Description: Newspaper article on a commandment of Mormonism, written by Symonds Ryder in the Ohio Star, January 5, 1832. The Ohio Star was published in Ravenna, Ohio. Ryder was a Vermont native who settled in Hiram, Ohio, in 1815, and took up the Mormon faith around 1830. He eventually left the religion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06772
Subjects: Newspapers; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Religion in Ohio
Places: Ravenna (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of the interior of St Joseph's Catholic Church in Fremont, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_040_1
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Religion in Ohio
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Sister Marie Virgine, Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, ca. 1950. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03646
Subjects: Baker Art Gallery; Photographers--Ohio; Religion in Ohio; Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross; Ohio--Religion
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of St Ann's Catholic Church located in Fremont, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_041_1
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Religion in Ohio
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: “Fremont, O. St. Joseph’s church. Aug. 10-39.” This photo features an unaltered steeple St. Joseph's church in Fremont. St. Joseph’s church was first built in the 1850s, and was founded by Father Louis Molon on December 8, 1857. Father Seraphin Bauer D.D. served the longest pastorate (1862 - 1911) at the parish from 1862 to 1911. In 1876, the congregation had outgrown the old church, and a collection for a new building began. In March of 1891, the congregation began using the new building, but it wasn’t dedicated until July 9, 1893. Father James Arnoldi became appointed pastor of St. Joseph's in 1936 and remained there until 1959. Under his direction, St. Joseph parish continued its steady growth. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_010_1
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Religion in Ohio; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photo of a shady pathway and stairs in the Schoenbrunn Village in New Philadelphia, Ohio. In 1772, David Zeisberger, a missionary of the Moravian Church, established the village of Schoenbrunn on the Tuscarawas River, near present-day New Philadelphia. The word Schoenbrunn means "beautiful spring" in German. The purpose of this community was to provide Moravian missionaries a place to teach Christianity to Native Americans residing in Ohio. At its greatest size, Schoenbrunn had a population of four hundred Christian natives, mostly Delaware Indians, and more than sixty buildings, including the first school and Christian church built in Ohio. During the American Revolution, facing harassment from both the English and the Americans, Zeisberger and his followers abandoned Schoenbrunn in early 1778. They held a final service in the church, after which they tore down their house of worship to prevent its desecration. Schoenbrunn has since been rebuilt and is administered as an historic site by the Ohio Historical Society. Today the reconstructed village includes seventeen log buildings, gardens, the original mission cemetery, and a museum and visitor center. The site also includes natural areas and picnic facilities. American Revolution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F03_017_001
Subjects: Religion in Ohio; Churches; Schoenbrunn (Ohio); Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808; New Philadelphia (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Grace Lutheran Church began its ministry in Fremont, Ohio in 1892. The first structure was at the corner of Garrison and Clover Streets. In 1928, ground was broken for the new church at 705 West State Street. The cornerstone was laid in 1929. The pastor at the time of this photograph was Lawrence S. Price. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_014_1
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Religion in Ohio
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Whitney tractor pulling wagons loaded with people for Sunday school picnic. Storefronts and people watching can be seen in the background, including a sign that reads: "Vogel's big sale" and a partially-visible mural that reads: "The old, reliable, genuine 'Bull.'" Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07779
Subjects: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Cities and towns--Ohio; Religion in Ohio; Farm equipment;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo features an unaltered steeple St. Joseph's church in Fremont. St. Joseph's church was first built in the 1850s, and was founded by Father Louis Molon on December 8, 1857. Father Seraphin Bauer D.D. served the longest pastorate (1862 - 1911) at the parish from 1862 to 1911. In 1876, the congregation had outgrown the old church, and a collection for a new building began. In March of 1891, the congregation began using the new building, but it wasn't dedicated until July 9, 1893. Father James Arnoldi became appointed pastor of St. Joseph's in 1936 and remained there until 1959. Under his direction, St. Joseph parish continued its steady growth. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_030_1
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Religion in Ohio; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: The First United Methodist Church in Mansfield. The history of the Methodist Church goes as far back as the first half of the 18th Century. The driving force behind its founding and philosophy was a man named John Wesley, who was a student at Oxford at the time when the ideas of the Methodist Church were being formed by students interested in religious study. The church became relatively popular in the early days of the United States among those living in the rugged lands being settled. It would come to be widespread throughout the state of Ohio, drawing people in with its idea that all people may go to heaven. Controversy within the Church occurred over divisions about the teachings of John Wesley and the increasingly divisive issue of whether or not it was immoral to keep slaves. This caused multiple divisions within the church and it splintered into numerous separate Methodist denominations. After over 100 years of a divided church, the various Methodist churches joined together and eventually the United Methodist Church was formed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06732
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Ohio--Religion; Churches--Ohio
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: A plaque for The First Presbyterian Church in Chillicothe, Ohio. The plaque reads: "On this corner stood the log cabin which was the First Presbyterian Church in the Scioto Valley built in 1792. Just to the north was the first burying ground. This tablet erected by the First Presbyterian Church 'The Old Rock'. " View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06771
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Ohio--Religion; Churches--Ohio
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church in Tiffin. This church was home to early electrical illumination with an electric, brass chandelier. The history of the Methodist Church goes as far back as the first half of the 18th Century. The driving force behind its founding and philosophy was a man named John Wesley, who was a student at Oxford at the time when the ideas of the Methodist Church were being formed by students interested in religious study. The church became relatively popular in the early days of the United States among those living in the rugged lands being settled. It would come to be widespread throughout the state of Ohio, drawing people in with its idea that all people may go to heaven. Controversy within the Church occurred over divisions about the teachings of John Wesley and the increasingly divisive issue of whether or not it was immoral to keep slaves. This caused multiple divisions within the church and it splintered into numerous separate Methodist denominations. After over 100 years of a divided church, the various Methodist churches joined together and eventually the United Methodist Church was formed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06787
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Ohio--Religion; Churches--Ohio
Places: Tiffin (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)