Nomination for Oakwood Cemetery Chapel

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OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior OCT 7 1999 NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property other names/site number N/A 2. Location street & number 2420 Oakwood Drive vicinity NA 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering does not meet the National Register Criteria. I See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Dept.

Head Signature of certifying official Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property - Xmeets_ does not meet the National Register Signature of commenting or other official state Date RECEIVED 9-27-99 properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth historic name Cuyahoga Falls The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel REGISTRATION FORM National Park Service This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual NPS Form 10-900 county Summit County not for publication 1334 Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A).

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES zip code 44221 Ohio code 153 city or town classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word recommend that this property be considered significant _statewide_x locally. ( See criteria. (_ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) See subcategories from the instructions.Place additional entries and narrative The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Summit County, Ohio 4. National Park Service Certification determined not eligible for the other (explain): 5.

Classification X_ private X_ building(s) Name of 'related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) Noncontributing structure Register Total site district object public-local public-Federal public-State Date Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Number of Resources within Property National Register See continuation sheet. removed from the National Register of Action entered in the National Register Category of Property (Check only one box) 1, hefeby certify that this property 1sc Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Summit County, Ohio 6. Function or Use Cat: Social: 7.

Description Late Victorian: Gothic Revival Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revivals 12 Stained Glass Windows roof other foundation Stone cemetery Funerary: clubhouse walls Brick Religion: Sub: Asphalt shingle meeting hall Cat: Architectural Classification categories from instructions) Materials (Enter categories from instructions) Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Narrative Description See Continuation Sheets, Section 7 for Narrative Description Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Summit County, Ohio OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio Oakwood Cemetery is located along Oakwood Drive and 4th Street in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio, approximately one half mile southeast from downtown Cuyahoga Falls.

The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel, built in 1898, is located on its original site near the main (north) entrance of the approximately 25 acre cemetery (See Map of Oakwood Cemetery). Visible from Oakwood Drive, the chapel is situated on a small piece of land near the north within 10' of the northwest corner of the building, and 15-20 rhododendrons on the east side of the building (Photos 1, A stone on the northwest corner of the chapel building identifies C. L. [Leroy] Herrick [Cuyahoga Falls] as the architect, and Reed Deeds, a late 19th century Cuyahoga Falls contractor for brick work as the builder (Photo 6, Gothic style, including predominant masonry construction, polychrome wall materials and finishes, a complex gable roof, and lancet windows set in pairs and triplets.

On 25 May 1998, a commemorative stone was placed in the garden to honor the chapel's 100th anniversary (Photo 10) A monument (Photo 11) on the east side of the building memorializes The First Board of Directors of The Ladies Cemetêry Association founded 4 May 1888, the private organization who erected the chapel in 1898 and retains ownership of the building and the land it sits on. The City of Cuyahoga Falls owns Oakwood Cemetery. The Oakwood Cemetery office (Photo 7), located 80' north of the chapel and not part of this nomination, is stone with a slate roof and brick trim surrounding the door. Built in 1880, this building was originally used as a receiving vault to store bodies during the harsh winter periods. In 1944, the vault was remodeled to serve as the office of the Cemetery Superintendant.

The Oakwood Cemetery office and hundreds of grave markers are visible from the chapel The exterior foundation materials at grade to floor level are battered rock face plain ashlar stone. From the floor level to the window sills is four feet around the entire chapel of cut faced random ashlar stone. From the window sills to the eves is a standard red, smooth faced brick in a common bond with coarse faced soldier bricks used as decorative trim around the windows (Photo 8). Exterior Section DESCRIPTION Page CONTINUATION SHEET (Photos 7, 7a, 12). entrance to the cemetery, approximately 115 feet from the public road, and is encircled by an asphalt driveway that National Park Service name of property NPS Form 10-900-a NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES connects to paved drives into and out of the cemetery (Photos la,1b). Situated in a garden setting, the chapel is county and State 3,5,9).

