North 6th Street – Tuscarawas County Stories

One House’s Story: The Shaffer Family

The Shaffer House in New Philadelphia, Ohio, 2023. (Source: google.com)

I have walked past this house so many times and wondered who occupied it when it was a new, and attractive home in New Philadelphia. The home’s history is connected to a family that originally settled on the banks of the Ohio River but made New Philadelphia their home for over sixty years. John D.Continue reading “One House’s Story: The Shaffer Family”

One House’s Story: The Ditto Family

The Ditto House on North Third Street in New Philadelphia, Ohio, 2023. (Source: google.com)

This modest home located near New Philadelphia High School was the home of a painter and his family. A working-class tradesman who became a pillar of the New Philadelphia community. Joseph Ditto (1814-1889) arrived in Ohio around 1840 from his birth state of Pennsylvania. A painter by trade, he originally settled in Summit County whereContinue reading “One House’s Story: The Ditto Family”