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Johnny's Tavern; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Johnny's Tavern; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 2-7, interior of Johnny's Tavern; 8-11, Nancy Buckalew; 12-14, Nancy ... More

Transylvanian Saxon costume shown by Martin and Sara Schwarz; Balys Pakštas, Chicago, Illinois

Transylvanian Saxon costume shown by Martin and Sara Schwarz; Balys Pa...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-17, Martin and Sara Schwarz in traditional adult costumes from Rode... More

Walnut Street Fire Company No. 4, 808 Walnut Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

Walnut Street Fire Company No. 4, 808 Walnut Street, Madison, Jefferso...

Significance: The Walnut Street Fire Company #4 was built in 1874, probably to the designs of Alexander White, and originally included arched equipment doors and a delicately detailed bell cupola. Survey numbe... More

Das Deutsche Haus, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Das Deutsche Haus, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The building is an example of German cultural and architectural influences in the midwest during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Romanesque architectural forms are used on the exterior... More

Das Deutsche Haus, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Das Deutsche Haus, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The building is an example of German cultural and architectural influences in the midwest during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Romanesque architectural forms are used on the exterior... More

Pioneer House of the Mother Colony, 414 North West Street (moved from North Los Angeles Street), Anaheim, Orange County, CA

Pioneer House of the Mother Colony, 414 North West Street (moved from ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18 Survey number: HABS CA-320 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

Worster-Gert House, 711 South First Street, Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE

Worster-Gert House, 711 South First Street, Lincoln, Lancaster County,...

Significance: The Worster-Gert house is closely associated with the predominant Volga-German culture of the South Bottoms Historic District. It is an example of one of the most explicitly German-Russian house ... More

Mueller House, County Trunk AP, Iron Ridge, Dodge County, WI

Mueller House, County Trunk AP, Iron Ridge, Dodge County, WI

Significance: The house is a small but typical example of a type of half-timber construction built by early German settlers in Wisconsin prior to the Civil War. The carpenters and joiners who built these were ... More

Christian Scheid House, Beulah, Mercer County, ND

Christian Scheid House, Beulah, Mercer County, ND

Significance: The Christian Scheid house is significant for its association with the German-Russian settlement in Mercer County and North Dakota. The house embodies the characteristics of German-Russian ethnic... More

Christian Scheid House, Beulah, Mercer County, ND

Christian Scheid House, Beulah, Mercer County, ND

Significance: The Christian Scheid house is significant for its association with the German-Russian settlement in Mercer County and North Dakota. The house embodies the characteristics of German-Russian ethnic... More

Christian Scheid House, Beulah, Mercer County, ND

Christian Scheid House, Beulah, Mercer County, ND

Significance: The Christian Scheid house is significant for its association with the German-Russian settlement in Mercer County and North Dakota. The house embodies the characteristics of German-Russian ethnic... More

Edward Henkel House, Henkel Square, Live Oak & First Streets, Round Top, Fayette County, TX

Edward Henkel House, Henkel Square, Live Oak & First Streets, Round To...

Significance: Constructed about 1851 the house it one of the earliest of Round Top that was built by German craftsmen. Its form and character reflect the traditions of the homeland of these settlers. Unprocess... More

Deister Farmstead, Route 442, Stull, Douglas County, KS

Deister Farmstead, Route 442, Stull, Douglas County, KS

Significance: The Deister Farmstead is representative of a way of life on a working farm in the early years of Kansas' history. Henry Deister bought the farm in the late 1860s and is typical of the large number... More

Deister Farmstead, Route 442, Stull, Douglas County, KS

Deister Farmstead, Route 442, Stull, Douglas County, KS

Significance: The Deister Farmstead is representative of a way of life on a working farm in the early years of Kansas' history. Henry Deister bought the farm in the late 1860s and is typical of the large number... More

Charles L. Lege House, 533 West Elmira Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Charles L. Lege House, 533 West Elmira Street, San Antonio, Bexar Coun...

Lege was incorrectly identified as being of French descent on the first drawing. He is of German descent. Significance: The house is a good representative example of the style of residential building erected in... More

Hanover Green Meetinghouse, Nanticoke vicinity, Hanover Green, Luzerne County, PA

Hanover Green Meetinghouse, Nanticoke vicinity, Hanover Green, Luzerne...

