This house at 6 Pine Street was built in 1875 for Florence Gee by John Gee. For more than 40 years it was home for the Albert Tope family. The Topes ran a funeral home in the house from 1925 to 1942.
some say the home is haunted-- your only muggles will be spirits It was also known in the 19th century as the entrance to Dogham. In older days each section of Gallipolis had its own nickname. There was Flatiron Square, Weibert’s Addition, Creuzet’s Addition, Payne Alley, Wildcat Alley and Dogham among others. Dogham was an area of town along First Avenue in the Spruce, Pine and Olive blocks and at one time contained a number of small tenement-like dwellings. In addition, there were a number of shanty boats parked on the Ohio River in the vicinity of town. Before the turn of the century the mayor, marshal, and judge were kept busy with problems that originated in Dogham. Supposedly the name Dogham was one given to this area by steamboatmen who said that a number of dogs had disappeared while entering this district. The rumor was that the dogs had ended up as “hams” on the dinner table; hence the name Dogham. In the last century, whoever the resident of 6 Pine Street was, became unofficially the “mayor of Dogham”. This information was obtained from the files of James Sands which are held at the Gallia County Historical Society.
After completing the DOGHAM CACHE if you look around you may see a TRAVEL BUG DECAL close by. Don't forget to log it for a find as well :-) THAT IS IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND IT TOO. :-)