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Episcopal Church of the Ascension and Manse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 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

“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 35 National Register listings in Columbiana County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Columbiana County.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 1101 and 1109 Eleventh St., Wellsville, 43968
  • When was it listed? 1986-05-15
  • Category. building
  • Township. Wellsville village
  • National Register reference number. 86001061 - 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.

The ground it stands on

13,160 words

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.

Fires near this property

23 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Episcopal Church of the Ascension and Manse between 1993 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning12
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
10 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryMIDDLE RUN RD.
21 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15816
19 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryKITCHEL AVE. NEAR NEWELL
1 May 2018Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryARROYO ROAD
8 April 1993Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryCRESENT
7 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15128
6 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestry2507 LOCUST HILL ROAD
6 April 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryAUBURN DR/LOCUST HILL

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 404 shown

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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.SalmonSphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon1916E.K. SeymourLower campus
Specimen of Polyporus conchifer (Schwein.) Fr.Polyporus conchifer (Schwein.) Fr.1923F.O. GroverOn Campus
Specimen of Dryopteris × triploidea WherryDryopteris × triploidea Wherry1967Cusick, 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.
A photograph of the species Polistes annularis, not of this specimenPolistes annularis (Linnaeus, 1763)1889A. D. Mac GillivroySalineville
A photograph of the species Polistes fuscatus, not of this specimenPolistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793)1889not recordedSalineville
Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson, 1840)1891not recorded
Bombus ashtoni (Cresson, 1864)1892unknownSalineville
A photograph of the species Bombus pensylvanicus, not of this specimenBombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)1892not recordedSalineville
Megachile mendica Cresson, 18781892unknownSalineville
A photograph of the species Polyporus luridus, not of this specimenPolyporus luridus Kalchbr.1895Holden Wm.Spring Grove
A photograph of the species Dumetella carolinensis, not of this specimenDumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1899not recordedEast Liverpool
A photograph of the species Dryopteris carthusiana, not of this specimenDryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs1900Shafer, J.A.[Glasglow], Smiths Ferry

All 404 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Episcopal Church of the Ascension and Manse: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wellsville PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Globe Number 1 MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Globe Refractories, Inc.ClayProducer
H.K. Porter Brick PlantClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbiana County

Storms near this property

17 since 1996

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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWellsville$30,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees. A house was severely damaged by a falling tree. Route 39 was blocked by downed trees.
June 2010FloodWellsville$25,000A county official reported numerous roads closed due to flooding in Wellsville.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWellsville$10,000Trees down. Wind blew power lines down, onto car. Car caught fire!
June 2020Thunderstorm WindWellsville$5,000Trees were blown down in Wellsville.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindWellsville$5,000Emergency manager reported trees down on roads in Wellsville.
November 2017Thunderstorm WindWellsville$2,000Local law enforcement reported several trees down.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindWellsville$2,000The public reported large branches down.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindWellsville$2,000Trees blown down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWellsville$1,000Trees down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWellsville$500The public reported trees down.
August 2013FloodWellsville-State official reported three feet of water on Anderson Street in Wellsville.
June 2013HailWellsville-no account filed
July 2012HailWellsville-no account filed
July 2012HailWellsville-no account filed
August 2004HailWellsville-no account filed
April 2001HailWellsville-no account filed
April 1996HailWellsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbiana County

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

2,195 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

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.

Statement of significance

(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.

Read the complete 2,195-word case file.

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.

Listed places nearby

6 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
McBean, Daniel, Farmstead3.6 miles2005
East Liverpool Pottery3.8 miles1971
Elks Club3.8 miles1985
Ikirt House3.9 miles1980
Travelers Hotel3.9 miles1986
City Hall3.9 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86001061 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Columbiana CountyAll 35 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.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.