Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
“Episcopal Church of the Ascension and Manse is a historic church at 1101 and 1109 Eleventh Street in Wellsville, Ohio.”
Wikipedia article Episcopal Church of the Ascension and Manse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 45 National Register listings published here for Columbiana County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
The chapter on Wellsville Village in City of Wellsville in Black and White, published 1903 names Wellsville. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The Methodist Episcopal Church was the first religious denomination established in Wellsville. Its large membership includes some of the most prominent people of the city and in all things it is abreast of the age. It has valuable property in the heart of the city, and two missions under its care. Rev. C. E. Clark, the present pastor, is an aggressive, forceful and attractive preacher. He is considered one of the ablest ministers of the citv and is president of the Wellsville Ministerial Association.
Passage source: City of Wellsville in Black and White, published 1903.
The Rev. Mr. Lee, then assistant minister of St. Paul's Church, Steubenville. gave the little flock occasional services. The hall over Mr. Wm. Bright's drug store was neatly fitted up for church purposes, but previous to this time, through the kindness of the trustees of the First Methodist Church, their house of worship was used by this newly formed society, and in which Bishop Bedell performed for the first time in Wellsville the solemn rite of confirmation and also administered the holy sacraments of baptism and holy communion. On the 5th of September, 1863, something like a permanent organization was effected under the name and style of the Church of the Ascension of Wellsville, and a vestry chosen.
Passage source: City of Wellsville in Black and White, published 1903.
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 Wellsville Village - 13,160 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Episcopal Church of the Ascension and Manse between 1993 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | MIDDLE RUN RD. |
| 6 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | LOCUST HILL RD. |
| 21 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15816 |
| 19 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | KITCHEL AVE. NEAR NEWELL |
| 23 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 June 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WASHINGTON SCHOOL ROAD |
| 13 June 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | GAS VALLEY RD. |
| 1 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | ARROYO ROAD |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 404 specimens collected within 10 miles of Episcopal Church of the Ascension and Manse between 1889 and 1975: 289 Animalia, 101 Plantae, 14 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Mac Gillivroy, Albert Peyron, Athearn, Herbert D. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon | 1916 | E.K. Seymour | Lower campus |
 | Polyporus conchifer (Schwein.) Fr. | 1923 | F.O. Grover | On Campus |
 | Dryopteris × triploidea Wherry | 1967 | Cusick, A.W. | pinnae at right angles to rachis; rich woods in small ravine, Middle fork Valley near Lusk's Lock, Beaver Creek State Park, Section 27, Elk Run Twp. |
 | Polistes annularis (Linnaeus, 1763) | 1889 | A. D. Mac Gillivroy | Salineville |
 | Polistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793) | 1889 | not recorded | Salineville |
| Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson, 1840) | 1891 | not recorded | ||
| Bombus ashtoni (Cresson, 1864) | 1892 | unknown | Salineville | |
 | Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) | 1892 | not recorded | Salineville |
| Megachile mendica Cresson, 1878 | 1892 | unknown | Salineville | |
 | Polyporus luridus Kalchbr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | Spring Grove |
 | Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1899 | not recorded | East Liverpool |
 | Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs | 1900 | Shafer, J.A. | [Glasglow], Smiths Ferry |
All 404 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Episcopal Church of the Ascension and Manse: 10 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Kittanning Fire Clay | Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium | Prospect | ||
| Wellsville Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Iron City Plant and Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Iron City Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dando Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dando Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Globe Number 1 Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Globe Refractories, Inc. | Clay | Producer | ||
| H.K. Porter Brick Plant | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Irondale Mine | Clay | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellsville, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees. A house was severely damaged by a falling tree. Route 39 was blocked by downed trees. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Wellsville | $25,000 | A county official reported numerous roads closed due to flooding in Wellsville. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | $10,000 | Trees down. Wind blew power lines down, onto car. Car caught fire! |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | $5,000 | Trees were blown down in Wellsville. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | $5,000 | Emergency manager reported trees down on roads in Wellsville. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | $2,000 | Local law enforcement reported several trees down. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | $2,000 | The public reported large branches down. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | $2,000 | Trees blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | $1,000 | Trees down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | $500 | The public reported trees down. |
| August 2013 | Flood | Wellsville | - | State official reported three feet of water on Anderson Street in Wellsville. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Wellsville | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Wellsville | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Wellsville | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Wellsville | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Wellsville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Wellsville | - | no account filed |
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.
housed the furnace for the church. Iarge pointed decorative wooden surround.The lower two windows are lancet- structure with a slate gable roof and board and batten siding resting on a Newman Brothers organ made in 1858 was returned to the church where it was 8.
(in one paragraph) the few frame Gothic style, board and batten churches remaining in the area as into a diocese the following year. During the 1850's and 1860's the upper Church and then a public hall until1871,when a new church edifice was built. the church in 1881 and by 1918 the number had grown to 112. In 1940 the WelIsville's population fell from 7600 to 5100 residents.
1500-1599 1700-1799 1600-1699 1400-1499 communications conservation economics transportation engineering art theater education commerce archeology-prehistoric religion industry Period unknown humanitarian invention science literature prehistoric exploration/settlement agriculture law music philosophy 1900- military sculpture community planning particularly appropriate for a ninetenth century frame Episcopal church and landscape architecture criterion C as distinctive expressions of Gothic vernacular architecture in The Episcopal Church of the Ascension and Manse are significant under church sanctuary exhibits a unique pressed metal ceiling supported by wooden two buildings visually while setting them off from the neighboring The Church of the Ascension was established in 1863 by a group of Episcopal County.Since that time the congregation has diminished largely asa result Columbiana County.
1871 followed by the brick parsonage in 1910.There were 41 communicants in A railroad excursion from Wellsville to Cleveland in June,1870 helped raise Church of the Ascension was one of four Episcopal congregations in Columbiana Built 1870-1871,both the church and manse are distinguished by their board well as being the oldest known Episcopal church building still standing in $2,500 toward construction of the church.The church manse was completed in Ohio valley around Wellsville and East Liverpool was settled by groups of Virtually all of the 13 historic stained glass windows on the church are manse still exhibits board and batten wall surfaces, a slate roof and two over Specific dates 1870-1871;1910 organize Episcopal Churches throughout Columbiana County.
The whole case file for this property - 2,195 words, 17 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 86001061, 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Daniel McBean Farmstead | 3.6 miles | 2005 |
 | East Liverpool Pottery | 3.8 miles | 1971 |
 | Elks Club | 3.8 miles | 1985 |
 | Ikirt House | 3.9 miles | 1980 |
 | Travelers Hotel | 3.9 miles | 1986 |
 | City Hall | 3.9 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86001061 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Columbiana County | All 45 listed properties in this county. |
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