The 1908 Atlas Walking Tour by The Tuscarawas County Historical Society
The Tuscarawas County Historical Society created a walking tour based on the sites in downtown New Philadelphia, Ohio in 1908. For this blog, I will be exploring three of the tour's highlights; the courthouse, Geib Family Center, and the First Presbyterian Church.
They started walking on East High Avenue facing the courthouse and made their way east. The courthouse in Tuscarawas county was built in 1882. The first courthouse was built in 1818, and remolded in 1837 after a fire. The area nearby the courthouse was called the Williams Block, however, the area changed when the new courthouse went into construction in 1882. The site of the courthouse today was once the Williams Block. 
This is the Geib Family Center the was once the Linn store. James Linn came to New Philadelphia from Steubenville in 1888. He went to work with the furniture business with half ownership with Mr. McElroy in 1891, and Mrs. McElroy once Mr. McElroy passed away. In 1903, James bought the business - and married the McElroy's daughter.
The First Presbyterian Church was built in 1841 and remodeled in 1873. It is located on a lot that was donated to Thomas Sargent. The church had services within the courthouse prior to being built. This current structure of the church was dedicated in 1923.
I believe the 1908 Atlas Walking Tour supported by the Tuscarawas County Historical Society is great to understand what came before the New Philadelphia that we live in today. It is great to think that there is now a campus of Kent State University in New Philadelphia, OH.
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