The Heurich MansionProspect Hill Cemetery on North Capitol Street near Rhode Island Avenue, place of burial of many early German American residents of Washington, D.C. Included among them is August Schoenborn, who is called the designer of the dome of the U.S. Capitol in his obituary in Washington papers.
German Town, Fauquier/Orange Counties, Virginia
Friendship Garden located on Constitution Avenue and 16th Street, in Washington, D.C. The German-American Friendship Garden was established on the National Mall by the Presidential Commission for the German-American Tricentennial (1683-1983). It symbolizes the friendship prevailing between the German and the American people, and it commemorates 300 years of German immigration and contribution to America. Designed by the German-American landscape architect Wolfgang Oehme, this beautiful garden is located on Constitution Avenue between the Washington Monument and the White House. The straight and circular granite edging of the Garden offers a particularly striking image when viewed from the top of the Monument. Incorporated into the design of the Garden are six polished granite benches and two fountains.
Funds for The German-American Friendship Garden were donated by American and Canadian citizens. While celebrating international friendship, the Garden also memorializes the first German settlement in what is today the United States. It was founded October 6, 1683, as Germantown, outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Individual German settlers arrived even earlier. Some reached Jamestown, Virginia, as early as 1608 and took part in the creation of this Nation. According to U.S. immigration statistics, more people emigrated to the United States of America from Germany than from any other country in the world.
The Old Stone House, the oldest building in the Nation's Capital, was built by a German immigrant couple, Christopher and Rachel Lehmann. Located at 3051 M Street, NW, it is the sole remaining Pre-Revolutionary structure in Washington, DC.
The Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave, NW, in Georgetown, is the second oldest religious congregation in the present District of Columbia. Rev. Peter Muehlenberg, the American Revolutionary War general, is believed to have preached there.
The Jonathan Hager House and Museum, 110 Key Street, City Park, Hagerstown, MD. Telephone 301-739-8393. Jonathan Hager was the first American of German birth to occupy a seat in the Maryland Colonial Legislature.
Schifferstadt Architectural Museum, 1110 Rosemont Avenue, Frederick, Maryland, home of the Brunner family (early 18th Century) Telephone 301-663-3885.
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