340 N. Bever St., Wooster, Ohio

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The house located at 340 N. Bever St. holds the distinction of being the first house built along the Historic Founders' Row section of N. Bever St. by Charles Gasche in 1849. The Gasche family lived in the house until 1905. Charles Gasche was a local carpenter, craftsman, draftsman, fresco artist, cabinet maker, and was the sketch artist for many images that appear in Caldwell's Atlases.

Born on June 10, 1810 in Wetzlar, Kingdom of Prussia, he came to America in June of 1833 to York, Pennsylvania. Charles Gasche and family moved to Wooster, Ohio on October 13, 1835. Gasche bought the land the house sits on from Thomas and Belinda Power and John and Elizabeth Jonees on April 12, 1849 for $150.20 and proceeded to build his house which still stands to this day.

The Gasche house has a unique architectural history. It is a fine example of the [1] ideal identifiable by the center gabled roof and Greek cross layout.

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