Description: Photograph of the Trinity Episcopal Church boys' choir, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1890-1899. In the photo, members of the choir are on the steps of the church. Trinity Episcopal Church is located at 125 East Broad Street. According to "Be It Remembered: The Story of Trinity Episcopal Church on Capital Square, Columbus, Ohio" by Lisa M. Klein, the congregation first met in May 1817. The building was built after the Civil War in the Gothic Revival style and was designed by Gordon Lloyd. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02813
Subjects: Children--Ohio; Churches--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Scene at Schoenbrunn. Dist 5, Tuscarawas Co., New Philadelphia, O." 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. Schoenbrunn has since been rebuilt and is administered as an historic site by the Ohio Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F06_022_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: Handwritten on reverse: "Snow Scene. Picnic Grounds & Shelter House. Shoenbrunn. Wesley Green, Photographer, New Phila. Nellie E. Kaltenbaugh, Ohio Writers' Project. New Phila." 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F02_003_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: Taken in 1971 by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel, this photograph shows Redemptorist Church (Notre Dam), a Catholic church in Hue, Vietnam. This photograph is part of the Charles Tweel Collection (AV 324) at the Ohio History Connection. Charles Tweel grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and attended The Ohio State University. After graduation in 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a non-combatant, first training as a medic at Fort Sam Huston, followed by nine months of additional training at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He finished his training as a Specialist 3 and 91C, MOS, and went on to serve in Bamberg, Germany, with combat engineers for one year. In January 1971, Tweel served in Vietnam with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Air Mobile), 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, based out of Camp Evans near Phu Bai, north of Hue, until December of that year. Tweel spent most of his service on various firebases as the medic in charge, and occasionally shared firebases with South Vietnamese soldiers. He also visited MedCAP stations (Medical Civic Action Programs) where he treated civilians. Tweel received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement, and was promoted to Specialist 5 in 1971. After discharge from the Army, he went to medical school and was in private practice as a family practitioner from 1979-2016, and now works part-time in inner city medical clinics in Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV324_B01F09_017
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Churches
Places: Hue (Vietnam)
 

Description: St. Michael the Archangel Church, also known as St. Michael church was a Roman Catholic church located at 2110 St. Michael Street in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. The cornerstone of the building was laid on August 1, 1847 and the church was dedicated a year later. It is a large red brick structure that once had a large central clock tower flanked by two minarets topped by knobs and weathervanes. A statue of St. Michael with a sword in his hand once stood in a niche in the building about half way to the top. These minarets, clock tower and the angel have since been removed from the building which makes the building less impressive than it once was. The church closed on April 5, 1998 and now the St. Michael's center is used as a thrift store and food pantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F06_044
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Saint Raphael Church is located at 225 East High Street, at the corner of Spring Street, in Springfield. Designed by architect Charles A. Cregar, construction on this Gothic style brick building began in 1848. Construction on a very large addition began in 1892, and was officially completed with the dedication in 1898. This historic Roman Catholic church has a 184 foot tower, and a somewhat smaller one holding a 16,000 pound bell. The stained glass windows, created by Mayer of Munich, were designed in the twelfth-century manner. In 1976, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F06_045
Subjects: Springfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc; Churches--Ohio; Roman Catholic Church; Mayer & Co
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Clark Co., Springfield, O. April 28, 1937. Covenant Presbyterian Church, N.W. cor. of Limestone and North Sts. is a stone structure of 14th century Gothic style of church architecture, built in 1930. The property represents an investment of over half a million dollars, and is the last word in church construction." Covenant Presbyterian Church is located at 201 North Limestone Street on the northwest corner at the intersection of North Street. Designed by George D. (E. ?) Savage. Using Indiana limestone, it has the appearance of a medieval cathedral with its beamed ceilings, richly carved detail, high Gothic arches and transepts and hand wrought swinging chandeliers. The tower stands 120 feet tall. Stained-glass windows patterned after Old World cathedrals have been designed by P.J. Reeves of Philadelphia. Completed in 1927, the building cost $515,000 to build. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F05_022_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Springfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Churches--Ohio; Presbyterian Church--Ohio
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Red Oak Presbyterian Church in Red Oak, near Ripley, Ohio. The church was a center of anti-slavery activities in the first half of the 19th century, largely under the guidance of its pastor, Reverend James Gilliland, who served from 1805-1854. Located along the Ohio River in Brown County, the town of Ripley was an active location on the Underground Railroad, followed by fugitive slaves crossing the river from Kentucky on their journey to Canada. Because Ohio was a free state, communities like the one pictured here sprang up as homes for freed and formerly enslaved African Americans and their families. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC651_01
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Religion in Ohio; Churches--Ohio;
Places: Ripley (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Springfield, Ohio. This building is located at 1616 East High Street in Springfield, Ohio and was built sometime between 1920-1927. The First Church of Christ, Scientist as an organization was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879 in Boston, Massachusetts. The main church is currently located in Boston and is called "The First Church of Christ, Scientist" or "The Mother Church". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F05_026_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Ohio--Religion; Churches--Ohio; Springfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reconstructed church at Schoenbrunn Mission Village, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, ca. 1970-1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00660
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: In 1804, the Congregationalist Church authorized Reverend David Bacon to establish the town of Tallmadge, Ohio. Tallmadge was to be the center of the Congregationalist Church and its missionary efforts in the Connecticut Western Reserve. The church building was to be located in the center of town with all roads radiating outward like the sun’s rays. A Tallmadge committee of seven men developed plans for building the church in 1819 and appointed one of their members, Lemuel Porter of Conneticut, as the architect and builder. Tallmadge Church raising began in July of 1822. It was dedicated on September 8, 1825. Reflecting Porter's design, the wood, brace-framed church features a Federal/Greek Revival style portico, supported by four large columns, and a dominant one hundred foot high steeple with a weathervane. The main building measured 44-feet wide by 56-feet long. The State of Ohio acquired the church in 1971, which is now managed by the Ohio Historical Society, and is used for weddings and other special events. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F06_035_001
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Tallmadge Congregational Church, UCC (Tallmadge, Ohio)
Places: Tallmadge (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "St. Raphael's Church, Springfield, O. Clark Co." Saint Raphael Church is located at 225 East High Street, at the corner of Spring Street, in Springfield. Designed by architect Charles A. Cregar, construction on this Gothic style brick building began in 1848. Construction on a very large addition began in 1892, and was officially completed with the dedication in 1898. This historic Roman Catholic church has a 184 foot tower, and a somewhat smaller one holding a 16, 000 pound bell. The stained glass windows, created by Mayer of Munich, were designed in the twelfth-century manner. In 1976, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F06_009_001
Subjects: Springfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc; Springfield (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Churches--Ohio; Roman Catholic Church; Mayer & Co.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)