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Photograph of First Methodist Episcopal-Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

First Methodist Episcopal--Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.

From the record

“Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church is a historic Greek Orthodox church building near downtown Steubenville, Ohio, United States. Constructed for a large Methodist Episcopal congregation in the early twentieth century, it was acquired by the present occupants in 1945.”

Wikipedia article Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (Steubenville, Ohio), CC BY-SA 4.0.

one of 17 National Register listings in Jefferson County · listed in 2006 · category: Building · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Jefferson County.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 300 S. Fourth St., Steubenville, 43952
  • When was it listed? 2006-03-02
  • Category. building
  • Township. Steubenville city
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 06000093 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

The ground it stands on

58,298 words

The chapter on Steubenville Township in Genealogical Selections from the Steubenville Weekly Gazette, 1891: Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, published 1891 names Steubenville. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

AWFUL ACCIDENT---One of the most horrible accidents on the Panhandle R.R. for some years occurred near Coshocton Tuesday evening. . . in which WHEELER BURGESS was fatally injured, JOHN CURN and ROBERT DAVIS of THOS. FRITH's crew of stone bridge builders from this city were killed. . . (men were riding on a hand car, overtaken by train, these three had no time to jump from car). The three bodies arrived in Steubenville Wednesday morning. Davis' body was taken t6 the residence of THOMAS ROBERTS on Eighth Street. Curn's body was taken to his late residence at the corner of Eighth and Adams Streets. The body of Burgess was taken to his late residence, a new house just completed last summer on South Fourth Street.

Passage source: Genealogical Selections from the Steubenville Weekly Gazette, 1891: Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, published 1891.

We are grieved to announce today the death of M. JENNIE, wife of FREDERICK FRIDE, which occurred this morning at her home on West Market Street, of inflammation of the bowels, aged 25 years. She was a daughter of GEORGE and ELIZABETH SHARLETT, and was born in Steubenville. She had been married less than a year. . . Her remains will be laid to rest in the Union Cemetery Sunday afternoon.

Passage source: Genealogical Selections from the Steubenville Weekly Gazette, 1891: Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, published 1891.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Steubenville Township - 58,298 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

4 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of First Methodist Episcopal--Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church between 2002 and 2017, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 April 2003Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryCROSS CREEK RD.
1 April 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1783
28 February 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7096
29 January 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryWELLSBURG

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 504 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 504 specimens collected within 10 miles of First Methodist Episcopal--Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church between 1836 and 1974: 281 Animalia, 183 Plantae, 39 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A. W. Cusick, Allison W. Cusick and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Vitis aestivalis Michx.Vitis aestivalis Michx.1836Jewett
Specimen of Polygonum erectum L.Polygonum erectum L.1902Kellerman, W.A.Fernwood, Jefferson Co., Ohio
Specimen of Puccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) LinkPuccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) Link1902W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Betula lenta, not of this specimenBetula lenta L.1877Wertz, H.W.Buffalo Creek near Wheeling
A photograph of the species Carex hirsutella, not of this specimenCarex hirsutella Mack.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium acuminatum, not of this specimenDichanthelium acuminatum subsp. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann & Lelong1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium latifolium, not of this specimenDichanthelium latifolium (L.) Harvill1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, not of this specimenDichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Elymus hystrix, not of this specimenElymus hystrix L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Fagus grandifolia, not of this specimenFagus grandifolia Ehrh.1877Guttenberg, H.G.Wellsburg
A photograph of the species Galium circaezans, not of this specimenGalium circaezans Michx.1877Guttenberg, G.near Steubenville
A photograph of the species Hypericum mutilum, not of this specimenHypericum mutilum L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville

All 504 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of First Methodist Episcopal--Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church: 2 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Chromium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Steubenville SmelterIron, ChromiumPlant
Wheeling-Pgh/ Mingo Junction, OhioIronProducer
Wheeling-Pittsburgh/ SteubenvilleIronProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this property

