the S.S. Library room and post office. Here are also locat- leries.

The latter is designed to secure communication with the upper tier of radiating class The stone dressings of the interior are wrought out of Amherst stone, and are freely distrib- uted throughout the brick work, producing a pleasing contrast. The woodwork of the interior is designed to be chiefly of black walnut, neatly finished. And the usual decorations of fresco- painting and stained glass, in structures of this class, are contemplated. Provision has been made by means of air towers, at all times, to be able to command an abundant supply of fresh air, and to extract the impure as well. The cellar is sufficiently ample, in every particular, to admit its being fitted up with basement apartments for social purposes. It is designed to heat the building by steam, chiefly upon the indirect principle.

In this church enterprise hardly anything has been omitted to be considered that would in any way contribute to the comfortable accommodations of a church and S.S. community, both as it regards its adult and youth population. Jacob Snyder, Architect vestibules. National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet the main floor-level and vestibules to accommodate the S.s.apartments and the rear of the audi- Akron,Ohio rooms; and in plan it corresponds with the contour of the main S.s. room, excepting its trans- ed the two rear stairways, affording access to both the main audience room and the S.s.

gal- United States Department of the Interior verse wall against which this gallery finishes at either end, thus communicating with the National Park Service tral room.The latter roof is finished against the rear wall of the main building.The ceiling of the dent's platform, so as to expose to view from this point the occupants of the projected rooms, Section number _ 7 Page _4 center.

NPS Form 10-000e METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PAINESVILLE, PAINESVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO DIAGRAM 1 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FLOOR PLAN (2 STORIES) - PARKING BASEMENT ENTRANCE 13' 6" PARTIAL 2ND FLOOR REMODELED ENTRYWAY (STAIRS ON INSIDE NOW) ORIGINAL STRUCTURE TOOL SHED 42' 6" Floor plan by Ted Belden, courtesy of Edith Belden 1960 BUILDING ADDITION EDUCATION ROOM CHANCEL COURTYARD CHRISTIAN CHAPEL CHURCH NAVE TOWER MEETING SIDEWALK NARTHEX Continuation Sheet SMALL PAINESVILLE (CIRCLE- PASSAGEWAY National Park Service United States Department of the Interior (SANCTUARY) National Register of Historic Places (ADDED ENCLOSURE) 161' Sectlon number _/ (ADDED 1924) 1955 Page METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PAINESVILLE, PAINESVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO TO CLASSROOMS, CIRCLE ROOM WEST HALLWAY Floor plan by Len Beider SCHOOL OFFICE CHAPEL STORAGE ADULT ROOM KITCHENETTE/ WEST REST EAST SECRE- SUNDAY CLOAK COPY ENTRANCE Continuation Sheet PASTOR'S RAMP National Register ot Historic Places PARLOR/ shows current uses.) National Park Service WOMEN'S TARY'S United States Department of the Interior DIAGRAM 2 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PAINESVILLE, PAINESVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO Section number - Page _ 7 DIAGRAM 3 CIRCLE ROOM UPPER LEVEL S.S.

CLASS BELL CHOIR ORGAN PIPES CHOIR LOFT Floor plan by Len Beider BALCONY ADULT FOOD UMW REHEARSAL PANTRY STORAGE SANCTUARY Continuation Sheet current uses) National Park Service (former Sunday School, National Register of Historic Places floor plan shows United States Department of the Interior Lake County, Ohio Sunday School rooms, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Akron, Ohio (1866-1870: Lewis Miller, Walter Blythe and Jacob Snyder). Main floor and balcony plans of the first Akron Plan Sunday School, as copied from Jaeger (1984). HALL Continuation Sheet National Park Service ROTUNDA National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville VESTIBULE Main Floor CLASS Section number - Page SUNDAY SCHOOL Balcony Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

-A Property is associated with events that have made X 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 1873- 1924 - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. XA owned by a religious institution or used for - B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. -E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. within the past 50 years. Snyder, Jacob; architect Lewis, Ira J.; builder 9.

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Significant Person Criteria Considerations Narrative Statement of Significance Previous documentation on file (NPs): N/A Applicable National Register Criteria The Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville County and State distinguishable entity whose components lack Name of repository: Cultural Affiliation Significant Dates Period of Significance Property is: categories from instructions) our history. for National Register listing.) Areas of Significance B Property is associated with the livesofpersons Primary location of additional data: significant in our past.

