Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 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.
“Mark's Episcopal Church is a historic church building at 146 College Street, Wadsworth, Ohio.”
Wikipedia article St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Wadsworth, Ohio), CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 27 National Register listings in Medina County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The chapter on Wadsworth City in Wadsworth Memorial: Containing an Account of the Proceedings of the Celebration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the First Settlement of the Township of Wadsworth, Ohio, published 1875 names Wadsworth. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1874, The sixtieth anniversary of the settlement of Wadsworth, called to revive old recollections, and renew old acquaintances. We hope to see every old pioneer now living, wherever scattered abroad, present on that occasion. Manv have a.lreadv given assurance that they \\ isl be present if alive. We also invile all the Mothers, Wives, Sisters, Daughters, Fathers, Husbands, Sons, and clesceiidants of the old pioneers, and all tl.eir friends, assuring them of a most cordial welcome. Arrangements will be made for the accommodation of all who will favor us with their presence. Let each one bring with him any interesting
Passage source: Wadsworth Memorial: Containing an Account of the Proceedings of the Celebration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the First Settlement of the Township of Wadsworth, Ohio, published 1875.
Come, then, old pioneers, and see the Wadsworth of today - witness the result of your labors, cheer us by your presence and help us to make it a gala-day. We expect one of the largest meetings of the kind ever held, and hope to have a good time generally. Please write to us on receipt of this, and assure us of your presence if possible ; and if not, write anyway. Address Corresponding Secretary.
Passage source: Wadsworth Memorial: Containing an Account of the Proceedings of the Celebration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the First Settlement of the Township of Wadsworth, Ohio, published 1875.
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 Wadsworth City - 82,555 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of St. Mark's Episcopal Church between 2009 and 2009, burning about 0 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 November 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 63 specimens collected within 10 miles of St. Mark's Episcopal Church between 1891 and 1975: 53 Animalia, 8 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05], C. Sabrosky, Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Aquilegia canadensis L. | 1897 | Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05] | [label: Flora of the Western Reserve] Medina O. [Ohio] |
 | Eucamptonyx Perkins, 1907 | 1917 | J. Houser | Western Ohio |
 | Plantago cordata Lam. | 1891 | F. E. Lloyd | Selsville, north of Columbus |
 | Galba Schrank, 1803 | 1906 | Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen | Chippewa Lake |
 | Polyporus pinicola (Sw.) Fr. | 1906 | Humphrey, Clarence | Silver Creek, coal mine |
 | Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. | 1911 | Hopkins, L.S. | Chippewa Lake |
 | Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck, 1838) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Granger Twp., Medina Co., Ohio |
 | Rana sylvatica LeConte, 1825 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Granger Twp., Medina Co., Ohio |
 | Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) | 1937 | Kukowitch, R. F. (R. Frank) | Chippewa Lake, Medina Co., OH |
| Smerinthus jamaicensis Drury, 1773 | 1937 | Kukowitch, R. F. (R. Frank) | Chippewa Lake, Medina Co., OH | |
 | Hymenostylium recurvirostrum (Hedw.) Dixon | 1938 | F. Bartley | |
| Crabronidae | 1939 | K., R. F. | Chippewa Lake, Medina Co., OH |
All 63 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of St. Mark's Episcopal Church: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koontz Sandstone Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Koontz Ss Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| General Wadsworth Brick No 4 Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Keiper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Keiper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Number 4 Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Number 5 Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Number 5 Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Silchuk Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Silchuk Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wadsworth, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 20 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | 3 hurt | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| August 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Wadsworth | $500,000 | A tornado briefly touched down, ripping the roof off a middle school and downing numerous trees. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wadsworth | $75,000 | Quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported. Some vehicles were damaged. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and many large limbs. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Wadsworth | $20,000 | Dime to quarter size hail was reported. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $15,000 | Law Enforcement reported numerous large tree branches down over a quarter mile stretch which caused structural damage to 3 homes. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $5,000 | Several large trees downed. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $5,000 | Numerous trees were downed in Wadsworth and Seville. An estimated sixty mile per hour wind gust was reported along the Medina/Wayne county line. A grain field was flattened in the Wadsworth area. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $5,000 | Trees were downed. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $4,000 | Trees were downed. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several small trees near the intersection of Interstate 76 and State Route 57. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $3,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $2,000 | A tree and large limb was reported down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs near Wadsworth. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $1,500 | Tree fell onto a car about one-mile north of downtown Wadsworth. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Hail up to quarter-size in Wadsworth. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | Trained spotter in Wadsworth estimated a peak gust of 65 mph from passing QLCS. Also noted downed tree limbs and shingles blown off roofs. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | Several trees down one mile southwest of Wadsworth. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | A large tree was blown down. This storm report was from social media. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | A measured 60 mph wind gust was recorded with the thunderstorm. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | A measured wind gust of 60 mph was recorded with this thunderstorm. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Hail up to quarter size was observed. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
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.
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 reproduced in full on its own page, word for word and 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.
The whole case file for this property - 1,168 words, 10 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 73001506, 10 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Chandler, Matthew, House | 4.2 miles | 1978 |
 | Seville Jail | 7.1 miles | 1997 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73001506 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Medina County | All 27 listed properties in this county. |
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