60 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steubenville, the town this property stands in, in 62 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 46 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSteubenville1 hurt, $10,000Broadcast media reported trees down on Highland Avenue and one tree landed on a house prompting a hospital visit for a mother and her two children.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$150,000A trained spotter reported trees and power lines down in and around Steubenville.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$100,000Reports from newspapers showed numerous trees and power lines down across the city of Steubenvile.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$20,000Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a business in Steubenville.
January 1996Flash FloodSteubenville$20,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$15,000Law enforcement in Jefferson county reports of trees and power lines down countywide.
June 2023LightningSteubenville$10,000Lightning struck a home. Damage unknown.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$10,000A trained spotter reported trees down on Route 7.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in Steubenville, with the heaviest damage occurring in the city's West End.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across the area.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$7,000Numerous large trees and power lines down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$5,000A few trees were reported to be blown down near Steubenville.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$5,000Large branches were blown down, and power outages were reported along Sunset Boulevard.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$5,000Local 911 reported numerous trees down across the Steubenville area.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$5,000State official reported multiple trees down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$5,000A small cluster of snapped trees and limbs were found during an NWS storm survey.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$5,000The public reported large branches broken.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$5,000Tree down along Rte 7.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$5,000Large trees blown down on Lawson Ave, Ross St, and N 5th St. 5000 customers lost electricity.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$5,000Some small trees and several large branches were downed by thunderstorm winds throughout the county.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$5,000Trees were downed on Maiden Lane.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$4,000Trees down.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$3,000Several large trees were reported to be snapped.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$3,000State officials reported trees down at the intersection of Sinclaire Avenue and John Scott Highway.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$3,000State officials reported downed trees.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$3,000Trees and power lines reported down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$3,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$3,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$2,000Over a dozen shingles were blown from the roof of a house.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$2,000Emergency management reports a tree down in Steubenville.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$2,00060 mph wind gust in Steubenville. Trees down in Steubenville and Wintersville.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$2,000Large branches and a few trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$2,000Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$1,000A tree was reported down on Sinclair Avenue and Coal Hill Road.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$1,000Trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$1,000Large branches and a tree downed by thunderstorm winds near Steubenville.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindSteubenville$1,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSteubenville-Tree down on parked cars along Sunset Blvd in Steubenville.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSteubenville-Tree fell on car.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSteubenville-Social media report of snapped trees in Steubenville.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSteubenville-A 911 Call Center reported multiple reports of trees down across the county.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindSteubenville-A trained spotter reported trees down along Braybarton Boulevard.
September 2018Heavy RainSteubenville-A COOP observer recorded 5.77 inches of rain for a 72 hour storm total.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSteubenville-The public reports and estimated wind gust of 58mph.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindSteubenville-60 mph gust knocked down power lines, cutting power to 800 customers.
May 2017HailSteubenville-no account filed
May 2014HailSteubenville-no account filed
May 2014HailSteubenville-no account filed
July 2013HailSteubenville-no account filed
April 2011HailSteubenville-no account filed
April 2011HailSteubenville-no account filed
March 2011HailSteubenville-no account filed
April 2002HailSteubenville-no account filed
April 2002HailSteubenville-no account filed
May 2002HailSteubenville-no account filed
April 2001HailSteubenville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

Newspapers printed here

0 digitised pages

1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 0 issues, 0 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

NewspaperPublished
True American1855 to 1861

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Named in the fire insurance atlases

Sanborn surveyors printed an index of the town's establishments at the front of each atlas. This property is named in one, read straight off the scanned sheet.

From the nomination file

5,890 words on record

When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Enter categories from instructions) for National Register listing) - A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of -B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. 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 distinguishable entity whose components 1914 - 1950 lack individual distinction. - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield Significant Dates 1914, 1945, 1946, ca. 1950 A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes.

(Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or a grave. Cultural Affiliation - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. LG less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Unknown at present Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

The whole case file for this property - 5,890 words, 63 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 06000093, 63 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Carnegie Library of Steubenville0.1 miles1992
Ohio Valley Clay Company0.4 miles1979
Steubenville YMCA Building0.4 miles1982
Market Street Section, Retaining Wall and Water Trough0.7 miles1992
Federal Land Office1.3 miles1973
Central High School2.6 miles1987

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06000093 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jefferson CountyAll 17 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.