[1] Lake Anna was formed by natural geology, left after the last ice age.
In 1891 Barber bought land to build a manufacturing facility for Diamond Matches, and founded the town of Barberton.
In addition to developing residential sections, in 1909 he had construction completed on his 52-room, French Renaissance mansion there.
It was the center of a complex he called the Anna Dean Farm, again in his daughter's honor.
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