Historic church in Ohio, United States
United States historic place
The
First Universalist Church of Olmsted
is a historic
Unitarian Universalist
church in the city of
North Olmsted
,
Ohio
,
United States
. The second-oldest church building in
Cuyahoga County
, it has been a community landmark since the middle of the nineteenth century, and it was officially named a
historic site
in the late twentieth.
North Olmsted's
Universalists
erected their church building in 1847, employing a
Greek Revival
design under the direction of John Ames. The building is a simple rectangle of
frame
;
[2]
covered with
weatherboarding
, the walls rise to a
gable
with a
bell tower
atop the
roofline
at the front of the building. Four rectangular windows pierce the sides, while one such window sits on either side of the front, framing the main entrance. Above the entrance is a short
ogive
window, while the entirety of the gable is constructed as a
pediment
.
[3]
The pediment is the building's most decorative portion, due to components such as it detailed
fanlight
. The church's current bell is more than 150 years old, having been installed in 1851. Overall, the building is a simple version of the Greek Revival style, although some
Victorian
details were added later,
[2]
and the church has been moved from its original site.
[1]
Members of the congregation have long been known for their
liberal religious views
; they appointed their first
female preacher
, Abbie Danforth, in 1878. Conversely, their architectural views are highly conservative;
St. John's Episcopal Church
, erected in 1838, is the county's only extant religious building that predates the North Olmsted Universalist Church. This lack of change was significant to the building's designation as a historic site.
[2]
In November 1980, the church was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
, qualifying both because of its historically significant architecture and because of its place in local history, even though neither churches nor moved buildings are generally considered eligible for addition to the Register. It is one of nine sites in and around North Olmstead and
Olmsted Falls
, along with
John and Maria Adams House
,
Fort Hill
, the
Grand Pacific Hotel
, the
Samuel Lay House
, the
North Olmsted Town Hall
, the
Julia Carter Northrop House
, the
Olmsted Falls Depot
, and the
Olmsted Falls Historic District
.
[1]
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