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of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Maps (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) National Park Service Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville Lake County, Ohio Statement of Significance The Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville is nominated under Criterion C as a . significant example of Gothic Revival architecture and of the Akron Plan, a distinctive development in the design of Protestant evangelical churches. It is additionally significant as an early design by Akron, Ohio, architect Jacob Snyder, who with Lewis Miller originated the Akron Plan in 1868-70. The Painesville Methodist Church, displaying many of the elements that distinguish Gothic Lake County.

The pointed arch fenestration, including the large stained glass window with ornate tracery in the central front bay, is a distinguishing feature of the style, as are the louvered window belfries, elaborate pinnacles, stone drip courses, and decorative brickwork on massive corner towers. Buttresses, stone colonettes in the front entrance, ornamental gablets, and the extensive employment of stained glass, are additional features incorporated into this church which enhance the exterior's distinctively Gothic Revival appearance. This building is also a significant early example of an Akron Plan Sunday School and church. In 1863 Lewis Miller, a prominent local industrialist and later co-founder of the Chautauqua Institution in New York, was made Superintendent of the Sunday School of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Akron.

He divided the Sunday School into grades and adopted a uniform lesson plan. When the congregation decided to replace its old building, Miller assumed responsibility for planning the new Sunday School wing. In a large church such as Akron's, at least 10-12 rooms would be needed for the separate grades. Miller consulted with Jacob Snyder, an Akron architect, who developed a unique design with a semi- circular Sunday School area around a central auditorium at the rear of the church. This new separate rooms which were all in close view of the school's superintendent, yet allowed for a "transition from individual class work to general gathering" which could be completed quietly in a matter of seconds (Jaeger 1984). The Akron Methodists' new Sunday School wing was dedicated in 1870, two years before the remainder of the church was completed.

The growing importance of Sunday Schools throughout the nineteenth century, coupled with widespread acceptance in the early 1870s of a Sunday School curriculum known as the Uniform Lesson Plan, which provided a common lesson plan for children of all ages, all evangelical congregations. By 1885, the traditional Gothic plan of interior church design was entirely abandoned by the evangelical denominations in favor of the auditorium and Akron plans (Jaeger 1984). While the Gothic plan with its traditional center aisle was well-suited to the ceremonial processions of the ritual churches, it did not fit the needs of the more preacher-oriented evangelical churches.

"By the 1890s, the Akron Plan had become the Continuation Sheet Revival building designs, is a fine expression of high-style Gothic Revival architecture in National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior OMB Approvel Na 10210018 Section number - contributed to the rapid popularity of the new church design among many Protestant Page 9 Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville (Jaeger 1984:160-161), both in its original plan with the Sunday School behind the pulpit wall, and in a number of subsequent variations with the Sunday School area opening directly into the sanctuary. However, shortly after the turn of the century, "the Protestant church in America underwent a number of very fundamental changes in both worship and Christian education, which resulted several years later in related changes in ecclesiastical architecture.

Both the auditorium preaching place and the Akron Plan Sunday School were...entirely supplanted in the course of thirty years (Ibid:182), as a new emphasis on separate Sunday School buildings took hold among Protestant denominations. Jacob Snyder was born in 1823, moving to Akron in 1853 from his home in Pennsylvania. Engaged in contracting, building, and architectural design, he was a board member of the Akron Methodist Episcopal Church and served as a superintendent of the Sunday School. After 1870 he devoted his professional time entirely to architecture, specializing in churches and Sunday Schools.

Snyder's church designs included Methodist Episcopal churches in Akron; Oil City, Pennsylvania; Augusta, Georgia; Abbeyville, South Carolina; Memphis, Tennessee; Little Rock, Arkansas; Mechanicsburg, Ohio; and Camden, New Jersey; as well as churches for other Protestant denominations, office buildings, and schools. Snyder also served as president of the Weary, Snyder & Wilcox Manufacturing Company in Akron from its inception in 1864, and upon his death in.1890 was described as "Akron's pioneer architect and one of her leading citizens" (Anon. 1890). Akron Plan Church. Started only three years after the first Akron Plan Sunday School in Akron was completed, this church reflects the original Akron Plan design, with two tiers of Sunday School rooms arranged in semi-circular fashion around a larger central room behind the sanctuary.

