All Saints Episcopal Church (Portsmouth, Ohio)

All Saints Episcopal Church is a historic building in Portsmouth, Ohio.

All Saints Episcopal Church
Front of the church
Location4th and Court Sts., Portsmouth, Ohio
Coordinates38°43′58″N 83°0′1″W
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1833 (1833), 1850, 1880s, 1953[1]
Built byWilliam Newman[2]
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.82003639
Added to NRHP25 March 1982[3]

Description

It is located at 610 4th Street.[4] The main mass of the church building was constructed in 1850 by William Newman and is an example of Gothic Revival architecture, the first of that style in Portsmouth.[2] It was built in four sections the first in 1833. Sitting on a stone foundation the brick building has multiple steeply pitched gable roofs. Windows are separated by buttresses and topped by lancet arches. The main section, built in 1850, is a 52-by-86-foot (16 by 26 m) nave with a high altar. A two-story tower with paired narrow windows rises from the southwest corner of the nave. The facade of this mass has a large central rose window and two compounded gothic arch entries each with double vertical board doors. The section of the building called the guild hall was built in two sections. The first, from 1833, was the original church and retains its original 47 by 34 feet (14 by 10 m) stone foundation. A section was added to the west in the 1880s with a brick foundation and fenestration and buttresses similar to the main mass. The entries to the guild hall section have Tudor arches. Another addition was made in 1953 consisting of a two-story 60 by 41 feet (18 by 12 m) cement block with parish house, offices and classrooms.[1]

History

In 1855 it was the first public building in the city to use gas lighting.[4] It has survived an interior fire in 1893 and extensive flood damage in the Ohio River flood of 1937.[4]

On June 23, 1819 the Episcopal Parish of All Saints of Portsmouth, Ohio was organized in the home of John Smith.[5] The first rector, installed on June 19, 1831 was Henry Caswell.[6] A sanctuary was built on the church property in 1833, the church website states that the cornerstone for this building was the first for any church in the Portsmouth area.[6] The main building was erected in 1850.[4][7][6] The nave was updated in 1972 then in 1995 it was restored.[6] Remaining original furnishings include the baptismal font, the low altar and an original pew.[6] A chalice from the 1820 visit of Philander Chase, Bishop of Ohio is on display in the narthex set in a niche.[6] It was listed in the National Register on March 25, 1982, significant primarily as striking example of Gothic Revival architecture.[1]

An organ originally built in 1962 by the Schlicker Organ Co. of Buffalo, New York and renovated and updated by Peebles–Herzog Inc. of Columbus, Ohio in 2006 is installed in the church.[8]

See also

References
  1. Barrington, Deborah; Rock, Lois (25 Mar 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: All Saints Episcopal Church". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. Retrieved 26 Feb 2020 – via National Archives and Records Administration.
  2. Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. HABS OH-2312, "All Saints Episcopal Church", 3 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
  3. "National Register Information System – All Saints Episcopal Church (#82003639)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010.
  4. Stevenson, Terry, II (2014). "All Saints Episcopal Church". Local History Digital Collection. Portsmouth, Ohio: Portsmouth Public Library. Retrieved 1 Feb 2020.
  5. Lorberg, Henry A. (1905–30). "All Saints Church, Portsmouth, Ohio". Local History Digital Collection. Portsmouth, Ohio: Portsmouth Public Library. Notes for historic postcard. Retrieved 1 Feb 2020.
  6. "A Short History of All Saints Church". Portsmouth, Ohio: All Saints Episcopal Church. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018.
  7. "All Saints Episcopal church and Hempstead Hospital". Local History Digital Collection. Portsmouth, Ohio: Portsmouth Public Library. Retrieved 1 Feb 2020.
  8. "Peebles-Herzog (2005) Originally built by Schlicker Organ Co., 1962". Organ Historical Society. OHS Database ID 52116. Retrieved 1 Feb 2020.


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