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SCHUMACHER HOMESTEAD

MUSEUM AND SWISS HERITAGE CENTER / 8350 Bixel Rd. / 567-387-9208

WHAT’S NEW AT THE SCHUMACHER HOMESTEAD

Our Swiss Story: Purchase in Bluffton or order via US Mail

Our Swiss Story: Historical Events of the Mennonite and Reformed Swiss Settlement in Allen & Putnam Counties, Ohio is a 2026 update to the classic work by P.B. Amstutz. Historian Fred Steiner has added accounts of Swiss Reformed and Mennonite pioneer women, business owners, teachers, church and community leaders and persons of national prominence.

It also includes the locations of 60 Swiss immigrant farmsteads and 16 Settlement country schools, as well as more than 230 burials in the early Reformed and Mennonite cemeteries.

LOCAL PURCHASE
Call Director Neil Allen at 567-387-9208 and arrange a pick-up time at the Heritage Center. Stop by the Black Lab Trading Company at 121 N. Main St Bluffton, Monday-Friday 10:00 AM-5:30 PM or Saturday 10:00 AM-3:00 PM.

MAIL ORDER
To order by mail, please provide the following with a payment of $37 (per copy) to SCHS, P.O. Box 5, Bluffton, OH 45817. 

Name
Address with street, city, state, zip code
Phone
Email

Our Swiss Story cover

Homestead Tours

The Schumacher Homestead offers a glimpse into the lives of Swiss immigrants in an area of Allen and Putnam counties known as the Settlement during the mid 19th century. Contact Neil Allen at 567-387-9208 or email directorschs@gmail.com

Scenes from 2025 events

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Swiss Heritage Center

NEW: Visit the Swiss Heritage Center, a repurposed timber-frame barn previously located on the Dan and Cindy Basinger Farm. The center is heated and air-conditioned and includes a large event space, classroom, artifact storage space, and public restrooms. For rental information, contact Neil Allen at 567-387-9208 or email directorschs@gmail.com