The first Akron Plan church and Sunday School no longer survives, and this listed on the National Register and cited as a rare early example, dates to the 1880s, and most *others recorded in northeast Ohio date to the 1890s or early 1900s, and are later variants of the original plan. Jaeger (1984:6) described the First Methodist Church's Sunday School (completed 1877) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, as the first Akron Plan after Akron's in the eastern United States, and notes that the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in north Philadelphia also dates to the early or mid 1870s (Jaeger 1997, personal communication). Given its 1875 completion date, Painesville's Sunday School is thus one of the earliest presently documented. been conceived by an originator of the Akron Plan, Jacob Snyder.

Despite minor alterations, the Painesville Methodist Episcopal Church still retains sufficient integrity to convey its significance as a primary representative of this major development in latter nineteenth century Protestant evangelical church and Sunday School design. Its association with Snyder and its early date still clearly reflect the initial concept of the Akron Plan by the architect who Continuation Sheet developed it. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places building is the earliest known example of the plan remaining in Ohio. St. Paul's in Akron, United States Department of the Interior Lake County, Ohio Section number _ The Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville is an early and significant example of an The Painesville church also clearly represents the design work of a master architect, having Page OMB Approvel Na.

1024-0018 "The Building Committee..." The Painesville Telegraph, Painesville, Ohio, 1873 "M.E. Sunday School." The Painesville Telegraph, Painesville, Ohio, "Dedication of the M.E. Church." The Painesville Telegraph, Painesville, 1890 "Gone to Eternal Rest." Daily Times, p.7, Akron, Ohio, December 30. Committee on History and Records, compiler "Come into the House of Our Lord: A History of the Painesville United Methodist Church 1820-1984." Privately published, Painesville, Ohio. "The Auditorium and Akron Plans - Reflections of a Half Century of American Protestantism." Unpublished M.A. thesis, Cornell University. Lane, Samuel A. 1892 "Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County." Beacon Job Department, "Akron Sunday School Plan" Progress Through Preservation newsletter, Akron, Ohio, February issue. "Description of the New M.E.

Church Edifice, Painesville, Ohio." The Painesville Telegraph, Painesville, Ohio, October 23. Treadwell, (Mrs.) George E. "History and Directory of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Painesville, Ohio." The Painesville Telegraph, Painesville, Ohio. Records of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville, retained at the church. 1873 1881 Anonymous Bibliography Continuation Sheet Ohio, June 9. National Park Service March 13. Snyder, Jacob January 29. Lake County, Ohio Akron, Ohio. Jaeger, A. Robert National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville Pahlau, James A. Section number _ Page NPS Form 10-000d United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville Survey, as originally recorded in the Lake County Record of Deeds, Volume 4, pp. 453-454.

historically associated with the nominated building. Continuation Sheet Boundary Justification The nominated property is located in the city of Painesville on Lot 69, Tract 3, Champion Verbal Boundary Description National Register of Historic Places Boundary is based upon legally recorded lot descriptions, and includes the property Lake County, Ohio Section number _ OMB Approvel Na. 1024-0018 Page NPS Form 10-000~ OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Boundary Property Continuation Sheet Section number Page Methodist Episcopal Church Main St. Showing Location of the Methodist National Register of Historic Places City of Painesville. and Adjacent Buildings Within the Episcopal Church of Painesville Senior Citizens Center Lake County, Ohio North Park Place SKETCH MAP National Park Service Lake County Court House E. Washington St.

Methodist Episcopal Church of Painesville Sterling Ave United States Department of the Interior Clair St. Mentor Ave.

Richmond : National Park Service METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PAINESVILLE, PAINESVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO Section number - SANCTUARY, 1971 Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior DIAGRAM National Park Servica METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PAINESVILLE, PAINESVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO Section number - SANCTUARY, PRIOR TO 1992 Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places DIAGRAM United States Department of tho Interior NPS Form 10-000 National Park Service METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PAINESVILLE, PAINESVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO Section number _ SANCTUARY AFTER RENOVATION 1992 Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior DIAGRAM Bainesuille, @hia National Park Service METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PAINESVILLE, PAINESVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO Section number.