(8-86) surrounded by trees and shrubbery; large evergreens are located within 2 ½ feet of the front porch, trees 4' in diameter The chapel is a single story, High Victorian Gothic building with a Colonial Revival porch built on a rectangular plan, The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Summit County, Ohio NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior CONTINUATION SHEET Section number __ Page. Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio The chapel's twelve stained glass memorial windows were donated in 1898 by several early Cuyahoga Falls families and social organizations. There are a total of five stained glass windows on both the east and west facades; the north and south facades have one round oculus stained glass window each (Photos 1, 4). The east and west facades have a bay that projects approximately two feet from the outer wall and reflects an interior alcove.

The primary stained glass windows on the east and west elevations decorate the projecting bays of both facades (Photos 5, 9). The windows are masonry arch recess in the east and west gables. The two remaining windows are tall, approx. 9' 4," Gothic arched lancet windows with coarse brick moorish window heads flanking each bay. Shaped brick lintels frame each window. The last two of the twelve stained glass windows are round, oculus windows. One of the two round stained glass windows is directly above the north entry set inside the north gable end. The second round stained glass window is set in the projecting bay on the south side of the building above the entrance to the basement. In 1976, protective coverings for the twelve stained glass windows were installed. In May 1998, the coverings were replaced to provide a better view of the windows from the exterior.

The open porch on the north facade is an original feature of the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel (See the original building plan). The open porch has a stone foundation and is elevated to floor level; the porch shelters the main entry and west sides of the porch (Photo 3). The front of the porch is closed--a stone in the center of the brickwork reads, "Erected by Ladie's Cem. Asso. 1898" (Photo 2). 3'x10'. Below the main chapel public level is a full basement that was used as the office of the Cemetery Superintendant until 1944. Since then, the chapel basement has been used mainly for maintenance storage. The basement entry is at the south end of the building (Photo 4). The east and west sides of the chapel have alcoves approximately 2'x12'. Each alcove is centered in its respective wall.

The gable roof plan is a Greek cross with the primary gable in the north south direction with secondary valley gables on the east and west sides over the alcove projections. The roof soffits are wood, painted white in the plane of the roof slope with decorative rafter ends exposed (Photos 5, 9). National Park Service County and State supported by four white square wooden columns.The white wooden portico that extends approximately two feet from (8-86) triple venetian lancet arched tall center windows flanked by tall, vertical square head windows set in a round top Name of property NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES The primary structure is approximately 40'north-south by 20'east-west.On the south side is an alcove approximately the front of the porch is carried by two of the six square white wooden columns.

Five steps are located on the east and supports a wrought iron gate that protects the double front entry doors (Photo 3b). The hip roof of the porch is The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Summit County, Ohio NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio During the summer of 1973, the slate roof was removed and replaced with asphalt shingles. This work was done by Mr. Schulpe at a cost of $1400.00. Some of the brick on the front porch area was replaced sometime during the 1970's. The exact date is not known as no mention of this repair appears in the Minutes of the Ladies Cemetery Association. According to Mr. Richard Clifford, the cemetery Superintendent from 1968 - 1995, the work was completed sometime in the 1970's. Mr. Clifford does not recall the year.

The one room interior of the chapel has a carpeted floor. The carpet is not original to the chapel and the date of installation is not known. From the floor to the windowsills is a beaded tongue in groove oak wood paneling (wainscoting) over brick. From the sills to the ceiling is plaster over brick (Photo 20). The ceiling is also plaster and is painted white to match the walls. There are two wooden hammer trusses with horizontal metal rods and Eastlake style brackets, one near the main north entry doors and the other near the south side (Photos 22, 23). In the late 1970s, the Ladies Cemetery Association funded a $2,000 renovation project for the chapel interior. At that today is natural oak finish.

On April 7, 1931 the Ladies Cemetery Association voted to place restrooms in the basement and main floor of the Interior Name of property County and State CONTINUATION SHEET chapel.The plumbing was done by Mr.Frank Patterson and the carpentry work by Mr. S.A. Gilbert. United States Department of the Interior (8-86) time, the cemetery superintendent and work crews stripped green paint from the wainscoting.The chapel woodwork Summit County: Ohio 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a a birthplace or a grave. a cemetery. a reconstructed building, object, or structure. à commemorative property. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) N/A Cultural Affiliation NA Architect - Herrick, C. Leroy Builder - Deeds, Reed Art Architect/Builder Architecture Significant Person individual distinction. Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. Significant Dates 1898 contribution to the broad patterns of our history. owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. past 50 years. Period of Significance 1898 in prehistory or history. Property is associated with events that have made a significant removed from its original location.

criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing) less than 5o years of age or achieved significance within the Areas of Significance categories from instructions) Criteria Considerations (Mark "x"in all the boxes that apply.) The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark"x"in one or more boxes for the The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Summit County, Ohio NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio NARRATIVE STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE of Historic Places under Criterion C as a fine example of cemetery related architecture.

