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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 />Section 7 page 8 <br /> <br />The second story features a balcony with tiered seating overlooking the nave above the narthex <br />in the east end of the building (photo 0011). Staircases flank the balcony and lead down to the <br />narthex on its north and south sides. Balconies with shaped openings overlooking the nave are <br />also located in the second story of the transepts and are accessed by staircases on their west side <br />(photo 0013). Classrooms are located in the northwest and southwest corners of the building and <br />are accessed by the staircases off their east side. The north classroom features a fireplace <br />centered in its south wall (photo 0016). A narrow hallway connects the two classrooms along the <br />west edge of the second story (left side of photo 0017, behind the pipe organ). Small closets are <br />off the second story landings in the west end of the building. The north staircase (photo 0014) <br />continues up to a small mezzanine level that includes a toilet room and small closet. Many of the <br />rooms in the second story have ceilings that are raked on their outside edges with the eaves (best <br />seen in photo 0017). <br /> <br />The raised basement features a large fellowship hall below the nave. A raised stage is in the east <br />end of the basement (photo 0019). It has a hallway leading from the fellowship hall to a staircase <br />on its south side and a storage room on its north side. A doorway is between the stage and <br />storage room. There are two classrooms under each transept off the west half of the fellowship <br />hall. These were originally open to the hall, possibly enclosed with curtains, but now walled-off <br />with block. Doorways in the northwest and southwest corners of the fellowship hall lead to <br />staircases in the west end of the building. Two serving counters/windows are centered in the west <br />wall of the fellowship hall (photo 0018). It accesses the kitchen in the west end of the building, <br />below the choir loft. Toilet rooms are located in the northwest corner of the basement and are <br />accessed from the stairwell on the north side of the church (photo 0020). A mechanical room is <br />located in the southwest corner of the building and is accessed from the stairwell on the south <br />side of the church. <br /> <br />The building has carpets throughout most of the first and second stories. The narthex features <br />small brick-colored tile on its floor. The balconies, second story classroom in the northwest <br />corner, fellowship hall and stage feature maple plank flooring (photos 0013, 0019). The <br />bathrooms and kitchen feature modern tile or vinyl flooring. The building has plaster walls and <br />ceilings throughout except where new concrete block walls were created to enclose classrooms <br />in the basement. Tall wood wainscot is located on the narthex, nave and transept walls (sans <br />balconies, photos 0006-0008). The west wall of the nave and back wall of the choir loft have <br />painted stenciling in gold and light blue (photo 0012). The pastor’s office features modern (c. <br />1970) wood paneling on its walls (photo 0010). The plaster ceiling in the narthex has broad <br />barrel vaulting with arches over the main entry and staircases (photo 0006). The nave’s ceiling is <br />steeply-pitched and covered with wood. Open trusswork resting on pilasters along the nave’s <br />north and south walls and purlins support the ceiling (best seen in photo 0011). The pilasters <br />feature corbels and Doric capitals on which the trusses rest. The transept balconies are likewise <br />supported by corbels on the pilasters. The balcony walls have simple moldings to create a large <br />panel on their front walls and are capped with wood (photo 0013). The ceilings in the basement <br />toilet rooms and pastor’s office are composed of dropped acoustic tiles in metal grids. <br />
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