The Dawes Family Homes

This History Center is dedicated to C. Burr Dawes, well known throughout Ohio for his tireless energies and lifelong dedication in the fields of museology, history, historic gardens, genealogy and natural history. Among his many accomplishments, he was Chairman-Director of The Dawes Arboretum 1968 through 1972: having served as a founding trustee since 1929. C. Burr was the son of Arboretum co-founders Beman and Bertie Dawes.