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III. PUBLIC HEARING b. NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION i. Lowell Heights - Olivet African Methodist Episcopal Church Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places
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Lowell Heights Olivet REDRAFT NRform revised with plans
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United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form <br />NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 <br /> <br />Lowell Heights-Olivet African Methodist <br />Episcopal Church <br /> St. Joseph County, IN <br />Name of Property County and State <br />Sections 9-end page 12 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Period of Significance (justification) <br /> <br />The period of significance begins in 1923 when the building was constructed for the <br />congregation of Lowell Heights Methodist Episcopal Church. The period of significance ends in <br />1971, the year the Olivet African Methodist Episcopal congregation celebrated its centennial at <br />the church after it became their home in 1969. Olivet A.M.E. is the oldest African-American <br />congregation in South Bend. <br /> <br />Criteria Considerations (explanation, if necessary) <br /> <br />Consideration A is made due to the building’s ownership by the congregation of the Olivet <br />African Methodist Episcopal Church. The building’s rich architecture, a blend of Late Gothic <br />Revival with Tudor and Craftsman features, and its prominent position in the neighborhood <br />make it eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. <br /> <br /> <br />Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph (Provide a summary paragraph that includes <br />level of significance, applicable criteria, justification for the period of significance, and any <br />applicable criteria considerations.) <br /> <br />The Lowell Heights-Olivet African Methodist Episcopal Church is eligible for the National <br />Register of Historic Places under criterion C using architecture as the area of significance. The <br />building’s compact form designed in the Late Gothic Revival style includes both Tudor and <br />Craftsman influence. The building is an example of standardized and prescribed design by <br />religious denominations in the late 19th and early 20th century. The building’s architect, Frank G. <br />Dillard, was the Methodist Episcopal denomination’s regional architect stationed out of Chicago. <br />Dillard raised concerns about congregations adopting the Akron Plan of church architecture <br />without thought of the church’s actual need. The design of Lowell Heights Methodist Episcopal <br />Church demonstrates a pushback against the Akron model and embrace of earlier precedents. <br />The building has an exquisite nave featuring open trusswork and balconies and has had very little <br />alteration over the building’s 100 year history. The building is also eligible under criterion A <br />using Ethnic Heritage as the area of significance. The Olivet AME congregation relocated to this <br />building in 1969 from its original church home-site on the south side of downtown South Bend. <br />The congregation is the oldest African-American congregation in the city and was actively <br />engaged in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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