Greenhouse in Zoar garden photograph   Save
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Description: Taken in 1888, this photograph shows two women standing in the greenhouse the Zoar garden in Zoar, Ohio, in Tuscarawas County. By 1892, the greenhouse was located in the northeast section of the garden. At the center of the photograph is a fish aquarium and round globe containing a century plant brought over from Germany. 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00861
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Gardens; Greenhouses; Society of Separatists of Zoar
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)