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In 1919, J.W. Longaberger began an apprenticeship with The Dresden Basket Factory. After the company failed during the Great Depression, [7] Longaberger continued to make baskets on the weekends. Eventually, he and his wife Bonnie Jean (Gist) Longaberger raised enough money to purchase the closed basket factory and start a business of their own ...
Zanesville residents Curt and Dee Luburgh courted the owners of the Longaberger Homestead in Frazeysburg for three years before they finally got a yes to take over the full 37 acres.“The last ...
Dave W. Longaberger (1934–1999) was an American businessman who founded the now-defunct Longaberger Company, which made handcrafted maple wood baskets and accessories and became notable in the Newark, Ohio area for the "Big Basket Building" that became the company headquarters in 1997. [1]
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockland County, New York. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rockland County, New York.
Granger Homestead. The Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum offers an 1816 Federal-style mansion in Canandaigua, New York. The property remained in the Granger family for four generations. A carriage house contains a carriage museum. Two barns on the 10-acre (4.0 ha) hold close to 100 antique carriages and sleighs.
The Fort Rock Valley Historical Homestead Museum docents and volunteers work to preserve, restore, and showcase a living village including an authentic community garden. [6] A seasonal interpretive visitor center and gift shop offers guided tours and independent study of the eleven rescued historic buildings, most of which originate from the ...
[1] [2] [3] Later additions to the Loomis house were made around the turn of the eighteenth century. The preserved house is now adjacent to the well-known Loomis Chaffee School , which was founded by Loomis' descendants who donated the surrounding farm land of the original homestead for the grounds of the school.
Location of Steuben County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Steuben County, Indiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Steuben County, Indiana, United States.