Built in 1898, the chapel is architecturally significant for its eclectic, late 19th century architectural design, strongly inspired by elements common include predominant masonry construction, polychrome wall materials and finishes, incised ornament, complex gable roofs, and lancet windows set in pairs and triplets. John Ruskin, a late 19th century English author, critic and strong achieve contrasting textures. Despite the eclecticism of the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel, the six lancet arched windows on the east and west facades, stone foundation, and patterned brickwork are characteristic of many elements common to the High Victorian Gothic style of architecture. The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel has many elements common to other late 19th century cemetery chapels of its type in Summit County.

For example, the Memorial Chapel at historic Glendale Cemetery in Akron, Ohio, Summit County (see the National Register nomination for Akron Rural Cemetery Group) built 1875-1876 is a fine example of high Victorian Gothic style architecture. Like the Oakwood Chapel, the Glendale Cemetery Memorial Chapel has rock faced ashlar stones walls, pointed Gothic arch pictorial stained glass windows, a gable roof plan, and a front entry porch. However, the Memorial Chapel at Glendale is a more ornate structure than the chapel at Oakwood. The central spire and Gothic front porch contrast with the simplicity of the chapel at Oakwood (Photo 1). Built over twenty years after the chapel at Glendale, the Oakwood chapel has elements of the Colonial Revival style popular after 1880.

The construction of the chapel was made possible by the Ladies Cemetery Association, one of the oldest organizations beautification, the history of the chapel is intertwined with that of the Ladies Cemetery Association and historic Comprised of approximately twenty-five acres, Oakwood Cemetery dates to the earliest settlement of Cuyahoga Falls Falls, their dead were buried first in the yard of a district school. However, when Oakwood Cemetery was laid out in the mid-1830s, the bodies were reinterred and transferred to the cemetery. Today, over 720 veterans of every major families who founded Cuyahoga Falls. Early settlers like Henry Newberry who promoted the industrial growth of the community are buried at Oakwood Section Page proponent of the High Victorian Gothic argued for the use of stone, brick, marble, and other building materials to to the High Victorian Gothic style popular ca.

1870-1885. Elements of this style present in the nominated property National Park Service CONTINUATION SHEET Oakwood Cemetery. county and State military involvement since the War of 1812 are buried at Oakwood.The cemetery is the also the resting place of the name of property (8-86) in Cuyahoga Falls. Founded on 4 May 1888 to assist the trustees of Oakwood Cemetery with grounds maintenance and and has served the community since ca. 1834. When the first New England migrants settled in what became Cuyahoga The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Summit County, Ohio OMB No. 1024-0018 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio As the focal point of this historic cemetery for over one hundred years, the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel has played an important role in the history of Cuyahoga Falls.

A history of the Ladies Cemetery Association written for the Cuyahoga Falls Centennial in 1912 indicates that these women worked under the direction of the cemetery trustees and collected a fee of 50 cents per annum from each member to be used toward the improvement of the grounds. To raise shrubbery, and flowers. In 1898, ground for the chapel was broken, and Reed Deeds, a Cuyahoga Falls contractor for brick work, was hired to supervise construction. In 1898, twelve memorial stained glass windows were donated to the chapel by a number of private Cuyahoga Falls settlers and a number of social organizations organized during the last half of the nineteenth century. East side stained glass memorial windows North east single lancet window (Photo 13). Grant B. Turner and Ada M. Turner memorial window, donated by daughter Alice Whittlesey of Akron.

