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Name, City, Type of Resource

German to Iowa

  CA

  Oakland

  German American Culture Center

  1720 Mac Arthur Blvd

  Oakland  CA   94602    

  Phone  510 336-9198

  Web Site www.germancenter.org

  Description  to promote German culture, currently fundraising for new center and

  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  History Resource

  Group Identity  German

  New or Updated:   9/8/2006

California
Pacific Palisades
Friends of Villa Aurora
520 Paseo Miramar
Pacific Palisades CA 90272
Phone 310 454-4231
Web Site http://www.villa-aurora.org/institution.about.english.html
E-mail mailto:infola@villa-aurora.org
Alt Web http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/ssh/special/fml/Villa_Aurora.html
Description artist in residence program in one time home of writer Lion Feuchtwanger
Type of Resource Historic Place
Primary Focus Famous People
Field of Study/Science Facility Architecture
Group Identity German
New or Updated: 05/14/2003

Davenport
German American Heritage Center
712 West 2nd St
Davenport IA 52802
Phone 319 322-8844
Web Site http://www.germanamerheritage.org/
Description groups aims to promote knowledge of German American history through research, events, tours,
Type of Resource History Related Organization
Primary Focus History Resource
Building Type Hotel
Group Identity German
New or Updated: 04/29/2003

Iowa
Haverhill
Matthew Edel Blacksmith Shop
214 1st Street
MAIL Historical Society of Marshall County, Box 34
Marshalltown 50158
Haverhill IA 50120
Phone 641 475-3299
Alt Phone 515 752-6664
Web Site http://www.iowahistory.org/sites/edel_blacksmith/edel_blacksmith.html
E-mail mailto:Marshallhistory@adiis.net
Alt Web http://www.marshallhistory.com/Blacksmith.htm
Description shop of German immigrant blacksmith from 1883 until his death in 1940, intact as of the last day he used it.
Type of Resource Historic Place
Primary Focus Industrial
Building Type Trade/Craft
Group Identity German
Owner/Operator: State Historical Society of Iowa
New or Updated: 05/17/2003

  Manning

  Manning Heritage Park

  12196 311th Street

  PO Box 302

  Manning  IA   51455    

  Phone 712 655-3131

  Web Site http://elwood.pionet.net/~mmu/culture.htm

  Toll Free 800 292-0252

  E-mail  mailto:heritag@longlines.com

  Alt Web http://www.manningia.com/

  Description  restored, transplanted German Hausbarn

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus Agricultural

  Building Type  Farm

  Industry /Profession Farming

  Group Identity German

  Owner/Operator:  Manning Heritage Foundation

  New or Updated:  8/13/2006