Survey number: HABS PA-26 Building/structure dates: 1825 Initial Construction

Hanover Green Meetinghouse, Nanticoke vicinity, Hanover Green, Luzerne County, PA

Hanover Green Meetinghouse, Nanticoke vicinity, Hanover Green, Luzerne...

Survey number: HABS PA-26 Building/structure dates: 1825 Initial Construction

Hanover Green Meetinghouse, Nanticoke vicinity, Hanover Green, Luzerne County, PA

Hanover Green Meetinghouse, Nanticoke vicinity, Hanover Green, Luzerne...

Survey number: HABS PA-26 Building/structure dates: 1825 Initial Construction

Daniel Winter House, Goodrich, Sheridan County, ND

Daniel Winter House, Goodrich, Sheridan County, ND

Significance: The Daniel Winter House is an excellent example of North Dakota rural settlement architecture from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It also represents vernacular traditions associated with... More

Ralph Richterkessing Farm, Residence, 4600 I-70 North Service Road, Saint Peters, St. Charles County, MO

Ralph Richterkessing Farm, Residence, 4600 I-70 North Service Road, Sa...

Significance: The Ralph Richterkessing house is the principal building on a farm complex that is representative of German agrarian culture in Missouri. The brick house is an example of Missouri-German vernacul... More

Lady Adams Building, 113-115 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Lady Adams Building, 113-115 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, ...

Significance: Built as wholesale and import house for four German immigrants who arrived on the brigantine "Lady Adams." Ballast brick said to have been used in structure. Only building to survive fire of 185... More

Carl Wilhelm Rummel House, First Street, Round Top, Fayette County, TX

Carl Wilhelm Rummel House, First Street, Round Top, Fayette County, TX

Significance: A fine example of a masonry house built by immigrant German craftsmen. Its form and the workmanship in stone and wood recall the character of houses of the German homeland. Unprocessed Field note... More

Carl Wilhelm Rummel House, First Street, Round Top, Fayette County, TX

Carl Wilhelm Rummel House, First Street, Round Top, Fayette County, TX

Significance: A fine example of a masonry house built by immigrant German craftsmen. Its form and the workmanship in stone and wood recall the character of houses of the German homeland. Unprocessed Field note... More

Carl Wilhelm Rummel House, First Street, Round Top, Fayette County, TX

Carl Wilhelm Rummel House, First Street, Round Top, Fayette County, TX

Significance: A fine example of a masonry house built by immigrant German craftsmen. Its form and the workmanship in stone and wood recall the character of houses of the German homeland. Unprocessed Field note... More

Rothschild House, 836 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, Jefferson County, WA

Rothschild House, 836 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, Jefferson Count...

Significance: D.C.H. (Henry) Rothschild (1824-86) was a German immigrant by way of Kentucky and California. He settled in Port Townsend in 1858, establishing the Kentucky Store on the town's waterfront. One o... More

Rothschild House, 836 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, Jefferson County, WA

Rothschild House, 836 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, Jefferson Count...

Significance: D.C.H. (Henry) Rothschild (1824-86) was a German immigrant by way of Kentucky and California. He settled in Port Townsend in 1858, establishing the Kentucky Store on the town's waterfront. One o... More

Alfred Uihlein House, 1639 North Fifth Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Alfred Uihlein House, 1639 North Fifth Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co...

Significance: This excellent, late nineteenth-century mansion was built for an executive of the nearby Schlitz Brewing Co. and was at the time it was recorded one of the last surviving homes in the once affluen... More

Alfred Uihlein House, 1639 North Fifth Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Alfred Uihlein House, 1639 North Fifth Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co...

Significance: This excellent, late nineteenth-century mansion was built for an executive of the nearby Schlitz Brewing Co. and was at the time it was recorded one of the last surviving homes in the once affluen... More

Kluge House, 540 West Main Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Kluge House, 540 West Main Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Kluge House, 540 West Main Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Kluge House, 540 West Main Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington...

Significance: The Pry House derives its significance from both the historical implications of its role in the Civil War Battle of Antietam, and from the architectural significance of its mid-nineteenth century ... More

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington...

Significance: The Pry House derives its significance from both the historical implications of its role in the Civil War Battle of Antietam, and from the architectural significance of its mid-nineteenth century ... More

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington...

Significance: The Pry House derives its significance from both the historical implications of its role in the Civil War Battle of Antietam, and from the architectural significance of its mid-nineteenth century ... More

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington...

