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2549 Niagara Road, Niagara Falls, NY 14304
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 On this page, below:

Museum overview

"Das Haus":

Facade

Front room

Side room

Back room

Upstairs bedroom

Secondary buildings:

Einhaus

Der Stall

Feed drying barn and Outhouse

October 2023 Photos

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"Das Haus" - Facade Johann Hellert family below on this page See "The Mehwaldt Issue" published by the museum.   Excerpts:  "... Niagara County's first 'potter', Charles August Mehwaldt ... You may remember that Das Haus was the residence of  Ms. Justine Grobengieser Mehwaldt, widow of the famous village potter and her sister in the 1880's.  We do have several pieces of Mehwaldt pottery on display at Der Haus..." Das Haus facade detail Das Haus facade detail Das Haus facade detail Cast iron water pump

Das Haus - Front room Fainting couch         Detail below: Fainting couch detail  Two locally hand carved carpet chairs Locally hand carved chair - Detail #1 Locally hand carved chair and foot stool - Detail #2 Locally hand carved chair Drawing - German immigrant Mr. ? Shimschack Trumpet used in local church services Hand carved cigar humidor Wedding veil                        Wedding ring worn on right hand See "The Mehwaldt Issue" published by the museum.   Excerpts:  "... Niagara County's first 'potter', Charles August Mehwaldt ... You may remember that Das Haus was the residence of  Ms. Justine Grobengieser Mehwaldt, widow of the famous village potter and her sister in the 1880's.  We do have several pieces of Mehwaldt pottery on display at Der Haus..." Living room hanging oil lamp

Das Haus - Side room Family trunks used on ships traveling to America            Map details immigration locations Left portrait:  Johann Williams Example of an Erie Canal Packet Boat carrying German immigrants Bergholz neighborhood historic marker  Left cabinet:  black wedding gown                       Mehwaldt-crafted memorial wreath.  See "The Mehwaldt Issue" published by the museum                           Right: Carpenter made clothes closet    Wedding dress worn in photo is the one on display at right.  (Queen Victoria popularized white wedding dresses.) Top shelf: women's hats               Lower shelf: woman's muff, men's stovepipe hat (probably beaver to repel rain water) Men's and women's clothing Left: doilies                Large portrait: descendant of the first owner of Das Haus             Bottom trunk owned by the Hellert family with carpenter tools also owned by the family.  The Das Haus cabin and property was first owned by Johann Hellert who sold it in 1857 to Justine Mehwaldt, wife of the village potter, Charles August Mehwaldt. Photo of another Mehwaldt wreath.    See "The Mehwaldt Issue" published by the museum.   Excerpts:  "... Niagara County's first 'potter', Charlesd August Mehwaldt. .. .  You may remember that Das Haus was the residence of  Ms. Justine Grobengieser Mehwaldt, widow of the famous village potter and her sister in the 1880's.  We do have several pieces of Mehwaldt pottery on display at Der Haus..." Platt Deutsch: Each village in  Germany had its own dialect

Das Haus - Kitchen Model of Wartburg, Germany Castle Mehwaldt pottery display case.   See "The Mehwaldt Issue" published by the museum.       Excerpts:  "... Niagara County's first 'potter', Charles August Mehwaldt ... You may remember that Das Haus was the residence of  Ms. Justine Grobengieser Mehwaldt, widow of the famous village potter and her sister in the 1880's.  We do have several pieces of Mehwaldt pottery on display at Der Haus..." Typical late 19th century Bergholz neighborhood porch and door from a demolished house salvaged for preservation Two details below: Detail #1                 Replacement cedar roof shingles                    Decorated tympanum                          Turned posts The Victorian period saw an abundance of four paneled doors fitted in homes around the country.  Two examples of typical home religious art in the closet size display area behind the door: Wood stove         Pantry door and faux painted matching lower panels Pantry Pantry

Das Haus - Upstairs bedroom Cutaway showing log cabin construction Cutaway showing house construction           Stairs leading up to the upstairs bedroom Upstairs bedroom                       Spinning wheel Upstairs bedroom                         Rope bed covered with hand made quilt: Upstairs bedroom                 Hand made quilt Upstairs bedroom     Religious wall hanging:  "Give thanks to the Lord for he is good" Upstairs bedroom                     Child's rope bed

Einhaus Fachwerk                         Bergholz neighborhood Einhause Einhause was deconstructed on its site,  less than a mile away, and then reconstructed on this site. Einhause                  Original fachwerk:  clay and straw filler beneath  hand hewn timber 3'-4' squares Einhause            Note pegs in half-timber construction: small, light colored circles Einhause                  Hard carved platform rocker chair                   Two details below: Einhause              Hard carved platform rocker chair detail #1 -  cresting Einhause               Hard carved platform rocker chair detail #2   - Seat rail decorated with volutes and leaves.                             Lion's paw feet Einhause                   Ox yoke Einhause               Clothes washing implements:  washboard, washtub, collapsible wall drying  rack, wash ringer Einhause             Drying rack for field corn

Der Stall Replica barn with plank wall and farm tools on display

Feed Drying Barn and Outhouse Left: Feed drying barn                Right: Outhouse Cedar roof shingles

Special thanks to Curator Elaine Timm (etimm01@aol.com) for her assistance in 2023.

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