Author: Katja Sipple, MA, MIS

The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation

Josef and Anni Albers, lifelong artistic adventurers, were among the leading pioneers of twentieth-century…

(203) 393-4089
88 Beacon Road

Congregation B'nai Israel

Reform Jewish congregation, founded in 1858 by German immigrants.

(203)-336-1858
2710 Park Avenue

Congregation Mishkan Israel

Country Lanes & City Streets Marker

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Germantown was developed by hat manufacturer William Beckerle to…

(203)-743-5200
Wooster St & Deer Hill Avenue

Elise Traut House

This was the address of Elise Traut who established a fund for a public Christmas tree in New Britain after…

249 Arch Street

Elise Traut Marker

Born in Gotha, Germany, in 1855, Elise Traut started one of New Britain's best traditions – the Christmas…

Walnut Hill Park Rose Garden

Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church

Emanuel had its beginnings in 1889 when the Reverend Carl Siebke resigned as pastor of Trinity Lutheran…

(203) 562-2965
280 Humphrey Street

Friedrich Dautrich House

Historical home of Fred L. Dautrich, a local luthier born in Schleierbach, Germany.

40 George Street

German Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Church

German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church