SANCTUARY, 1884 Continuation Sheet Page National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PAINESVILLE, PAINESVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO Total number of photographs per set: 33 Name of property: The Methodist Episcopal Church of City: Painesville State: Ohio Name of photographer: Clarence Bowers INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS 1 of 33 side of edifice 2 of 33 3 of 33 Front facade of edifice 4 of 33 5 of 33 Chapel (shows windows of 6 of 33 passage way) Number Description NNW Church Courthouse-left Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Direction of Camera Senior Center-right Education Building Date of photographs: 1997 Context of building: Front facade andwest The following information applies to all enclosed photographs.

National Park Service Location of original negatives: Safe located in the Painesville edifice Rear and east side of United States Department of the Interior Sectlon number PHoTos Page County: Lake METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PAINESVILLE, PAINESVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO Section number PHotos Page _ 7 of 33 8 of 33 9 of 33 10 of 33 South balcony, stained glass 11 of 33 West side of balcony 12 of 33 West side of balcony lower level 13 of 33 14 of 33 15 of 33 Front of sanctuary and partial views of side balconies 16 of 33 Lower level, vaulted ceiling showing new Schantz organ and 20 of 33 Reredos, balcony, lower level rooms 21 of 33 Lower level, balcony stained glass windows 22 of 33 Balcony, rooms, lower and 23 of 33 Parlor- lower level 24 of 33 Number INTERIORS windows NNW Sanctuary Reredos NNE Narthex chancel Description SSE Continuation Sheet Finial-side walls Vaulted ceiling Direction of Camera Chancel/choir areas National Register of Historic Places Rose Window and balcony Chancel choir loft Rose Window National Park Service Circle Room Organ, choir loft, chancel East balcony...part of the uper levels NPG Form 10-000+ National Park Service METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PAINESVILLE, PAINESVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO 25 of 33 26 of 33 27 of 33 Brick work and louvres towers 28 of 33 West tower-spires and louvres 29 of 33 Rear and top of edifice 30 of 33 31 of 33 West side of edifice showing ramp and tower 32 of 33 33 of 33 One of two entry doors to edifice- located on each side of driveway EXTERIOR Number NNW Description features Fellowship Hall Chapel showing stage Direction of Camera showing one small window- Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places each side and architectural west side Main entrance to edifice main entrance Other Interior Areas United States Department of the Interior Sectlon number PHoTos Page East entrance, spire and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Lake DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NOMINATOR: STATE N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : DATE TELEPHONE RETURN REJECT MULTIPLE 2/16/98 DISCIPLINE 1/25/98 REVIEWER 1/02/98 RECOM./CRITERIA NATIONAL: OTHER: PDIL: DATE RECEIVED: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N REASONS FOR REVIEW: Lake Co., Ohio PAINESVILLE Lake Co., Ohio PAINESVILLE - PAINESVILLE Lake Co., Ohio Lake Co., Ohio PAINESVILLE Lake G., Ohio Lahe Cake Co., Ohio Lake Co., Ohio Lake Co., Ohio 9N33 Lake Co, Ohio THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PAINESUILLE Okio Xake Lake Co., Ohio PAINESUIULE OF PAINESVILLE Lake Co., Ohio 139 33 Dainezvrll 14933 PAINESVILLE Yape Lake Co.) Ohia OF PAINESVILLE Lake Co.) Ohio Lake Co., Ohio Lahe Lake Co., Chio Lake Co., Ohio Lake Co Ohio Lake G., Ohio PAINESVILLE OF PAINESVILLE Lake Co., Chiò 21433 Lake Co., Chio 22433 Chio Lake C, Ohio PAINESVILLE Lake Co, Chio PAINESVIULE Lake Co., Ohio THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Lake Ca, Ohio Lake OF PAINESVILLE Lake Co., Ohio OF PAINESVILLE Lake G., Ohio OF PAINESVILLE Lake Co.) Ohio Lake Co., Ohio OF PAINESVILLE Paiitovile Olii Olio OF PAINESVILLE OF PAINESVILLE Lake Co.) Ohio Lake OF PAINESVILLE Lake Co., Ohio Yuk PAINESVILLE QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PAINESVILLE, OHIO THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL 81-14-39w DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES STATE OF OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY