Title	Schoenbrunn School
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Subject	Building, Wooden--Conservation and restoration Schoenbrunn (Ohio)--History Log Cabins Tuscarawas County (Ohio)--History Ohio--History--Pictorial works Federal Writers' Project
Time Period	1930s 1940s
Place	Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
Description	In 1772, David Zeisberger, a missionary of the Moravian Church, established the village of Schoenbrunn on the Tuscarawas River, near present-day New Philadelphia. The word Schoenbrunn means "beautiful spring" in German. The purpose of this community was to provide Moravian missionaries a place to teach Christianity to Native Americans residing in Ohio. At its greatest size, Schoenbrunn had a population of four hundred Christian natives, mostly Delaware Indians, and more than sixty buildings, including the first school and Christian church built in Ohio. During the American Revolution, facing harassment from both the English and the Americans , Zeisberger and his followers abandoned Schoenbrunn in early 1778. They held a final service in the church, after which they tore down their house of worship to prevent its desecration. Schoenbrunn has since been rebuilt and is administered as an historic site by the Ohio Historical Society.
Date of Original	ca. 1935-1940
Collection	Ohio Guide Photgraphs
Source	State Archives Series 1039AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B14F02_005_001.tif
Image Height	4695
Image Width	5954
File Size	83880256 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture; Black-and-white photographs
Date created	2011-02-15
Date modified	2013-05-25

Schoenbrunn School

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