Significance: The Pry House derives its significance from both the historical implications of its role in the Civil War Battle of Antietam, and from the architectural significance of its mid-nineteenth century ... More

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington...

Significance: The Pry House derives its significance from both the historical implications of its role in the Civil War Battle of Antietam, and from the architectural significance of its mid-nineteenth century ... More

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Significance: Built in 1770, this is one of the churches built by the Germans from the Rhine Valley who settled this area, and is maintained as a shrine to them by the owners. Unprocessed Field note material ... More

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Significance: Built in 1770, this is one of the churches built by the Germans from the Rhine Valley who settled this area, and is maintained as a shrine to them by the owners. Unprocessed Field note material ... More

Santa Clara Verein, 1082 Alviso Street, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA

Santa Clara Verein, 1082 Alviso Street, Santa Clara, Santa Clara Count...

Significance: German immigrants were among the early settlers in the Santa Clara Valley. Bringing their traditional social customs to the Valley, the Germans soon began to form a number of organizations includ... More

Santa Clara Verein, 1082 Alviso Street, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA

Santa Clara Verein, 1082 Alviso Street, Santa Clara, Santa Clara Count...

Significance: German immigrants were among the early settlers in the Santa Clara Valley. Bringing their traditional social customs to the Valley, the Germans soon began to form a number of organizations includ... More

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eighth Street, northwest corner of North Twenty-eighth & Master Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eigh...

Significance: The parish buildings of St. Ludwig's Roman Catholic Church are important landmarks to both a disappeared urban community and another that endures. The structures are located in an area of Philade... More

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eighth Street, northwest corner of North Twenty-eighth & Master Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eigh...

Significance: The parish buildings of St. Ludwig's Roman Catholic Church are important landmarks to both a disappeared urban community and another that endures. The structures are located in an area of Philade... More

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eighth Street, northwest corner of North Twenty-eighth & Master Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eigh...

Significance: The parish buildings of St. Ludwig's Roman Catholic Church are important landmarks to both a disappeared urban community and another that endures. The structures are located in an area of Philade... More

Flooey and Axel. Axel is confused by what he sees

Flooey and Axel. Axel is confused by what he sees

Five-frame comic strip. While hunting, Axel thinks he sees big game, but it is really an Indian wearing feathers. He punches the Indian, only to discover that Flooey has hired him as a guide. Copyright 1915 b... More

Siegfried Schuh, violin maker, Chicago, Illinois; Martin Schwarz and Sara Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Siegfried Schuh, violin maker, Chicago, Illinois; Martin Schwarz and S...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0a-7, Siegfried Shuh and shots of workshop; 7a-12, Sigfried Shuh with... More

Stathis Trahanatzis, icon painter, Chicago, Illinois; event at D.A.N.K. (German American National Congress) House, Chicago, Illinois

Stathis Trahanatzis, icon painter, Chicago, Illinois; event at D.A.N.K...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1a-4, object made by Stathis Trahanatzis; 5-11, Stathis Trahanatzis; ... More

Martin and Sara Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Martin and Sara Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-2, Transylvanian Saxon [typed as "Austrian" in fieldworker notes] bride and bridegroom costumes shown at the home of Martin and Sara Schwarz, 1638 W. Berwyn Ave., Chicago, dummy a... More

Transylvanian Saxon costume shown by Martin and Sara Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Transylvanian Saxon costume shown by Martin and Sara Schwarz, Chicago,...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-10a, dummy bride with Stefan Roth as bridegroom shown holding tradi... More

Esther Schmall, quilts; German American in Laurel, Montana

Esther Schmall, quilts; German American in Laurel, Montana

Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Siegfried Schuh, violin maker, Chicago, Illinois

Siegfried Schuh, violin maker, Chicago, Illinois

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-4, Workshop of Siegfried Schuh, violin maker, 525 W. Belmont, Chicago, showing instruments in progress; 5-19, Siegfried Schuh at work constructing and repairing stringed instrumen... More

Home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-2, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schwarz, 1638 W. Berwyn, Chicago, Heidi Siewert and her mother, Sara Schwarz in dining room - costume accessories displayed on tables; 3-6, c... More

Siegfried Schuh, violin maker, Chicago, Illinois; Martin Schwarz and Sara Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Siegfried Schuh, violin maker, Chicago, Illinois; Martin Schwarz and S...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0a-7, Siegfried Shuh and shots of workshop; 7a-12, Sigfried Shuh with... More

