{"nrhp_refnum":"76001529","name":"Wilmot United Brethren Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Massillon St. (OH 62)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilmot","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.656765558000075,"lon":-81.63186456999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small wooden church on Massillon Street (State Route 62) in Wilmot, Stark County, Ohio, built in 1869 for a United Brethren congregation. The contractor was local carpenter-builder William Bell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is significant mainly for its unusual wall construction, in which the walls are made of stacked horizontal planks rather than a conventional frame. It is also distinctive for a Victorian Gothic belfry set on a basically Greek Revival body. Few comparable buildings are known, and the origin and extent of the method are not fully documented.","narrative":"Built in 1869 in Wilmot, Stark County, Ohio, this small church served a United Brethren congregation for over a hundred years. The congregation had been part of an earlier church at Weimer's Hill and chose to build its own home, with local carpenter-builder William Bell as contractor. Its most unusual feature is hidden behind the clapboard siding: the walls are solid stacks of horizontal planks with no conventional frame, and timbers over the side windows tie the structure together. The design blends Greek Revival elements, such as the cornice return and wide frieze, with Italianate window pediments and a Victorian Gothic octagonal belfry and tall spire. The belfry still holds a bell cast in 1869. Inside, remodeling in 1899 and 1905-1906 added colored glass windows, curved oak pews and a sloping floor. Wilmot was the first village laid out in Sugar Creek Township, in 1836.","period_of_significance":"1869","architect_builder":"William Bell","architectural_style":"Mixture of Greek Revival, Italianate and Gothic (Victorian Gothic) styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"The form lists the property as vacant and unoccupied. It notes that a private owner recently acquired it for restoration as a community building after more than a hundred years of church use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.463855-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001529.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001529/adced9d72a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001529/adced9d72a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilmot_United_Brethren_Church_(Wilmot,_OH).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:Wilmot_United_Brethren_Church_(Wilmot,_OH).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991353","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmot_United_Brethren_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8022845"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/wilmot-united-brethren-church-76001529/"}