Increase Mathews House of Zanesville   Save
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Description: Exterior photograph of the Dr. Increase Mathews House. Located on 304 Woodlawn Avenue in Zanesville, the Increase Mathews House is Muskingum County's oldest building. Dr. Mathews was an early medical doctor in Zanesville who purchased land near the Muskingum River in 1801 and built a single story sandstone house on this land four years later. He inhabited the home for fifty-one years, and added two stories to this cottage in 1884. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F02_011_001
Subjects: Zanesville (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Historic buildings--Ohio; Physicians--Ohio
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)