German Corporate Entrepreneurs in Nineteenth Century America

Jefferson Fire Insurance Company, 425 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1930s-1940s

The Jefferson Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia was chartered in 1855 by Philip Schmidt, Gustavus Lembert, Robert Q. Schelmerdine, Peter…

Vine Street Hill Cemetery (German Evangelical Protestant Cemetery) Chapel, Cincinnati, Ohio, n.d.

The Vine Street Hill Cemetery (German Evangelical Protestant Cemetery) Chapel, Cincinnati, Ohio, n.d. The German Evangelical Protestant Cemetery was chartered…

Metropolitan Savings Bank Building, New York City

The Metropolitan Savings Bank Building, New York City. The structure was built in 1867 for the bank. It became a…

Daniel Hertzler House in Bethel Township, Ohio

The front of the 1854 Daniel Hertzler House in Bethel Township, Ohio. Hertzler was a German Mennonite from Lancaster Country,…

Southern Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, ca. 1870s

The Southern Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, ca. 1870s. Chartered by Alexander Kayser and others, the hotel was capitalized at one…

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

Central courtyard of Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. The post was established by the American Fur Company, which…

Great New York Fire of 16 December 1835

1836 illustration of the Great New York Fire of 16 December 1835. More than 600 buildings were destroyed in the…

Appel, Nathan Benjamin, n.d.

Nathan Benjamin Appel, n.d. German-born Appel was an investor in the Sonora Exploring and Mining Company of Arizona Territory. The…

Weyerhaeuser Timber Company camp no. 4, Vail, n.d.

Fallers with large tree, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company camp no. 4, Vail, n.d. Clark Kinsey, photographer. Frederick Weyerhaeuser, an émigré from…