Arab American National Museum

The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is the first and only museum in the United States devoted to preserving, documenting and sharing Arab American history and culture. Arab Americans have enriched the economic, political and cultural landscape of American life. ...

The American National Bank Building

Seville Tower, originally called the American National Bank Building, was designed by J.E.R. Carpenter in 1908 in the commercial style, is a product of a "boom" period in Pensacola's economy when local businessmen promoted the city as a potentialimport and ...

Sophia Fowler Gallaudet

Sophia Fowler was not the only deaf child in her family when she was born on March 20, 1798. She joined her older sister Parnel and left this home in Guildford to study at the American School for the ...

Harvey Hatch

Watchmaker

Harvey Hatch’s life brought him across the United States and illustrates the tight bonds of the 19^th century Deaf Community. Born on March 20, 1808, Hatch grew up in Washington, CT. He enrolled at the American School for the ...

Levi Strong Backus

Deaf Teachers Abroad

Levi Strong Backus grew up in the same town as deaf silversmith Sylvester Gilbert. Born deaf, Backus attended the American School for the Deaf as part of the first class in 1817 when he ...

James Holsey Whitcomb

Short-lived Silhouettist

James Holsey Whitcomb traveled from Hancock, New Hampshire to enroll at the American School for the Deaf in 1822. Reverend Thomas Gallaudet wrote a short description of each of the pupils from New Hampshire that received ...

George Washington Lamb and Maria Bailey

Cabinetmaker

Maria Bailey and her sister Harriet were amongst the first students to attend the American School for the Deaf when it opened in 1817.  Even though they were already adults, at 20 and 18 years old respectively, they left ...

The Dillingham Siblings

Deaf Matrons and Teachers

Abigail Dillingham enrolled at the American School for the Deaf (ASD) as part of the first class in 1817. She was already 31 years old when she started school and graduated in 1821. ...

Laurette Goodrich Warriner

Supporting Her Family

Laurette Goodrich became deaf as a result of a childhood disease when she was a year old. When she was 10 years old she left her home in Chatham (now East Hampton) to attend school at the ...

Charles Hillar

First African-American Student at ASD

Charles Hillar was the first student of African descent to attend the American School for the Deaf. He and two other children, who enrolled at the New York School for the Deaf ...