One of the founders of the Turner-Vaughn-Taylor Manufacturing Co. in 1856, Turner was a early industrialist who ~contributed to the development of Cuyahoga Falls. Triplet windows (Photo 14): locally and nationally. A 1912 history of the Pavonia Lodge No. 301 lists chapel builder Reed Deeds among the - The Local Star Lodge, F. and A.M., No. 187. Organized 5 October 1850. - Howard Lodge No. 62. The International Order of Odd Fellows. Organized in Cuyahoga Falls in 1846. South east side single lancet window (Photo 15): Theodore F. Heath, M. D. (1828-1907) and Emma A. Heath (1834-1924) memorial window Emma A. Heath was the first president of the Ladies Cemetery Association. Section Page Pavonia Lodge No. 301, K.

of P., organized on 22 June 1888, was an active, civic minded fraternal order both CONTINUATION SHEET funds, the Association sponsored dinners, a bazaar, and an ice cream festival, and managed to beautify the cemetery with trees, 54 charter members. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES county and State families, as well as social and fraternal organizations.The windows survive as beautifully crafted memorials to early National Park Service name of property United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) Summit County, Ohio OMB No. 1024-0018 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio South round oculus window (Photos 16, 17): Henry and Eliza B. Wetmore memorial window. migration of New Englanders to settle northeast Ohio during the first years of settlement. Henry Wetmore was the son of William Wetmore, a land owner and early pioneer of the area.

An 1854 Cuyahoga Falls history indicates that the first manufacturing improvement made at Cuyahoga Falls was by Henry Wetmore and his brother, William Wetmore, Jr. on 1 April 1825 by commencement of a dam on the Cuyahoga River. West side memorial stained glass windows South west single lancet window (Photo 18): Elm Rebekah Lodge No. 227 Falls community affairs. In 1898, the Lodge ordered a stained glass window bearing the name and number of lodge, the emblems of the order and its colors of pink and green to be placed in the chapel, dedicated to the memory of deceased members. Triplet windows (Photo 19): The two identical square head stained glass memorial windows that flank the tall center lancet window are -Charles Tifft and Jane Chase Tifft memorial windows. Bigelow Lodge No. 243, F. and A.M The window likewise reads: "In Memoriam/Rufus L. Willard/Mary Tifft Willard/Charles A.

Willard." North west.single lancet memorial window (Photo 20): North round oculus window (Photo 21): Theodosia Grant (d. 1885) memorial window Grant was the infant daughter of Henry C. and Sarah Grant, two early settlers of Cuyahoga Falls from Section Connecticut. Page CONTINUATION SHEET National Park Service have included. county and State Tall center lancet window (Photo 19): name of property The Wetmores migrated to the Western Reserve from Connecticut in 1804 and are representative of the larger (8-86) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel NPS Form 10-900-a Organized on 14 August 1888, The Elm Rebekah Lodge No. 227 was an order of ladies very active in Cuyahoga the United States Department of the Interior Summit County, Ohio NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio Historic and Current Functions Dedicated to "all faiths as a service to the community" on 2 July 1898, the non-denominational Oakwood Cemetery Chapel is located on its original site and has retained all of the architectural elements present at the time of its construction, including the aforementioned twelve stained glass windows donated in 1898 (See original building plan; Cuyahoga Falls Homecoming Souvenir Volume photo "Chapel at Oakwood Cemetery," 1908). Through the years, the 1912 was held at the chapel. Association for their monthly meetings and is open to the public only during the city's annual Memorial Day exercises. The Veterans Memorial Volume, dedicated in 1950, is on display inside the chapel.

Maintained by the Ladies Cemetery Association, the volume is made of hand carved white oak and is filled with archival quality paper. Each available for public viewing on Memorial Day, the only day of the year that the chapel is open to the public. properties due to its architectural significance as an example of High Victorian Gothic Section Page CONTINUATION SHEET National Park Service year, the Ladies update the volume with the names of Cuyahoga Falls veterans who died that year. The book is county and State style design.

