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Zelienople (Images of America)

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In 1800, Butler County had just been created and used to be nothing but forest, streams, and Indian trails. Dettmar Basse purchased 10,000 acres on this wilderness, where he was hoping to create a barony very similar to the ones he had known in Germany. In 1802, he began to build his Bassenheim (Basse’s home). It took seven years and $7,000 to build this castle, and he also laid out streets for a town that he named for his daughter Zelie (nople means village). Zelie and her new husband, Philippe Passavant, of French ancestry, traveled here in 1807 and became the first merchants on Main Street. Their son William A. Passavant founded a large number of orphanages and hospitals during the country. Christian Buhl, the hatter and furrier, came to Zelienople from Germany in 1802. His grandson Henry Buhl Jr. founded Boggs and Buhl Department Store at the north side of Pittsburgh. In 1927, he bequeathed an $11-million endowment to the Buhl Foundation, making it one of the most best-funded foundations within the country.

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