Separatists of Zoar community photograph   Save
Louis Baus Collection
Description: Taken by photographer Louis Baus, this photographic reproduction shows a view of part of the Society of Separatists of Zoar community in 1890 looking south towards the home of Joseph Bimeler (the brick house with a cupola) in the center of the photograph. There is a bakery on the left side and part of the Hotel shows to the left of Bimeler's house. The Town Hall and Store are in the upper center of the photograph. In the foreground is an old log cabin belonging to Joseph Bimeler. Behind this is the home of the gardener, Simon Beiter Sr., with greenhouse at the left. In the upper right is the home of William Bimeler. Led by Joseph Bimeler in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left the area of Germany known as Wurttemberg and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. They would become known as the Society of Separatists of Zoar in 1819. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P223_B04_S02_A1_41
Subjects: Photography; Society of Separatists of Zoar; Religious Societies; Communal societies; Rural life
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)