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St. Mary's Church of the Immaculate Conception

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 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

“Immaculate Conception Catholic Church is a historic Catholic parish at Fulda in rural Noble County, Ohio, United States. Established in the 1840s among a group of German immigrants, it worships in a landmark building that dominates the surrounding community.”

Wikipedia article Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Fulda, Ohio), CC BY-SA 4.0.

one of 8 National Register listings in Noble County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

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. Off OH 564, Fulda, 43724
  • When was it listed? 1980-07-21
  • Category. building
  • Township. Enoch township
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 80003202 - 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.

Fires near this property

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of St. Mary's Church of the Immaculate Conception between 2012 and 2020, burning about 68 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
18 February 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7068
7 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources16016
14 November 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2465
31 January 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Noble County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 96 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 96 specimens collected within 10 miles of St. Mary's Church of the Immaculate Conception between 1860 and 1974: 76 Animalia, 14 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W., Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Dennis, D. M. 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
A photograph of the species Plethodon glutinosus, not of this specimenPlethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818)1860unknownstate route 77, 2 m ENE of Summerfield along Sunfish Creek
A photograph of the species Trillium sessile, not of this specimenTrillium sessile L.1884NoneMacksburg
A photograph of the species Colletotrichum trifolii, not of this specimenColletotrichum trifolii Bain1911Scarberry J. J.MACKSBURG
A photograph of the species Erysiphe polygoni, not of this specimenErysiphe polygoni DC.1912E. BartholomewCaldwell
A photograph of the species Populus tremuloides, not of this specimenPopulus tremuloides Michx.1922Davis, H.A.Marion
A photograph of the species Bufo americanus, not of this specimenBufo americanus Holbrook, 18361929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Bufo fowleri, not of this specimenBufo fowleri Hinckley, 18821929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Carpiodes cyprinus, not of this specimenCarpiodes cyprinus hinei Trautman, 19561929MB Trautman & ass't.Seneca Fork, trib. of Wills Creek, extreme northern Marion Twp.
A photograph of the species Luxilus cornutus, not of this specimenLuxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817)1929MB TrautmanTrib. of the Seneca Fork of Wills Creek, northern Marion Twp.
A photograph of the species Notropis deliciosus, not of this specimenNotropis deliciosus (Girard, 1856)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Duck Creek, within Ex west Jefferson township, near Harriettsville, Jefferson township
A photograph of the species Notropis umbratilis, not of this specimenNotropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Duck Creek, within Ex west Jefferson township, near Harriettsville, Jefferson township
A photograph of the species Noturus miurus, not of this specimenNoturus miurus Jordan, 18771929MB Trautman & ass't.Seneca Fork, trib. of Wills Creek, extreme northern Marion Twp.

All 96 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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.

From the nomination file

1,801 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.

Description of the property

St. Mary's Church of the Immaculate Conception is a Romanesque Revival edifice, executed in Paired brackets, reminiscent of the Italianate modes of the late nineteenth century, ar- The interior of this building is clearly its finest-quality. Basilican in plan, it was apparently rather plain at the time of its original construction. However, various ornamental Columbus. In 1900, the greatest redecoration project began, under the pastorate of John supported by a series of clustered columns with lavish capitals, clearly defining the interior space of the church. New stained glass windows, imported from Europe, were also installed Cleveland decorator, Cook Brothers, and Caldwell contractor, L.

Mills and Sons, executing the Hackert Studios of Chicago and New York, in conjunction with Joseph Dickmann. (It is said Condition unexposed fair izing the Kingship of Jesus Check one ticulate the eaves. condition.All voids are round-arched, many set in blind arches which are sligltly recessed. the side altars in 1889,both purchased from the Josephinum Church Furniture Co.in work itself. A second redecoration was undertaken in 1944 under the direction of the Karl featuring a central tower which projects only slightly from the plane of the facade. When removed sometime after 1948,thus leaving the exterior of the church in an almost original brick, measuring 60'x120'.

The building is oriented toward the west, with its 3-bay facade the church was new, no steeple rose from this tower; in 1900, during a major renovation of alterations have taken place over the years: The main altar was installed in 1886' and fold for a time, but who was being welcomed back at this time) The precise decoration scheme the general color scheme is light blue and old rose, with lavish application of gold, symbol- The sides of the church feature 7-bay configurations capped with an arcaded corbel table.

Read the complete 1,801-word case file.

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) significance, as clearly the finest architectural specimen in the village of Fulda.

It and, perched as it is atop an 1000 foot rise, it is obviously the architectural, as with its high altar, yaulted ceiling, and, polychrome decoration,,is, one of,the finest populated by German Catholics; indeed, the village itself was named for the Westphalian 1500-1599 1400-1499 1600-1699 commerce 1700-1799 economics communications transportation Builder/Architect education engineering invention industry Period theater literature exploration/settlement humanitarian music agriculture Specific dates prehistoric law is characteristic of the Romanesque Revival parish church of the late 19th century, town from whence came many of the original settlers.The present church was erected The church was constructed in 1874,replacing an earlier building built in 1853,six under the pastorate of D.J.Klueber who served the parish from 1860 to 1883.This other (specify) parish has supplied 8young men to the priesthood as well as more than 30 women to the military social/ _art _architecture wel1, as the spiritual anchor of the village.

Also, the interior described in #7, this is among the finest in, the state. years after the founding of the parish in 1847. This parish then, as now, was primarily sisterhood. Although the population of the parish has decreased recently, the church gem. 1900- St. Mary's Church of the Immaculate Conception is nominated for its architectural As_far as.rural ecclesiastical architectural.interior ornament in southeastern,Ohio..

The whole case file for this property - 1,801 words, 13 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 80003202, 13 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

Listed places nearby

5 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
Huffman Covered Bridge5.0 miles1975
Caldwell, Samuel, House5.4 miles1980
Young-Shaw House5.5 miles1980
Noble County Jail and Sheriff's Office5.6 miles2004
St. Henry Roman Catholic Church and Rectory7.7 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80003202 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Noble CountyAll 8 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.