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Zoar, Ohio Photograph Collection
Description: Photograph showing the front of the Zoar Hotel. The back of the photograph reads: "Zoar Hotel Ruof and Bimiler Proofs Rezin Clark Photographer Bolivar O. 1915." 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. After Bimeler's death in 1853, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society. The remaining residents divided the property, and the community continued to prosper in Zoar. Today, the Ohio Historical Society operates a portion of the town as a historic site. A number of the Zoarite buildings are restored and are open to the public. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV9_B02F14_004_001
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Hotels; Historic buildings
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)