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What It Was: Reeves Victorian Home in Dover
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The former home of a Dover industrialist is now a museum offering tours.
Jeremiah E. Reeves was a prominent industrialist in the Dover area of Tuscarawas County during the late 19th century. He purchased the home on East Iron Avenue in 1898, about 30 years after it was built by a successful farmer. The home remained in the Reeves family until the 1970s, when it was acquired and restored by the Dover Historical Society.
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What It Was: Reeves Victorian Home in Dover
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Jeremiah E. Reeves was a prominent industrialist in the Dover area of Tuscarawas County during the late 19th century. He purchased the home on East Iron Avenue in 1898, about 30 years after it was built by a successful farmer. The home remained in the Reeves family until the 1970s, when it was acquired and restored by the Dover Historical Society.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipThis building right here, what it was was the home of the Jeremiah E. Reeves.
Now here in Dover, iron and steel put this town on the map, and the businesses owned by the Reeves family were the main reason.
Jeremiah was born in England and came to America in 1867.
Eventually, he bought a mill in Dover and made galvanized steel and sheet metal.
Later he opened a bank, owned a hotel, donated land for the hospital and even owned the streetcar line.
Reeves and his wife died in the 1920s, and for the next 50 years, the home was inhabited occasionally and maintained by his descendants.
Finally in the mid-'70s, it was acquired by the historical society and restored.
Fortunately for us, the family saved many of their furnishings and belongings.
So now you can visit the Reeves Victorian Home and Carriage House.
"What It Was" is made possible in part by investment of public funds from the Ohio Arts Council, a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally, and economically.
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