Laschet Inn (German American bar), 2119 West Irving Park Rd., Chicago, Illinois; Appalachian mural, Racine and Magnolia

Laschet Inn (German American bar), 2119 West Irving Park Rd., Chicago,...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-3a, mural at Racine and Magnolia depicting southern migration to no... More

German American event at D.A.N.K. House, Chicago, Illinois

German American event at D.A.N.K. House, Chicago, Illinois

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-5, at a German American event at D.A.N.K. House (German American National Congress), first dance group - "German"; 6-19, second dance group - "Transylvania Saxons"

Martin and Sara Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Martin and Sara Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-20, Transylvanian Saxon [typed as "Austrian" in fieldworker notes] bride and bridegroom costumes shown at the home of Martin and Sara Schwarz, 1638 W. Berwyn Ave., Chicago, dummy ... More

Johnny's Tavern; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Johnny's Tavern; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 2-7, interior of Johnny's Tavern; 8-11, Nancy Buckalew; 12-14, Nancy ... More

Lutz's Conditorei; Chicago Ethnic Arts project apartment, Chicago, Illinois

Lutz's Conditorei; Chicago Ethnic Arts project apartment, Chicago, Ill...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-5, interior of Lutz's (Lutz Cafe, 2458 West Montrose, Lincoln Squar... More

Transylvanian Saxon costume shown by Martin Schwarz and Sara Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Transylvanian Saxon costume shown by Martin Schwarz and Sara Schwarz, ...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-37, series of photos (begun on film roll at call number AFC 1981/00... More

A) Mrs. Esther Schmall's quilts-Laurel, Montana; Deutsche Festspielers; B) Butte Cemetery-Old Montana St. Cemetery; C) Father Sarsfield O'Sullivan, priest of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Butte-Irish community

A) Mrs. Esther Schmall's quilts-Laurel, Montana; Deutsche Festspielers...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Transylvanian Saxon costume shown by Martin and Sara Schwarz; Balys Pakštas, Chicago, Illinois

Transylvanian Saxon costume shown by Martin and Sara Schwarz; Balys Pa...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-17, Martin and Sara Schwarz in traditional adult costumes from Rode... More

Martin Schwarz and Sara Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Martin Schwarz and Sara Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 2, copy of photo taken of costume festival in Austria; 3, Copy of pho... More

Turner Hall, 2015 Avenue I, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

Turner Hall, 2015 Avenue I, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

Survey number: HABS TX-21 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Subsequent Work

Das Deutsche Haus, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Das Deutsche Haus, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The building is an example of German cultural and architectural influences in the midwest during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Romanesque architectural forms are used on the exterior... More

Das Deutsche Haus, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Das Deutsche Haus, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The building is an example of German cultural and architectural influences in the midwest during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Romanesque architectural forms are used on the exterior... More

Das Deutsche Haus, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Das Deutsche Haus, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The building is an example of German cultural and architectural influences in the midwest during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Romanesque architectural forms are used on the exterior... More

Pioneer House of the Mother Colony, 414 North West Street (moved from North Los Angeles Street), Anaheim, Orange County, CA

Pioneer House of the Mother Colony, 414 North West Street (moved from ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18 Survey number: HABS CA-320 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

Amana Colonies General Store & Offices, State Route 220, Amana, Iowa County, IA

Amana Colonies General Store & Offices, State Route 220, Amana, Iowa C...

Significance: Located in the center of Amana, this structure was one of the community buildings that served the Community of True Inspiration, a German Pietist group that settled in the area in the 1850s and 18... More

Tacony, St. Vincent's Catholic School, Bounded by Princeton, Delaware, & Cottman Avenues & Milnor Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, St. Vincent's Catholic School, Bounded by Princeton, Delaware,...

Significance: St. Vincent's Catholic School is the physical and institutional remnant of an important part of Tacony's pre-industrial history. St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum was founded in Tacony in 1855 and the ... More

Christian Scheid House, Beulah, Mercer County, ND

Christian Scheid House, Beulah, Mercer County, ND

Significance: The Christian Scheid house is significant for its association with the German-Russian settlement in Mercer County and North Dakota. The house embodies the characteristics of German-Russian ethnic... More

Christian Scheid House, Beulah, Mercer County, ND

Christian Scheid House, Beulah, Mercer County, ND

Significance: The Christian Scheid house is significant for its association with the German-Russian settlement in Mercer County and North Dakota. The house embodies the characteristics of German-Russian ethnic... More

Life preserver. John Weik's (Philadelphia) Kochbuecher [cookbooks] ... Alle fünf Bücher hier zu haben / invented and drawn on stone by J. Nissle ; Herline & Co. lith., Philada.

