Helen Chapel
Helen Chapel | |
Location | NW corner of E. Wood and Champion Sts., Youngstown, Ohio |
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Coordinates | 41°6′5″N 80°38′49″W / 41.10139°N 80.64694°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1889–90 |
Architect | Adolph Kanengeiser |
Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
MPS | Downtown Youngstown MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86001923[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 23, 1986 |
The Helen Chapel is a historic chapel at the northwest corner of East Wood and Champion Streets in Youngstown, Ohio. It was completed in 1890 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
History and architecture
[edit]The Helen Chapel was built as the Sunday school of the First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown. It was built with funds donated by Myron Converse Wick and Elizabeth (Bonnell) Wick in memory of their daughter, Helen, who had died at the age of four in 1888. Wick was a member of a regionally prominent family of industrialists, and was an elder brother of George Dennick Wick, a founder of Youngstown Sheet and Tube. Their ancestor, William Wick, had been the founding pastor of the Youngstown church in 1799. The new building was designed by Youngstown architect Adolph Kanengeiser in 1889 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The building was dedicated May 4, 1890, and is still used for church purposes.[2][3]
The building was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1986 for its historic architecture as well as its association with the regionally prominent Wick family.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Helen Chapel NRHP Registration Form (1986)
- ^ History of First Presbyterian Church, First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown. Accessed October 31, 2022.
- Presbyterian churches in Ohio
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
- Romanesque Revival church buildings in Ohio
- Churches completed in 1889
- Churches in Mahoning County, Ohio
- National Register of Historic Places in Mahoning County, Ohio
- Northeastern Ohio Registered Historic Place stubs
- Ohio church stubs