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Those “Little Buildings”…Summer Kitchen?

April 21, 2021July 1, 2021 Annette Stewart

1975 Located behind Arcanum Public Library-once part of Ivester House Recently we posted this question on our AWTHS FB page regarding “What are those little buildings sitting behind a main house”? What was their purpose or what were they called? We received a variety of comments among them: summer kitchen, smoke house, root cellar, storage […]

Spring Houses, Pump and Water Sheds

April 21, 2021July 1, 2021 Annette Stewart

Pump shed Twin Twp. which had troughs for cool water to keep food products. A windmill sat on this property at one time. We are continuing our blog series after writing last time about summer kitchens, smoke houses and root cellars. We copy from Wikipedia about springhouses: A spring house, or springhouse, is a small building, usually […]

The Landis Family

April 14, 2021July 2, 2021 Annette Stewart

Saw mill on or near the Landis farm on Rt. 722 Monroe Township This story and photos are from Myra Coleman. The photo is believed to be on or near the Landis Farm which sat back a long lane on Rt. 722 with a old brick house, red barns, and several out buildings. Bessie Landis […]

Log House Builder’s-The Fryman’s

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 Annette Stewart

Last blog we told about the need for the log house to either be repaired or come down and explained the step by step process. This blog tells the story of the farm’s owners and about the Fryman family who signed the log home and are listed on the land deeds. The log house was […]

The Log House

March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 Annette Stewart

This is dedicated to all lovers of history and my dad, Dale Sease, who didn’t get to see the entire process fulfilled. This story is about the two story log house on my parent’s property, owners the late Dale Sease and Betty Sease. Address is 1724 Karr Road in Monroe Township, Darke County, Ohio. My […]

Lewis Dietrich Saloon

September 30, 2020December 23, 2020 Annette Stewart

Featured Picture: The Dietrich’s who had the Lewis Dietrich Saloon The AWTHS has two large portraits that were given on loan by the Don Dietrich family of their ancestor Lewis Dietrich. Lewis was the owner and had the brick home built in 1894 which was the Louis Deitrich Saloon. Per Anita Short’s Arcanum Business book […]

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