The Anchorage

The Anchorage is a historical home in the Harmar neighborhood of Marietta, Ohio, United States. Also known as the Putnam Villa, it was built in 1859 by Douglas Putnam for his wife Eliza.

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Type: Historic building
Description: house in Marietta, Ohio, United States of America
Also known as: “Putnam Villa”
Address: 424 George Street, Marietta, OH 45750

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Children’s Toy & Doll Museum and The Henry Fearing House.

Children’s Toy & Doll Museum

Museum

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Children’s Toy & Doll Museum is situated 1,700 feet southeast of The Anchorage.

The Henry Fearing House

Historic building

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The Henry Fearing House is a historic building, which is situated 1,800 feet southeast of The Anchorage.

Ohio River Museum

Museum

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The Ohio River Museum is a museum that interprets the history of the Ohio River. The museum is situated on the Muskingum River, near its confluence with the Ohio River, in Marietta, Ohio. Ohio River Museum is situated 2,600 feet north of The Anchorage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harmar, Marietta and Marietta Historic District.

Harmar, Marietta

Neighborhood

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Harmar is a historic neighborhood in the city of Marietta, Ohio, United States. Located at the western side of the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it grew up around the early Fort Harmar in the 1780s, being settled in conjunction with Marietta.

Marietta Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Marietta Historic District is a historic district in Marietta, Ohio, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Among the buildings in the district are ones dating back to 1788, the year in which Marietta was founded as the first white settlement in what is now Ohio.

Williamstown

Village

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Williamstown is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area. The population was 2,997 at the 2020 census. The now closed Fenton Art Glass Company was located in the city.

The Anchorage

Categories: house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Marietta, Washington, Southeast Ohio, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.41344° or 39° 24′ 48″ north

Longitude

-81.46365° or 81° 27′ 49″ west

Inception

1859

Levels

Open location code

86FWCG7P+9G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 915926449

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

Wikidata ID

Q7713669

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French: “The Anchorage”

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