| H.E. Fledderjohann House, Doctor's Office and Summer Kitchen | |
| Location: | 107 E. German St., New Knoxville, Ohio |
| Coordinates: | 40.4933°N -84.3156°W |
| Architecture: | Italianate, Queen Anne |
| Added: | December 10, 1993 |
| Refnum: | 93001388 |
The H.E. Fledderjohann Property is a complex of five historic buildings in the village of New Knoxville, Ohio, United States. Three of these structures — a house, a doctor's office, and a standalone kitchen building — were owned and used by Fledderjohann, a prominent New Knoxville physician in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Dr. Fledderjohann was the son of Herman Fledderjohann, a native of Prussia who immigrated to present-day Auglaize County in 1835. Soon after arriving, the elder Fledderjohann began laboring in the construction of the Miami and Erie Canal, and his diligence quickly led to him becoming a foreman and a leading man in the community. He was twice married and fathered eighteen children; among the sons borne by his second wife were Henry and B.A. Fledderjohann, who served in the Ohio House of Representatives.[1] Henry Fledderjohann graduated from the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania in 1886.[2] Upon entering the medical profession, Fledderjohann was well regarded by other physicians; he was a member of the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association,[3] and in 1906, he was elected to the vice presidency of the Auglaize County Medical Society.[4] For a time, he was also a public official, acting as the health officer for the New Knoxville Board of Health in 1902.[5] Besides serving the community as a family doctor, Fledderjohann was also an inventor; he was granted a patent for a type of steam turbine in 1913.[6]
Fledderjohann's house was built in 1879 by Gustave Zuelch, Fledderjohann's predecessor as community doctor; he served the village from 1878 to 1888.[7] Located adjacent to the house is the doctors office.[8] Built in 1890,[9] the office is a one-story brick building with small rounded windows that open into the attic.[10] The kitchen is a one-story frame structure located immediately behind the house.[11] These three buildings were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, primarily because of their connection to Fledderjohann. Today, Fledderjohann's property is operated as a museum by the New Knoxville Historical Society, with his residence as a historic house museum. Besides the three landmarked buildings, the museum complex includes a barn, a barber shop and a small log house.
