Description: A community gathers outside in front of the church for a group portrait. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b04_f278
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Families; Children; Churches
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a photograph of an historic brick church viewed through the trees in the woods somewhere in Ohio. It was located in a folder titled "National Guide Book." More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F13_011
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Brick building; Buildings; Churches--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A large church congregation outside a country church is seen in this photograph, taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b02_f157
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Churches
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows The Chapel of the Holy Spirit, once located at 432 East Fifth Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Chapel of the Holy Spirit was a Roman Catholic church that was demolished during the 1980s when Procter & Gamble expanded its headquarters. Built in 1927, the red brick church with a Gothic limestone façade and stone and copper turret, was designed by Edward J. Schulte. Other buildings demolished during the Proctor & Gamble expansion included the Allen Temple, the Fenwick Club, and the Wesley Chapel, once the oldest religious building in the city, having been built in 1831. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F09_032
Subjects: Churches; Chapels; Roman Catholic Church; Architecture; Religion in Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern photograph of the Old First Church at Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. The Old First Church was a hiding place for fugitive slaves. The original church was torn down in 1895 after the ceiling collapsed, and was rebuilt. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03002
Subjects: Siebert, Wilbur Henry, 1866-1961; Underground Railroad--Illinois; Congregational churches--Illinois--History
Places: Galesburg (Illinois); Knox County (Illinois)
 

Description: St. Mary's Church was established in 1837 in Chillicothe in a small building on Walnut Street. The congregation moved to a new building, St. Peter's Church, in 1845. In 1866, a new St. Mary's was built on Paint Street, next to the academy of the Sisters of Notre Dame, which is shown in the photograph. This building was purchased by St. Mary's before the new church was built. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F06_046_001
Subjects: Religion in Ohio; Churches
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a postcard of the McKinley Home Church located at 120 Cleveland Ave. in Canton, Ohio. The church is now home to the First Methodist Episcopal Church. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F07_011_001
Subjects: Postcards--Ohio--Canton; Canton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Churches--Ohio; Canton (Ohio)--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: The grounds of a church in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_009_1
Subjects: Fremont (Ohio); Churches--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: The St. Peter's Catholic Church, built circa 1846, was destroyed by fire in 1947. St. Peter’s was relocated in 1949 to its current location on Church Street. Before the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal in 1826, there were few Catholics living in Chillicothe. Afterwards, many Irish immigrants came to the area, bringing Catholicism with them joined by German Catholics about 20 years later. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F10_004_1
Subjects: Religion in Ohio; Churches; Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--Church history; Catholic Church; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: St. Joseph's School, Wapakoneta, Ohio, ca. 1900. According to the caption at the bottom of the photo, the school was dedicated June 10, 1900. The school is Richardsonian Romanesque in style, with Queen Anne turrets. It was likely designed by the architectural firm Yost & Packard because it closely resembles the firm's 1896 design for Emerson School (Westerville High School) in Westerville, Ohio. St. Joseph's School and St. Joseph's Church were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05898
Subjects: Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Churches; Architecture; National Register of Historic Places; Cultural Ohio--Education
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)