(8-86) There are no religious activitiesconducted in the chapel today.The chapel is currently used by the Ladies Cemetery name of property NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel has been the destination for community parades--the "Memorial Day" program for the Cuyahoga Falls Centennial in chapel porch has served as the stage for the annual Decoration Day memorial service and public address. The chapel The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel meets National Register Criteria Exception A for religious The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Summit County, Ohio See Continuation Sheets, Section 8, for Narrative Statement of Significance 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References See Continuation Sheets, Section 9, for Bibliography Previous documentation on file (NPS) _ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been X Other Name of repository: Taylor Memorial Public Library, Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property less than one acre 459100 4554590 University requested. Zone Easting Northing Local government recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey previously listed in the National Register recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # See continuation sheet.

previously determined eligible by the National Register Other State agency State Historic Preservation Office Federal agency designated a National Historic Landmark Primary Location of Additional Data one or more continuation sheets.) UTM References additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property ona Summit County, Ohio NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio The Artistic Almanac and Fund of Facts, year '90 [1890]. Compliments of The Reporter and Western Reserve Farmer. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 1890. This almanac contains an advertisement for Williston, Deeds & Co., Contractors for Brick Work. Reed Deeds, builder of the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel, is listed as a partner. Bierce, General Lucius V.

Historical Reminiscences of Summit County. Akron: T. & H. G. Canfield, 1854. : Cuyahoga Falls Centennial, August 18 to 24, 1812-1912. Souvenir booklet. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 1912. History of the [Ladies] Cemetery Association. Cuyahoga Falls Centennial Documents, 1912. Collection VII, folder 2. Taylor Memorial Public Library, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. History of the Pythian Sisters of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Cuyahoga Falls Centennial Documents, 1912. Collection - Ilustrated Summit County Ohio. Akron, Ohio: The Akron Map & Atlas Company, 1891. - Original drawings of the Chapel at Oakwood Cemetery, ca. 1898. The City of Cuyahoga Falls. The drawings do not appear to be the work of the architect. Because notes pertain mainly to building materials, the sketches were probably made by the builder, Reed Deeds, or a member of his crew.

BIBLIOGRAPHY Primary Sources National Park Service Name of property CONTINUATION SHEET County and State United States Department of the Interior History of Pavonia Lodge #301,Knights of Pythias.Cuyahoga Falls Centennial Documents,1912.Collection VIl, VIl, folder 2. Taylor Memorial Public Library, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES History of Elm Rebekah Lodge, No. 227. Cuyahoga Falls Centennial Documents, 1912. Collection VII, folder 2. (8-86) The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Summit County, Ohio OMB No. 1024-0018 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio Blumenson, John. Identifying American Architecture. Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, Downey, Gerry B. "The Ladies' Cemetery Association." Cuyahoga Falls 175th Anniversary, 1812-1987. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio: 175th Anniversary Commemorative Book Committee, 1987.

Gordon, Stephen C. How to Complete the Ohio Historic Inventory. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Historic Preservation Office, 1992. : "HS [Historical Society] meets at chapel." The Falls News Press, 11 May 1981. Hitchcock, Henry-Russell. Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Penguin Books, 1983. - McClure, Mary. "History is Monumental at Oakwood." City Press, 30 May 1979. "There's Lots More Than Meets the Eye." 25 May 1981. . National Register Bulletin. How to Complete the National Register Registration Form, revised 1997. U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. "Oakwood Cemetery Chapel" Ohio Historic Inventory Number SUM-726-8. Ohio Historic Preservation Office, 1982. Pothorn, Herbert. Architectural Styles. New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1971. Thompson, Eric J. Presentation to the Cuyahoga Falls Historical Society, 13 May 1981.

Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles. Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1969. 1977. Name of property National Park Service Secondary Sources CONTINUATION SHEET Thompson, Eric J. "Oakwood Cemetery." Falls News, May County and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (8-86) United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a Page Section number Summit County, Ohio NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION The nominated property is bounded on all sides by an asphalt circular drive leading into and out of Oakwood Cemetery. The drive encircling the chapel serves as the boundary of the nominated property. The chapel sits on a piece of land not more than a quarter of an acre in size.

BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION The boundaries of the nominated property were selected to include only the chapel and the small piece of land on which it is situated. Ownership of the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel and this piece of land is retained by a private organization. The remainder of Oakwood Cemetery is owned by the municipality. CONTINUATION SHEET NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES National Park Service Name of property The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel United States Department of the Interior County and State (8-86) Section number 10 Page 1 The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Summit County, Ohio See Continuation Sheet, Section 10, p. 1. 11. Form Prepared By Kelly R. Falcone date 31 October 1998 8250 Beaver Ridge Drive, Apt. 1509 telephone (440) 237-6508 _zip code 44133 Submit the following items with the completed form: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.

