Pansy Methodist Church and School Historic District

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.