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Photo of the front of the Knesseth Israel Temple.

Photo of the front face of the Knesseth Israel Temple.

Photo of the door of the Knesseth Israel Temple.

Photo of the exterior of the Knesseth Israel Temple.

Photo of a plaque by the door of the Knesseth Israel Temple commemorate the cornerstone of the building in 1950.

John Larwill was among the first surveyors and also holds the title of constructing the house in Wooster, which once stood in a space now occupied by a paint store.

Photo the Jacob's Lutheran Cemetery in Franklin Township.

Photo of the Jacob's Lutheran Cemetery and Foundation in Franklin Township.

Photo taken across the street from the remnants of Jacob's Lutheran Church, featuring the junction signs.

Photo of Jacob's Lutheran Cemetery.

Photo of Jacob's Lutheran Cemetery

Modern photo of August Imgard's house, the man credited with bringing the Christmas tree to Wooster. The building is now the rectory of St. Mary's Church.

Plaque outside of the Salem Lutheran Church stating that the congregation was founded in 1828 by Reverend Weygandt.

Photo of the front of Salem Lutheran Church, one of the oldest German Lutheran congregations in Wooster.

This is what the Trinity United Church of Christ, a congregation that merged the Evangelical Lutherans and English Reformed Church in 1953, looks like today.

In the interior lobby of the Trinity United Church of Christ stands the original facade of the church.

Photo of the Simon Rice Home, now the headquarters of the police at OARDC.

Photo of the Barnhart Rice Homestead, currently located on the OARDC campus.

The facade of Knesseth Israel Temple on Cleveland Road, with the front sign in view

Plaque on Knesseth Israel Temples door, detailing the founding of the Temple

The exterior of the Buckeye Agricultural Museum and Education Center shows that the building is still in development.

A Systems Map of the operational Baltimore & Ohio railways during World War II.

Ed Abramson, the historian of the Knesseth Israel Temple, recounts his father's long journey to Wooster from Russia amidst the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.

Engraving of Adelaide Critchfield

An illustration from an 1861 edition of Timothy Shay Arthur's 1854 temperance drama, Ten Nighs in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There. This story was presented in play form in the Quinby Opera House at the height of Wooster's activity in the temperance…

The Reverend of Trinity United Church of Christ, Dr. Kevin Franklin, talks about early divisions in Wooster's German community.

Photograph showing the KKK marching from E Liberty Street onto S Market

Photograph of the DiGiacomo building.