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Louis Baus Collection
Description: Taken by photographer Louis Baus, this photographic reproduction shows the old meeting house for the Society of Separatists of Zoar, built in 1820, at the southeast corner of Third and Folz Streets in Zoar, Ohio. Originally used as a meeting house from 1820-1853, when the newer brick meeting house was built on Main Street, this building was used as a girls home and later a broom and basket shop. From 1884-1887, it was used as the first Town Hall with David Breymaier serving as the first mayor, Christian Ruof as Marshal, and Jacob Breymaier as Deputy. 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_7
Subjects: Photography; Society of Separatists of Zoar; Religious Societies; Communal societies; Public buildings; City and town halls;
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)