Life preserver. John Weik's (Philadelphia) Kochbuecher [cookbooks] ......

Advertisement for cookbooks published by John Weik, showing people cooking and eating. Copyright by J. Weik.

Edward Henkel House, Henkel Square, Live Oak & First Streets, Round Top, Fayette County, TX

Edward Henkel House, Henkel Square, Live Oak & First Streets, Round To...

Significance: Constructed about 1851 the house it one of the earliest of Round Top that was built by German craftsmen. Its form and character reflect the traditions of the homeland of these settlers. Unprocess... More

Deister Farmstead, Route 442, Stull, Douglas County, KS

Deister Farmstead, Route 442, Stull, Douglas County, KS

Significance: The Deister Farmstead is representative of a way of life on a working farm in the early years of Kansas' history. Henry Deister bought the farm in the late 1860s and is typical of the large number... More

Hutmacher Complex, House, Killdeer, Dunn County, ND

Hutmacher Complex, House, Killdeer, Dunn County, ND

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: It is comprised of 2 adjacent farmsteads constructed in a traditional, ethnic architectural form that originated in the Black Sea region of Russia and Ukraine... More

Ralph Richterkessing Farm, Residence, 4600 I-70 North Service Road, Saint Peters, St. Charles County, MO

Ralph Richterkessing Farm, Residence, 4600 I-70 North Service Road, Sa...

Significance: The Ralph Richterkessing house is the principal building on a farm complex that is representative of German agrarian culture in Missouri. The brick house is an example of Missouri-German vernacul... More

Ralph Richterkessing Farm, Residence, 4600 I-70 North Service Road, Saint Peters, St. Charles County, MO

Ralph Richterkessing Farm, Residence, 4600 I-70 North Service Road, Sa...

Significance: The Ralph Richterkessing house is the principal building on a farm complex that is representative of German agrarian culture in Missouri. The brick house is an example of Missouri-German vernacul... More

German-American Bank, 624 Felix Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

German-American Bank, 624 Felix Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County,...

Significance: Building symbolizes economic importance of German immigrants in the midwest during the late 19th century. It also is an important local example of Romanesque Revival architecture applied to an ear... More

Carl Wilhelm Rummel House, First Street, Round Top, Fayette County, TX

Carl Wilhelm Rummel House, First Street, Round Top, Fayette County, TX

Significance: A fine example of a masonry house built by immigrant German craftsmen. Its form and the workmanship in stone and wood recall the character of houses of the German homeland. Unprocessed Field note... More

Langholff House & Barn, State Route 109, Watertown, Jefferson County, WI

Langholff House & Barn, State Route 109, Watertown, Jefferson County, ...

Significance: This building is an especially interesting example of a type of half-timber construction built by early German settlers in Wisconsin and known in Germany as Fachwerkbau. It is the only building o... More

Eaton-Worster House, 715 South First Street, Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE

Eaton-Worster House, 715 South First Street, Lincoln, Lancaster County...

Significance: The Eaton-Worster house is historically associated with the predominant Volga-German culture of the South Bottoms Historic District, and contributes architecturally to the district in its massing ... More

Erwin Richterkessing Farm, Residence, 4540 I-70 North Service Road, Saint Peters, St. Charles County, MO

Erwin Richterkessing Farm, Residence, 4540 I-70 North Service Road, Sa...

Significance: The residence is the principal building at the site that demonstrates characteristics of Missouri-German vernacular architecture and contributes to the agrarian setting and purpose of the Richterk... More

Rothschild House, 836 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, Jefferson County, WA

Rothschild House, 836 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, Jefferson Count...

Significance: D.C.H. (Henry) Rothschild (1824-86) was a German immigrant by way of Kentucky and California. He settled in Port Townsend in 1858, establishing the Kentucky Store on the town's waterfront. One o... More

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Written documentation includes outbuildings. Significance: This is an excellent example of a typical Pennsylvania German family farm that has developed continuously since the middle of the eighteenth century, T... More

Alfred Uihlein House, 1639 North Fifth Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Alfred Uihlein House, 1639 North Fifth Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co...

