Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 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.
“Christ Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 120 Ohio Street in Huron, Ohio, in the United States. On March 4, 1975, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article Christ Episcopal Church (Huron, Ohio), CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 175 National Register listings in Erie County · listed in 1975 · category: Building · one of 2 National Historic Landmarks in Erie County.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The chapter on Huron Township in A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio, published 1916 names Huron. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The Township of Huron is irregular in form on account of its bordering on Lake Erie. The greatest length is from east to west, and the greatest width is at the western side where it extends from Milan Township on the south across part of Sandusky Bay and the base of Cedar Point to Lake Erie, whose turbulent and shallow waters wash its whole northern side, and at various points on the shores have dug away many acres of once valuable farming land. The Huron River, which enters the township from Milan and flows diagonally across the eastern portion, emptying into the lake at the eastern side of the Town of Huron, is a deep stream, with rather abrupt, though not high banks.
Passage source: A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio, published 1916.
The river is navigable for quite large vessels for several miles, and for small boats for a much greater distance. Its mouth forms one of the best harbors on the south shore of Lake Erie, which made Huron an important point and caused it to be, probably, the first town settled in the Firelands. Early travelers coming up the lake in small boats found the Huron River an easy means of penetrating into the back country, and in the earlier times, explorers may have portaged across to the tributaries of the Ohio and found their way to the Mississippi.
Passage source: A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio, published 1916.
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 Huron Township - 4,953 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,844 specimens collected within 10 miles of Christ Episcopal Church between 1860 and 1975: 1,346 Animalia, 1,209 Plantae, 256 Fungi, 26 Chromista, 7 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. Dowdy, A. F. Satterthwait 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Laestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz | 1899 | F.L. Scribner | |
 | Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.Moore | 1900 | Grover, F.O. | "Dry sandy hillside, shaded |
 | Perca Linnaeus, 1758 | 1860 | Smithsonian Institution | Sandusky |
 | Vermivora chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1868 | No Person (Birds) | Taylor |
 | Carduus nutans L. | 1874 | Jones, G.T. | Berlin Twp., just W of Ceylon |
 | Macropetalichthys rhapheidolabis Norwood & Owen, 1846 (fossil) | 1881 | D. S. Young | |
 | Apios tuberosa Moench | 1885 | Wilkinson, E. | Cedar Point |
 | Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link | 1885 | Wilkinson, E. | Cedar Point |
 | Artemisia caudata Michx. | 1886 | Wilkinson, E. | Cedar Point |
 | Graminopassalora graminis (Fuckel) U.Braun, C.Nakash., Videira & Crous | 1886 | William Trelease; A. Commons | Madison |
 | Panicum virgatum L. | 1886 | Wilkinson, E. | Cedar Point |
| Apocynum sibiricum Jacq. | 1896 | Watson, J.R. | North Ohio |
All 2,844 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Christ Episcopal Church: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron Lime Company Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Horon Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Huron Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Shinrock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Shinrock Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huron, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 lightning, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Huron | $2,500,000 | Widespread flooding across western and central Erie County, including the cities of Sandusky and Huron, Margaretta Township, Perkins Township, Oxford Township, and Huron Township. Officials estimated hundreds of homes impacted by basement flooding per local media reports. Widespread road closures due to flooding. Some of the roads impacted by flooding include US-6 from the Sandusky city limits to OH-269, Homegardner Road between OH-269 and Bardshar Road, Campbell Street at Pipe Creek, Old Railroad Road at Mills Creek, Bogart Road at Pipe Creek and at Patten Tract Road, Patten Tract Road at Fox Road and Mason Road, Ransom Road at Wood Road, and Hull Avenue at Lawrence Avenue. Huron High School damaged by flooding. Animal shelter needed evacuated due to flooding. Several residents requiring evacuation near Pipe Creek near Columbus Avenue. Cars stranded in underpass on Columbus Avenue. Apartment complex flooded out in the southeast portion of the city of Sandusky. Radar estimated 3 to 4.75 inches of rainfall in a three hour period, with the highest amount along the Lake Erie shoreline from Sandusky to Huron. |
| June 1996 | Lightning | Huron | $350,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huron | $50,000 | Thunderstorm downburst winds estimated to be at least 60 mph caused damage at a mobile home park in Huron. Several mobile homes were damaged and at least one car port was leveled. Several utility poles and trees in the area were also toppled. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huron | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees. At least a couple of roads were blocked by fallen trees. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Huron | $15,000 | Half dollar sized hail was observed. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Huron | $10,000 | Thunderstorms produced a swatch of quarter size hail. Damaged windows were reported during this thunderstorm. |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Huron | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huron | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and some large limbs. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huron | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huron | $2,000 | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huron | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huron | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a couple large tree limbs. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huron | - | Trees, tree limbs, and utility poles downed about four-miles SSW of Huron. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huron | - | Large tree snapped halfway up in Huron. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huron | - | Several trees downed in Huron. |
| October 2020 | Hail | Huron | - | Quarter-size hail in Huron. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Huron | - | Hail the size of quarters was observed. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Huron | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huron | - | An automated sensor at the Huron Lighthouse measured a 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Huron | - | Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Huron | - | Thunderstorms produced plain M&M to penny sized hail. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Huron | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Huron | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Huron | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| July 2000 | Waterspout | Huron | - | A waterspout was observed on Lake Erie approximately two miles north of Huron. |
| June 1998 | Waterspout | Huron | - | Numerous water spouts were reported on Lake Erie around Huron and Catawba Island. They did not come ashore and no damage was reported. |
| April 1996 | Lightning | Huron | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Lightning | Huron | - | 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 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.
four windows on the side elevations, and two entrances on the north entrance to the sanctuary was changed to the south, and the chancel arch was revealed on the interior, and forms the backdrop to the by aluminum pointed arches were added to the windows.The tower has corner - 16th Century SPECIFIC DATE(s) (If Applicable and Known) - Theater - Music - Transportation STATEMENT OF
feature, the recessed blind arch of the original facade, now exposed on the interior. demolition of its old town hall and other structures, the church design of the facade arch is identical to that of the first NOV 11 1974 1839 Conservation losophy Commerce Architecture Religion/Phi Landscape Military REGISTER SIGNIFICANCE Aboriginal Communications Prehistoric Agriculture Science Industry Invention itarian Literature Social/Human- Pre-Columbian RECEIVED surviving in Huron. Engineering Sculpture building was erected in 1830,the feature must be considered kind of modern alterations, this building might be considered a late Adam design. of marginal significance.However, in view of the fact that Education An Episcopal society first met in Huron in 1832. The Rev.
NATIONAL' The building of Christ Episcopal Church is the oldest public building of the Methodist Church in Norwalk, ten miles away. In its general character, and because of the number and From this might be inferred the same builder, and as that building remaining in Huron. It displays one unusual architectural Samuel Marks became pastor of the congregation in 1839.The Political the city of Huron has undergone urban renewal clearance,.the cornerstone of the building was laid on March 7,1839.The Urban Planning Other PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Art William Williams, History of the Firelands (Cleveland, 1879), 474.
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PRO-ERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINI OF A PHOPERTY APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Less than one State O NOV 11 1974 .
The whole case file for this property - 2,103 words, 14 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 75001379, 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Huron School | 0.2 miles | 2011 |
 | Huron Harbor Light | 0.8 miles | 1991 |
 | Abbott-Page House | 4.4 miles | 1975 |
 | Stone House, The | 5.8 miles | 2010 |
 | Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility | 7.0 miles | 1985 |
 | Lockwood, J. C., House | 7.0 miles | 1974 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75001379 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Erie County | All 175 listed properties in this county. |
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