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Preble
County
Historic Associate
Reformed Church
and Cemetery (Hopewell
Church)
Vicinity of Camden-College Corner and Junction Rds.
Founded on this site in 1808, the Historic Associate Reformed
Church,
commonly known as
Hopewell
Church,
was formed by the area’s first band of pioneer settlers, mainly of
Scotch-Irish descent, who left Kentucky and South Carolina because of
their opposition to slavery and their desire to start a new congregation
and permanent community in southwestern
Ohio.
The present brick
church
replaced the original log building in 1825.
Hopewell
is the parent
church
of four Presbyterian congregations in
Preble
and Butler counties.
If the board finds that the proposed nominations appear to meet the
criteria for listing on the National Register it will recommend to State
Historic Preservation Officer Rachel M. Tooker that they be forwarded to
the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places for her
consideration.
The 17-member board, chaired by Aaron Askew of Columbus, is
appointed by the governor to advise the
Ohio
Historical Society and the state on historic preservation matters. It
includes professionals in history, architecture, archaeology, and other
historic preservation related disciplines as well as citizen members. The
board meets three times each year to consider proposed
Ohio
nominations to the National Register of Historic Places and conduct other
business.
About the
National Register
The National Register lists places that should be preserved because
of their significance in American history, architecture, archaeology,
engineering, and culture. It includes buildings, sites, structures,
objects, and historic districts of national, state, and local importance.
To be eligible for listing on the National Register a property or district
must:
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be
associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the
broad patterns of our history, or
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be
associated with the lives of people significant in our past, or
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embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of
construction, or represent the work of a master, or possess high
artistic values, or represent a significant, distinguishable entity
whose components may lack individual distinction (e.g. a historic
district), or
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have
yielded, or be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or
history.
National Register listing often raises community awareness of a property.
However, listing does not obligate owners to repair or improve their
properties and does not prevent them from remodeling, altering, selling,
or even demolishing them if they choose to do so.
Owners or long-term tenants who rehabilitate income-producing
properties listed on the National Register can qualify for a 20 percent
federal income tax credit if the work they do follows the Secretary of the
Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, guidelines used nationwide for
repairs and alterations to historic buildings.
In
Ohio anyone may prepare a
National Register nomination. Nominations are made through the
Ohio
Historic Preservation Office of the
Ohio
Historical Society. Proposed nominations are reviewed by the
Ohio
Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board, a governor-appointed panel of
citizens and professionals in history, architecture, archaeology, and
related fields. The board reviews each nomination to see whether it
appears to be eligible for listing on the National Register, then makes a
recommendation to the State Historic Preservation Officer. The final
decision to add a property to the register is made by the National Park
Service, which administers the program nationwide.
The
Ohio Historic Preservation
Office is
Ohio’s official historic
preservation agency. A part of the
Ohio
Historical Society, it identifies historic places in
Ohio,
nominates properties to the National Register of Historic Places, reviews
federally-assisted projects for effects on historic, architectural, and
archaeological resources in
Ohio,
consults on the conservation of older buildings and sites, and offers
educational programs and publications
From Ohio Preservation Office Press Release
2008 |