Significance: This excellent, late nineteenth-century mansion was built for an executive of the nearby Schlitz Brewing Co. and was at the time it was recorded one of the last surviving homes in the once affluen... More

Emma Roth House, 12 South Spring Street, Perryville, Perry County, MO

Emma Roth House, 12 South Spring Street, Perryville, Perry County, MO

Significance: Significant as a contributing historic building in a small residential historic district with undetermined boundaries, which constitutes one of the city's earliest neighborhoods. German immigrants... More

Kluge House, 540 West Main Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Kluge House, 540 West Main Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Kluge House, 540 West Main Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Kluge House, 540 West Main Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington...

Significance: The Pry House derives its significance from both the historical implications of its role in the Civil War Battle of Antietam, and from the architectural significance of its mid-nineteenth century ... More

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Philip Pry Farm, House, Boonsboro Pike (SR 34), Sharpsburg, Washington...

Significance: The Pry House derives its significance from both the historical implications of its role in the Civil War Battle of Antietam, and from the architectural significance of its mid-nineteenth century ... More

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Significance: Built in 1770, this is one of the churches built by the Germans from the Rhine Valley who settled this area, and is maintained as a shrine to them by the owners. Unprocessed Field note material ... More

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Significance: Built in 1770, this is one of the churches built by the Germans from the Rhine Valley who settled this area, and is maintained as a shrine to them by the owners. Unprocessed Field note material ... More

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Significance: Built in 1770, this is one of the churches built by the Germans from the Rhine Valley who settled this area, and is maintained as a shrine to them by the owners. Unprocessed Field note material ... More

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Palatine Church, State Route 5, Nelliston, Montgomery County, NY

Significance: Built in 1770, this is one of the churches built by the Germans from the Rhine Valley who settled this area, and is maintained as a shrine to them by the owners. Unprocessed Field note material ... More

Santa Clara Verein, 1082 Alviso Street, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA

Santa Clara Verein, 1082 Alviso Street, Santa Clara, Santa Clara Count...

Significance: German immigrants were among the early settlers in the Santa Clara Valley. Bringing their traditional social customs to the Valley, the Germans soon began to form a number of organizations includ... More

Santa Clara Verein, 1082 Alviso Street, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA

Santa Clara Verein, 1082 Alviso Street, Santa Clara, Santa Clara Count...

Significance: German immigrants were among the early settlers in the Santa Clara Valley. Bringing their traditional social customs to the Valley, the Germans soon began to form a number of organizations includ... More

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eighth Street, northwest corner of North Twenty-eighth & Master Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eigh...

Significance: The parish buildings of St. Ludwig's Roman Catholic Church are important landmarks to both a disappeared urban community and another that endures. The structures are located in an area of Philade... More

German American event at D.A.N.K. House, Chicago, Illinois

German American event at D.A.N.K. House, Chicago, Illinois

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-5, at a German American event at D.A.N.K. House (German American National Congress), first dance group - "German"; 6-19, second dance group - "Transylvania Saxons"

Mrs. Mary Belica's garden, Cicero, Illinois

Mrs. Mary Belica's garden, Cicero, Illinois

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-9, Garden of Mrs. Mary Belica, 2528 S. 61st Ct., Cicero, who inherited garden from her mother; the garden has been vandalized; 10-13, photograph showing garden as it originally wa... More

Transylvanian Saxon costume shown by Martin and Sara Schwarz; Balys Pakštas, Chicago, Illinois

Transylvanian Saxon costume shown by Martin and Sara Schwarz; Balys Pa...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-17, Martin and Sara Schwarz in traditional adult costumes from Rode... More

German American event at D.A.N.K. House, Chicago, Illinois

German American event at D.A.N.K. House, Chicago, Illinois

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-3, exterior of D.A.N.K. House (German American National Congress) building; 4-6, close-up of D.A.N.K. House sign; 7-20, at a German American event at D.A.N.K. House, first dance g... More

Transylvanian Saxon costume shown by Martin and Sara Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Transylvanian Saxon costume shown by Martin and Sara Schwarz, Chicago,...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-10a, dummy bride with Stefan Roth as bridegroom shown holding tradi... More

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