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July 2025 by Sunset
So far , so good
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April 2025 by Kathy Yarman
Very interesting! Great tour guide!
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June 2024 by Chris D.
I highly recommend this museum!! We had a great young man as our guide who loved history. Thank you!
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March 2023 by Luke Brown
Packed full of history come visit this rescued house that is chalked full of history from the area.
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March 2023 by Steve Baldwin
Fantastic.Very friendly knowledgeable volunteers
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March 2020 by Charles Untied
Great place to visit
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March 2020 by Steve Carrel
One of the gems of Zanesville. Lots of great history and displays.
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March 2020 by Fred Hicks
Oldest home in Zanesville. Built in 1805
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March 2019 by fred kocsis
Very good place for history buffs
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March 2018 by Nic Hayes
Nice place to go
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March 2014 by Bob Jenkins
Dr. Increase Mathews built a stone cottage in 1805 that still remains intact today. It is a museum owned and run by the Pioneer and Historical Society of Muskingum County. The cottage has been expanded several times and today is three stories high. The museum hosts articles from Dr. Mathews family, John McIntire family, the Buckingham Family and other prominent families in the Putnam area. Putnam was a center of anti-slavery activity in the 1820-1860 time period. Several local homes have hidden rooms where runaway slaves were hidden. Much of the neighborhood was involved in the Underground Railroad. The Stone Academy, a block away was the location where the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society met and wrote their Constitution in 1836. Dr. Increase Mathews and most of his neighbors were from Massachusetts and felt slavery was morally wrong.
