Description: Print of Rev. David Zeisberger (1721 – 1808), an 18th century Moravian missionary and Delaware language interpreter, ca. 1761. He established the colony of Schoenbrunn near modern-day New Philadelphia, Ohio for the Delaware converts to live and work much like the white settlers. A caption on the print states that it is "From a portrait painted at the age of forty." He continued to work with Native Americans until his death in 1808. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02713
Subjects: Delaware Indians--History--18th century; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808; Schoenbrunn (Ohio)--History
 

Description: Stone marker at the site of the Cooper's Shop in Schoenbrunn Village, dated March 8, 1782. In 1772, David Zeisberger, a missionary of the Moravian Church, established the village of Schoenbrunn on the Tuscarawas River, near present-day New Philadelphia. The word Schoenbrunn means "beautiful spring" in German. The purpose of this community was to provide Moravian missionaries a place to teach Christianity to Native Americans residing in Ohio. At its greatest size, Schoenbrunn had a population of four hundred Christian natives, mostly Delaware Indians, and more than sixty buildings, including the first school and Christian church built in Ohio. During the American Revolution, facing harassment from both the English and the Americans , Zeisberger and his followers abandoned Schoenbrunn in early 1778. They held a final service in the church, after which they tore down their house of worship to prevent its desecration. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F01_022
Subjects: Religion in Ohio; Churches; Schoenbrunn (Ohio)--History; Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808; New Philadelphia (Ohio)
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the village at the Schoenbrunn Mission in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Schoenbrunn, founded in 1772 as a Moravian mission among the Delaware Indians, was the first Christian settlement in Ohio. Although the village prospered for several years, pressures from encroaching settlers and British-aligned Indians forced the abandonment of Schoenbrunn in 1778, shortly after the start of the Revolutionary War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06446
Subjects: Schoenbrunn (Ohio)--History; American Indians in Ohio; Moravian Church--Missions--Ohio
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: In 1772, David Zeisberger, a missionary of the Moravian Church, established the village of Schoenbrunn on the Tuscarawas River, near present-day New Philadelphia. The word Schoenbrunn means "beautiful spring" in German. The purpose of this community was to provide Moravian missionaries a place to teach Christianity to Native Americans residing in Ohio. At its greatest size, Schoenbrunn had a population of four hundred Christian natives, mostly Delaware Indians, and more than sixty buildings, including the first school and Christian church built in Ohio. During the American Revolution, facing harassment from both the English and the Americans , Zeisberger and his followers abandoned Schoenbrunn in early 1778. They held a final service in the church, after which they tore down their house of worship to prevent its desecration. Schoenbrunn has since been rebuilt and is administered as an historic site by the Ohio Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F02_005_001
Subjects: Building, Wooden--Conservation and restoration; Schoenbrunn (Ohio)--History; Log Cabins; Tuscarawas County (Ohio)--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)