City of Cuyahoga Falls, Map of Oakwood Cemetery See Continuation Sheet, Additional Documentation, p. 1 See Continuation Sheet, Additional Documentation, p. 2 for photograph descriptions 1. The original drawings of Oakwood Cemetery Chapel, ca. 1898. Presumably produced by Reed Deeds, 2. Photocopy of the Cuyahoga Falls Home-Coming Souvenir Volume...Cuyahoga Falls Home-Coming August 19-20, 1908. Volume includes a photo of the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel ten years after its construction. The Ladies Cemetery Association Susan Drbal, President street & number 2879 Silver Lake Boulevard telephone (330) 928-8362 zip code 44221 name organization Maps street&number name/title Photographs chapel builder. Property Owner Additional Documentation Boundary Justification Continuation Sheets North Royalton or numerous resources. Cuyahoga Falls Representative black and white photographs of the property.

state OH city or town A sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Summit County, Ohio OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Cuyahoga Falls. Summit County. Ohio The following information is the same for all photographs: Oakwood Cemetery, Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio Kelly R. Falcone November 1998 north facade north facade "setting view" northwest facade "setting view" north facade; stone set in porch brickwork; "Erected by Ladie's Cem. Asso.

1898" - northeast facade porch; northeast facade double front entry doors south facade with basement entry open west facade cornerstone on northwest corner, detail looking north at cemetery office, grave markers cemetery office west facade, south; ornamental brick detail around top half of single lancet arch stained glass window east facade with rhododendrons "Memorial to the First Board of Directors of The Ladies Cemetery Association" commemorative monument. looking west from the cemetery chapel Page Exterior: Photographer: Date: National Park Service Name of property NPS Form 10-900-a "Chapel at Oakwood Cemetery"100th anniversary commemorative stone.25May 1998. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (8-86) County and State Section number Additional Documentation cornerstone on northwest corner, reads "C. L.

HERRICK/ARCHIT./REED DEEDS/BUILDER" CONTINUATION SHEET The Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Summit County. Ohio OMB No. 1024-0018 Name of proper:y Cuvahoga Falls. Summit County. Ohio single lancet arch/center triplet windows: Grant B. and Ada M. Turner center triplet windows: Pavonia Lodge No. 301 Local Star Lodge No. 187 round oculus stained glass window; oak wainscoting; truss round oculus window: Elm Rebekah Lodge No. 227 Rufus L. Willard wainscoting, plaster wall Theodosia Grant Photographs south Page truss: Interior: unknown center triplet: facing south: northeast corner: CONTINUATION SHEET Section number Additional Documentation southwest corner: National Park Service Charles Tifft north entry Jane Chase Tifft main entry; round oculus stained glass window: Howard Lodge No.

62 Henry and Eliza Wetmore facing east: United States Department of the Interior Theodore and Emma Heath NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES single lancet arch window: NPS Form 10-900-a County and State (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 National Park Service Section number Additional Documentation Oakwood Cemetery Chapel SKETCH MAP 242c OAKWJOD DRIVE approx.

