{"nrhp_refnum":"73001398","name":"Pansy Methodist Church and School Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"S of Clarksville on OH 730","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clarksville","county":"Clinton County","state":"OH","lat":39.34884066300003,"lon":-83.94464356799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small rural historic district near Clarksville in Clinton County, Ohio, made up of a brick Methodist church built in 1885 and a brick one-room school built in 1900, standing close together on a grassy lawn along Ohio route 730.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that few small country churches and schools survive unaltered, and it is unusual to find one of each close enough to form a unit. The two buildings relate well to each other, have complementary styles, remain largely unaltered, and sit in an attractive rural setting. It is proposed as a good choice to preserve the memory of rural education and worship.","narrative":"Pansy Methodist Church and Pansy School form a small rural group set back from Ohio route 730 near Clarksville, on a level, shaded lawn. Both are red brick on stone foundations. The church, dated 1885, measures 28 by 46 feet and has Gothic windows, an arcaded front with a lettered half-circle window, a slate roof and an open belfry with latticework. The school, dated 1900, measures 29 by 40 feet and is Romanesque in style, with pilasters, a round brick arch with a stone keystone, a fanlight and a shingled belfry. Inside, both buildings are plastered with pine finishes and single pine floors, and they have never been fitted with plumbing or furnaces. The group was listed because few country churches and schools survive largely unaltered, and even fewer stand together as a unit. Their complementary styles, good proportions, modest decorative detail and unspoiled rural setting make them a representative record of rural worship and education.","period_of_significance":"19th and 20th centuries (church 1885, school 1900)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Church: Gothic; School: Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is given as fair and largely unaltered; the buildings have electricity but no plumbing, furnaces or interior partitions. The church was used for services by local families after its congregation dissolved, and the school served as a community meeting house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.158151-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001398.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001398/3763d4a9fe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001398/3763d4a9fe-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Aesopposea","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PansyChurch.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Aesopposea</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PansyChurch.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987170","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansy_Methodist_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7131607"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/clinton-county/pansy-methodist-church-and-school-historic-district-73001398/"}