"The Anna Dean Farm can give you what you need, all that you desire, and more than you deserve."
-Ohio C. Barber 1915-

Annadeanfarm.com is the website of the Barberton Historical Society and we will attempt to show you Ohio C. Barber's Anna Dean Farm. The view of this website is to show the Anna Dean Farm as it would look in 1915. Unfortunately today, only 8 of the original 35 Anna Dean Farm buildings survive. The Barberton Historical Society owns five of the remaining eight Anna Dean Farm buildings, which we are currently restoring. Please visit all of the buildings on the Anna Dean Farm, but why not start with the Mansion of O. C. Barber, which upon its completion in 1910, was considered to be the finest mansion between New York and Chicago. The first thing you will encounter on the site are the floor plans of the Mansion. To take a virtual tour of the Mansion you will only need to click on the individual room.

The Barberton Historical Society is a non profit 501(c) 3 organization, so all of your donations are tax deductible. If you would like to help us our please visit our gift shop, or click on our DONATIONS button below which contains information on how you can make a tax deductible donation to help preserve the remaining Anna Dean Farm buildings.

In the meantime to contact us to ask us any questions, you can reach us via e-mail at Barbertonhistsoc@aol.com or call us directly at 330-830-1444. We have over 3000 individual photos of the Anna Dean Farm and Barberton Ohio. However we are always looking for more. Please keep us in mind for any old photos of Barberton.

O. C. Barber was one of the most powerful U. S. industrialists of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. He is most often remembered in Barberton, as our town founder and as the builder of the Anna Dean Farm. His life and his times are masterfully captured in the premier book, "America's Match King - Ohio Columbus Barber" by noted Barberton High School teacher William Fleming.

In honor of Ohio C. Barber, on the eve of the 100th Anniversary of his founding of the Anna Dean Farm, and in honor of William Fleming, who passed away this year, the Barberton Historical Society is proud to announce that we are now taking preorders for Christmas delivery on the great book "America's Match King - Ohio Columbus Barber" by William Fleming.

Only 1000 copies of this 312 page complete master work are anticipated to be printed. This beautiful, new large format, glossy, hardbound book will be easy to read, richly illustrated, and is presale priced at ONLY $24.95. If any copies remain unsold after our presale, they will retail for $40.00.

Postage is only $5.00 per order, but you can save the postage if you want to pickup your book in Barberton, when it is available. Order your copies NOW for only $24.95 each, by sending your check to O. C. Barber Biography % of the Barberton Historical Society, P. O. Box 666, Barberton Ohio, 44023 or you may pre-purchase on line and pay via credit card at www.annadeanfarm.com.

Copies of our DVD program "Anna Dean Farm - A Centennial Remembrance" are $19.95 each or you may order the book and DVD together for only $39.95. All proceeds from the sales of our materials go to help restore the O. C. Barber Barns in Barberton Ohio.

NEW ITEMS IN OUR GIFTSHOP!

Our first item i our new book on Barberton Ghost Stories, entitled Ghosts of the Magic City. This all new hardcover book looks at Barberton ghost legends and is richly illustrated with many unusual photos of historic Barberton. Our Second item is a digitally re-mastered version of our popular video, Anna Dean Farm - A Centennial Remembrance, along with two new bonus film features on O. C. Barber's Anna Dean Farm.

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2008 Anna Dean Farm Walking Tour Was a Huge Success!

On Sunday, May 18, 2008 the Barberton Historical Society completed our annual 18th annual free walking tour of the barns of O. C. Barber’s Anna Dean Farm. Despite the cold weather and the light rain that began and ended the tour, over 1000 people showed up. The results for us were very gratifying. Thank you to all who attended.

Next year will be the beginning of the Anna Dean Farm Centennial. We hope that the tour will be bigger and better than ever and we are already working on events to be held throughout the year. For now, thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you next year.