Built in 1888 in the Gothic Revival. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 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.
“Michael's Catholic Church is a historic Catholic church in Mechanicsburg, a village in Champaign County, Ohio, United States. Completed in the 1880s, it served a group of Catholics who had already been meeting together for nearly thirty years.”
Wikipedia article St. Michael's Catholic Church (Mechanicsburg, Ohio), CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 27 National Register listings in Champaign County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1888, Gothic Revival.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 87 specimens collected within 10 miles of St. Michael Catholic Church between 1902 and 1973: 42 Animalia, 28 Fungi, 17 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Andrew R. Moldenke, Beattie R. K., Brodo, Irwin 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Aecidium ranunculi Schwein. | 1902 | Schaffner, J.H.; Tyler, F.J. | Brush Lake |
 | Cintractia junci (Schwein.) Trel. | 1902 | Schaffner, J.H.; Tyler, F.J. | Brush Lake |
 | Frommea obtusa (F.Strauss) Arthur | 1902 | J. H. Schaffner; F. J. Tyler | |
 | Phragmidium potentillae (Pers.) P.Karst. | 1902 | J. H. Schaffner & F. J. Tyler | Brush Lake |
 | Puccinia eatoniae Arthur | 1902 | J. H. Schaffner; F. J. Tyler | Brush Lake |
| Puccinia minutissima Arthur | 1902 | J. H. Schaffner; F. J. Tyler | Brush Lake | |
| Puccinia myosotidis Tranzschel | 1902 | Schaffner, J.H.; Tyler, F.J. | Brush Lake | |
| Puccinia nesaeae (W.R.Gerard) Ellis & Everh. | 1902 | J. H. Schaffner & F. J. Tyler | Brush Lake | |
| Stegocintractia junci (Schwein.) M.Piepenbr. | 1902 | J. H. Schaffner & F. J. Tyler | Brush Lake | |
 | Macrosporium catalpae Ellis & G.Martin | 1908 | Rogers H. C. | Mechanicsburg |
| Erysiphe cichoracearum DC. | 1918 | Wing Seed Co.? | Mechanicsburg | |
 | Gibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. | 1922 | Selby A. D.; Selby Linville | Mechanicsburg |
All 87 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mechanicsburg, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $50,000 | Trees and powerlines were downed in town. Two barns sustained extensive roof damage. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced strong winds which destroyed a barn and ripped the roof off a front porch. One inch hail also occurred. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $10,000 | Numerous trees downed. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $10,000 | Numerous trees downed and a roof blown off a barn. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $5,000 | Several trees were downed along South Main Street between Rosedale Road and |Darby Avenue. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down near the intersection of State Routes 29 and 559. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $3,000 | Power poles and lines were knocked down. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $2,000 | Trees were reported down on power lines due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $1,000 | Large branches and wires were knocked down in Mechanicsburg and elsewhere across southern portions of Champaign County. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $1,000 | A tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $500 | A tree was downed. |
| June 2006 | Flood | Mechanicsburg | - | A few roads were flooded. |
| November 2002 | Hail | Mechanicsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Mechanicsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Mechanicsburg | - | 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.
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.
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.
(in one paragraph) The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Champaign County, Ohio N.Recchie, Benj. D. Rickey & Co. 391 Library Park South, Cols., Oh St. Michael's Church Walnut St., west (facade) and north Photo # 10 elevations Mechanicsburg Multiple Resources 7/84 Bldg.H for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number:64000636 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet
The whole case file for this property - 846 words, 7 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 85001892, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Demand-Gest House | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Clark, Dr., House | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Lowler's Tavern | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Mechanicsburg Baptist Church | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Kimball House | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Village Hobby Shop | under 500 feet | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001892 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Champaign County | All 27 listed properties in this county. |
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