Marshville Heritage Society's Heritage preservation

In this room you see the kind of space that many families in rural Ontario lived in. The large fire was a centrepiece for all the cooking and for warmth. 

Each member of the household pitched in either outside work or indoors. Indoors you would see skills of all kinds including sewing, darning cooking, butter making, knitting, washing and all things that were necessary for the families survival and daily living.

Bath time was a big tub filled once in the middle of the room where everyone had a turn.

Outbuilding could include implement sheds, barns, summer kitchens and outhouses.

Families were large and privacy was non-existent in the house.

HISTORY

Zavitz-Reeb Stone House

The stone house was built circa 1790. Although no record exists it is believed that the house was built by the Zavitz family since they own the land on which it was built at the time of its construction.

In 1797, Henry Zavitz obtained a deed for 200 acres of land West of what is now Port Colborne. Limestone quarried on the property was used to build the house. The house is a 1 1/2 story home, 18 feet by 24 feet with 24 inch to 27 inch thick walls.

In 1844, Henry Zavitz sold 100 acres of his property to the Reeb family. The house was on this parcel of land. Starting as the original farm homestead, it had been replaced in the mid 1800s with a large brick home. The old building has had many uses over the years and was turned into a butcher shop. In the early 1900s. It was used as such, until 1960 when it was abandoned.

Hard-Rock Quarry purchased the property and donated the stone house to the Society. It was moved to the Marshville Heritage Village on June 27th, 1995 and in August of 1996 it was fully restored.