United Brethren in Christ (Cincinnati, Ohio)

	United Brethren in Christ
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Front and eastern side of the church
Nearest city	Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates	39°3′12″N 84°22′29″W / 39.05333°N 84.37472°W
Area	0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built	1844
NRHP reference No.	78002082
Added to NRHP	June 13, 1978

The United Brethren in Christ Church, also known as "Five Mile Chapel", is a historic church building located southeast of Cincinnati in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. Built in 1844,^[2] it is a stone building with a stone foundation and a slate roof.^[3] It was the house of worship for the oldest Church of the United Brethren in Christ congregation in southeastern Hamilton County, which became the mother of other congregations: some of its members later left to found other United Brethren in Christ churches elsewhere in Hamilton County and in the surrounding community.^[2]

The church was built by its members using stones quarried from the small creek that flows past the church building. Its floor plan is that of a rectangle, modified by the 1896 addition of a bell tower to the front with an entrance in its base. Among the most distinctive elements of its architecture is a large Gothic window on the front facade. Except for the front, the church is surrounded by its cemetery, which is of a date approximately equal to the church building.^[2]

In 1978, the United Brethren in Christ Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1] Although both churches and cemeteries must pass hurdles higher than other types of properties to qualify for inclusion on the Register,^[4] it qualified both because of its well-preserved architecture and because of its place as a significant component of local history.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 682.
^ United Brethren in Christ, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2011-07-28.
^ National Register Criteria for Evaluation, National Park Service. Accessed 2011-07-28.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[dohp-2] Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 682.

[ohs-3] United Brethren in Christ, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2011-07-28.

[4] National Register Criteria for Evaluation, National Park Service. Accessed 2011-07-28.

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