25 acres (SKETCH NOT DRAWN TO SCALE) Page CONTINUATION SHEET DRIVE Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Name of property County and State United States Department of the Interior OAKWOOD (8-86) ARROW OAKWOOD CEMETE:1 CHAPE Summit County, Ohio 40 Poplar Sixth Street 15 0 Interment-Cremains" Cremation Plot-Non Resident Military Foundations (Poured Concrete) 65.00 Sq Ft 35.00 Sq Ft 30 Linden CEHETERY OFFICE Oakwood Drive 600.00 120.00 400.00 200.00 415.00 250.00 100.00 $375.00 Cemetery 30.00 29 Hawthorne Charges for Cemetery Services Adult Grave-Non Resident Foundations (Flat Granite) Perpetual Care-Adult Non-Resident Perpetual Care-Infant Non-Resident Interment-Saturday/Holidays Disinterment-Infant "Accommodates two cremains Infant Grave-Non Resident Veterans Marker Setting Disinterment-Adult Perpetual Care-Cremation-Non-Resident Perpetual Care-Crenation-Resident 'Additional Fee Must be paid at time of application Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Transfer Fee Columbarium-Non-Resident Columbarium Niche-Resident Interment-Cremains(In Niche) Perpetual Care-Infant Resident 08 H 07 G 34 Oak 03 C 26 G2 13 M 27 Dogwood Map Oakwood Memoria Crenation Plot-Non Resident CENETERIES C.1890 Oakwood Cemetery Chapel, Summit County, Ohio CHAPEL AT OAKIOOD CEMETERY Oakwood Cemetery Chapel, Summit County, Ohio Oakwood Cemetery Chapel, Summit County, Ohio UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N TELEPHONE DATE RETURN REJECT 11/06/99 DISCIPLINE 11/21/99 MULTIPLE REVIEWER 10/07/99 ACCEPT OTHER: RECOM./CRITERIA DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: N SLR DRAFT: N STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Summit NATIONAL: LESS THAN 5O YEARS: OAKWOOD CEMETRY OAK WOOD CEM.CHAPEL 328'99 OAKWOOD CEM.

CHAPEL CUY. FALLS, OHIO OAKWOOD CEM SummiT co. OAKWOOD CEM.CHAPEL OAKWOOD CEM. SummiT Co. CUYPAUS, OHIO OAKWOOD CEM. CUY FALLS, OHIO OAMNOOD CEH.CHAPEL SummiT Co. OMNOOD CEM.CHAPEL CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO OAKWOOD CEH. SummIT Co. DAKWOOD CEM. CHAPEL SummIT Co. OAKWOOD CEMETERY CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO ARCHT REED DEEDS BUILDER OAKWOOD CEM. CHAPEL CUY. FALLS, OHIO SummIT Co. OAKWOOD CEMETERY OAKWOOD CEMETERY GUY. FALLS, OHIO OAKWOOD CEM.CHAPEL SummIT Co. CHAPEL AT OAKWOOD CEMETERY CUYAHOGA FALLS. OHIO IN OAKWOOD CLMETERY ERECTED BY THE LADIES CEMETERY ASSOCIATION 1898 ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHAPEL MEM0RIAL DAY MAY 251998 THE FIRST BOARD OF DIRECIORS HRHOETAL TO CUYFALLS, OHIO SummiT Co. O'AKWIOD CEM. CHAPEL OCT9884091 MN40 SUmmIT Co. OAKWOOD CEN. OAKWOOD (EMETERY CHAPEL OAKWOOD LEM. CHAPEL OAKWOOD CEM. GUY FALLS, OHIO SummiT Co. OAKWOOD CEM. CHAPEL CUY FALLS, OHIO OAKWOOD CEM. SummiT Co. OAKWOOD (EM.

CHAPEL CUYFALLS, OHIO BAKWOOD CEMETERY SummIT Co. OAKWOOD (EM. CHAPEL COY FALLS, OHIO DAKWOOD CEMETERY Summir Co. DAKWOSD (EM. CHAPEL GUY FALLS, OHIO OAKWOOD CEH. SummiT Co. CUY. FALLS, OHIO SummIT Co. OAKWOOD CEM. OAKWOOD CEH.CHAPEL CUYFALLS, OHIO OAKWOOD (EM.CHAPEL OAKWOOD CEM. SummiT Co. OAKWOOD SummIT Co., OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES HUDSON QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HUDSON, OHIO UTm REF: - State Route 1963 ROAD CLASSIFICATION OHIO 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 614/ 297-2470 Fax: 614/ 297-2496 Visit us at www.ohiohistory.org/resource/histpres/ SINCE 1885 October 5, 1999 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Park Service National Register, History & Education Programs Mail Stop 2280, Suite 400 1849 C. Street, NW Washington, D. C. 20240 Enclosed please find one (1) new National Register nomination.

All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for this new submission. NEW SUBMISSION Oakwood Cemetery Chapel If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact this office. State Historic Preservation Officer COUNTY Sincerely, enclosures SOCIETY Summit OHIO HISTORICAL Ohio Historic Preservation Office Amos J. Loveday, Jr. Dear Ms. Shull: