{"nrhp_refnum":"75002124","name":"Zoar Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:Zoar Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Village of Zoar along OH 212","address_restricted":false,"city":"Village of Zoar along OH 212","county":"Tuscarawas County","state":"OH","lat":40.61098982900003,"lon":-81.4231961678204,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Agriculture","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering the village of Zoar along OH 212 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, built between 1817 and 1898 by the communal Society of the Separatists of Zoar. This nomination roughly quadruples the area of an earlier district listed in 1969.","why_significant":"Zoar was founded in 1817 by German Separatists who adopted a communal system and built a self-sufficient village with farming and industry. Much of the village nucleus survives nearly intact, and it offers an excellent study of European culture and architecture transplanted to Ohio. The expansion was meant to protect Zoarite buildings and archaeological sites threatened by development, highway and power line projects.","narrative":"Zoar, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, is a small village founded in 1817 by German Separatists who soon organized as a communal society to pay off their land debt and secure their livelihood. Surviving buildings date from 1817 to 1898 and include the 1835 Number One House, a brick Georgian-style residence, along with a garden and greenhouse, a sewing house, a church finished about 1854, a boys' dormitory, a hotel and a canal inn. Sites of a lime kiln, foundry, woolen factory, grist mill and brewery remain as foundations with archaeological potential. Under Joseph Baumeler the community prospered in agriculture and industry, and its holdings were worth over a million dollars when he died in 1853. Economic decline and internal dissension ended the society in 1898. The district was enlarged to protect additional buildings and sites from development, highway and power line projects. Because of its isolation, the village retains much of its early character, and the Ohio Historical Society maintains key buildings.","period_of_significance":"1817-1898","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Georgian colonial (Number One House); otherwise mostly vernacular frame and brick buildings","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly privately owned residential village; key buildings owned by the State of Ohio and being restored as Zoar State Memorial. The Canal Inn is deteriorated but sound. Only one intrusion, a small brick pumphouse.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.41183-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75002124.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75002124/7e9a1d75fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75002124/7e9a1d75fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Zoarite","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canal_Tavern_of_Zoar.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoarite</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canal_Tavern_of_Zoar.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"13000701","name":"Zoar Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/zoar-historic-district-boundary-increase-13000701/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991733","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49584029"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/tuscarawas-county/zoar-historic-district-boundary-increase-75002124/"}