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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

Six-year old Tildy helps a little in the beet work, on a Colorado farm near Rocky Ford. Her father is German. He said: "I don't work my children until they are older." Another German farmer nearby said the same. Another father said: "Americans don't work their kids the way foreignors [i.e., foreigners] do." See Hine Report, Colorado Beet Workers, July 1915.  Location: Rocky Ford [vicinity], Colorado.

Six-year old Tildy helps a little in the beet work, on a Colorado farm...

Picryl description: Public domain portrait of a child, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Lutz's Conditorei, Chicago, Illinois, Carl Fleischhauer

Lutz's Conditorei, Chicago, Illinois, Carl Fleischhauer

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-3, exterior of Lutz's conditorei (Lutz Cafe, 2458 West Montrose, Lincoln Square neighborhood); 4-7, pastries in shop window; 8, interior of bakery section of Lutz' s; 9-12, interi... 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

Chicago Zither Club concert, Golden Tiara Hall, 3213 N. Cicero, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Zither Club concert, Golden Tiara Hall, 3213 N. Cicero, Chicag...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 2-5, 10, 19-20a, scenes after the concert taken during dinner and dan... More

Rudy Wacek, zither player, Chicago, Illinois; Appalachian mural, Chicago, Illinois

Rudy Wacek, zither player, Chicago, Illinois; Appalachian mural, Chica...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-6a, basement workshop of Rudy Wacek; 7-9a, Rudy holding home-made z... 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

Traditional dresses of German Americans in Billings, Montana; Field team prepares traditional Japanese meal under direction of Miiko Toelken; Mrs. Esther Schmall, German American, in Laurel, Montana

Traditional dresses of German Americans in Billings, Montana; Field te...

Public domain photograph related to Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Dresses of Hannah Carter, German American in Billings, Montana; Laurel Cemetery

Dresses of Hannah Carter, German American in Billings, Montana; Laurel...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Martin and Sara Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Martin 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: -5a, Heidi Siewert modeling embroidered Austrian costume; 6-15a, Sara... More

Costume dolls of Irma Sieb, Chicago, Illinois

Costume dolls of Irma Sieb, 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: 1-12, photos of dolls made by Irma Sieb, Secretary of Donauschwaben C... More

George Kefalopoulos: Karagiopechtis (sihouette puppeteer), Chicago; Chicago Zither Club concert at Golden Tiara Hall, 3213 N. Cicero, Chicago, Illinois

George Kefalopoulos: Karagiopechtis (sihouette puppeteer), Chicago; Ch...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-18, George Kejalopoulos; 19-24, Mr. Kejalopoulos with unidentified ... More

Siegfried Schuh, violin maker, Chicago, Illinois; Gilda Sottile and Pasquale Sottile, Chicago, Illinois

Siegfried Schuh, violin maker, Chicago, Illinois; Gilda Sottile and Pa...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-9, Siegfried Shuh at home, his living room with instruments (harp, ... 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

Chicago Zither Club concert, Golden Tiara Hall, 3213 N. Cicero, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Zither Club concert, Golden Tiara Hall, 3213 N. Cicero, Chicag...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 2-5, 10, 19-20a, scenes after the concert taken during dinner and dan... 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

Home of Johann and Irma Sieb, Chicago, Illinois

Home of Johann and Irma Sieb, Chicago, Illinois

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-4, detail from doll made by Irma Sieb, and the home of Mr and Mrs Johann and Irma Sieb, 3816 N. Hermitage, Chicago; Sieb's dolls show some of the traditional women's costumes of D... More

Siegfried Schuh, violin maker, Chicago, Illinois; Gilda Sottile and Pasquale Sottile, Chicago, Illinois

Siegfried Schuh, violin maker, Chicago, Illinois; Gilda Sottile and Pa...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-9, Siegfried Shuh at home, his living room with instruments (harp, ... More

Event at D.A.N.K. (German American National Congress) House, Chicago, Illinois

Event at D.A.N.K. (German American National Congress) House, Chicago, ...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 2-3, the silhouette-cutter, Herr Hans Bittner; event at D.A.N.K. Hous... More

Rudy Wacek, zither player, Chicago, Illinois; Appalachian mural, Chicago, Illinois

Rudy Wacek, zither player, Chicago, Illinois; Appalachian mural, Chica...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-6a, basement workshop of Rudy Wacek; 7-9a, Rudy holding home-made z... More

Schmitts Metzgerei, Chicago, Illinois; Second American Indian Fine Arts, Crafts and Trade Show, Lincoln Park Center, 2520 N. Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois

Schmitts Metzgerei, Chicago, Illinois; Second American Indian Fine Art...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-14, interior of Schmitts Metzgerei; 15-17, unidentified building; 1... 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 related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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 related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Chicago Zither Club concert, Golden Tiara Hall, 3213 N. Cicero, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Zither Club concert, Golden Tiara Hall, 3213 N. Cicero, Chicag...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 2-5, 10, 19-20a, scenes after the concert taken during dinner and dan... 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

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

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

Erwin Richterkessing Farm, 4540 I-70 North Service Road, Saint Peters,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Quarters B, Kongensgade 32-33, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Quarters B, Kongensgade 32-33, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: Built by Germans for a consulate during Danish occupations of island, later used as residence for government secretary, now municipal office. Neo-classical with (front) facade. Unusual staircase... 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

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

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

Goldstein-Kahem-Knaub House, 701 South First Street, Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE

Goldstein-Kahem-Knaub House, 701 South First Street, Lincoln, Lancaste...

Significance: The Goldstein-Kahem-Knaub house is of a type which was popular among German-Russians, as it closely resembles Old World types in plan and massing. Though built by a Wisconsin German, these shared... 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

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

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

Fanny Ellsler's last seranade or the soap-locks disgraceful attack upon the Germans

Fanny Ellsler's last seranade or the soap-locks disgraceful attack upo...

A riot scene: German parade musicians (possibly accompanying touring ballerina Fanny Elssler) are attacked and beaten with their own instruments by a gang of toughs (or "Soap-Locks" for the long, soaped hair lo... More

Frederic Schreyer and family. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Frederic Schreyer and family. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

summary: Note: See Butcher's PIONEER HISTORY OF CUSTER COUNTY, NEBRASKAp. 14, for the story of Schreyer and his fights with cattlemen. original size: 6x8

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

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

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