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Those “Little Buildings”…Summer Kitchen?

April 21, 2021May 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, 2021June 2, 2021 Annette Stewart

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 of a single room, constructed over a spring. While the original purpose of a springhouse was to keep the spring water clean by excluding […]

Mt. Summit School Quilt

April 15, 2021May 5, 2021 Annette Stewart

This beautiful quilt photo was posted on Franklin-Monroe’s Alumni page by quilt owner, Jo Ella Michael. Jo Ella was asking questions about the location of this school house and after a lengthy discussion between many posters, we gathered the following information about the school, names on the quilt and the once student-owner of this lovely […]

Inez Michael Brumbaugh Family

April 12, 2021May 26, 2021 Annette Stewart

Inez Michael was born October 18, 1904 and married Delbert Brumbaugh in 1923. They had one daughter, Betty, who is Annette Stewart’s mother. Inez lived as a child at the corner of Gordan-Landis Road and Hollansburg Sampson. We are guessing Inez may have made these two pieces as a way to learn and perfect her […]

Joan Rench Family Heirlooms

April 11, 2021May 12, 2021 Annette Stewart

This Arcanum area crafter, Joan Rench, is well known to many. She is known for her beautiful brick home northwest of Arcanum and the many articles she has made and displayed at the Domestic Arts building at the Great Darke County Fair each year. From quilts to sewing to hook rugs and needle work I […]

Marietta Culbertson Fourman & Dola Fourman Brumbaugh Quilts

April 10, 2021May 19, 2021 Annette Stewart

Marietta Culbertson Fourman was born 14 December 1856. She married Henry O. Fourman 13 August 1874 according to their family Bible records. They had two children, Samuel who died young and Isidor Agnes (Dola) who was second born in 1880. Marietta passed 29 October 1940. My mother remembers Marietta reading from the huge Bible she […]

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