Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1925.
One of 343 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
This property stands in Madison Township. History of Franklin County [Ohio]:, published 1858 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
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 Madison Township - 792 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Canal Winchester Methodist Church between 2010 and 2020, burning about 26 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Wayne National Forest | SR 522 |
| 7 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15924 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 713 specimens collected within 10 miles of Canal Winchester Methodist Church between 1895 and 1975: 702 Animalia, 6 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Plantae, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. A. Petrovic, C. H. R., Caldwell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erysiphe cichoracearum DC. | 1895 | F.L. Stevens | ||
 | Allocapnia vivipara (Claassen, 1924) | 1896 | not recorded | |
 | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Masons Run, Franklin County, Ohio |
 | Cambarus diogenes Girard, 1852 | 1897 | R.C.O. et al. | Lockbourne |
 | Cambarus robustus Girard, 1852 | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Alum Creek |
 | Cambarus rusticus Girard, 1852 | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Big Walnut Creek |
 | Etheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Big Walnut Creek, Franklin County, Ohio |
 | Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 1840 | 1897 | Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll) | Big Walnut Creek, near confluence with Alum and Blacklick Creeks, 2.0 miles NW of Groveport OH, NW Madison Township |
| Etheostoma sciotense Osburn & Williamson, 1898 | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Big Walnut Creek, tributary of Scioto River, Ohio | |
 | Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Masons Run, Franklin County, Ohio |
| Hybopsis dissimilis (Kirtland, 1840) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Big Walnut Creek, Franklin County, Ohio | |
 | Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Scioto Big Run, Franklin County, Ohio |
All 713 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Canal Winchester Methodist Church: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Walnut Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Big Walnut Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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.
A one story wing was added to the rear of the building in 1920 and another larger windows above the paneled door entrances. wing was added in 1958.The building was rehabilitated on the exterior and interior The original Canal Winchester Methodist Church structure is a 1y story 4 bay by _moved date X good ruins arched stained glass windows) and a 2-story square bell tower with brick corbeling 8.
(in one paragraph) In 1969 when the worldwide Evangelical United Bretheran Church merged with the Methodist Church, Canal Winchester needed to distinguish between its two United 1600-1699 1800-1899 1700-1799 1500-1599 education conservation economics engineering transportation industry communications humanitarian science Period invention music 1400-1499 Canal Winchester Methodist Church is an excellent example of ecclesiastical Late was completed in July,1904ata cost of almost $6,400.The pointed-arched stained A complete rehabilitation of the property in 1978 costing the church $55,000. - archeology-prehistoric - community planning - landscape architecture. - religion Gothic Revival Architecture in Canal Winchester. Designed by J.C. Gault, the style in the area.
illustrates the congregation's interest in the preservation of the building. Specific dates 1902-1904 Faith United Methodist Church and the other was named Hope United Methodist Church.
The whole case file for this property - 1,515 words, 15 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 82003567, 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Arendt-Seymour House | 0.1 miles | 1989 |
 | Times Building-Lodge Hall | 0.1 miles | 1989 |
 | Henry J. Epley House | 0.1 miles | 1989 |
 | Methodist Church Parsonage | 0.1 miles | 1989 |
| Columbus Street Historic District | 0.1 miles | 1988 | |
 | David's Reformed Church | 0.1 miles | 1989 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82003567 in Record Group 79. |
| Franklin County | All 343 listed properties in this county. |
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