Conrad Poppenhusen
German
German businessman, founder of College Point, Queens, and the first free kindergarten in the United States (July 1, 1870). - AsNotedIn
German businessman, founder of College Point, Queens, and the first free kindergarten in the United States (July 1, 1870). - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1818/04/01 | Conrad Poppenhusen is born into a manufacturing family in the free city of Hamburg, Germany. | Born | Conrad Poppenhusen's Birthday | ||||
| 1843/00/00 | After learning the business from his father, Conrad Poppenhusen and his wife Bertha, immigrate to America to set up a whalebone manufacturing plant on the Brooklyn waterfront in Williamsburg. | Work | |||||
| 1852/00/00 | Conrad Poppenhusen obtains a license from Charles Goodyear to manufacture vulcanized rubber goods, including brushes, combs and whalebone stays. | Work | |||||
| 1854/00/00 | Poppenhusen relocates his Enterprise Rubber Works plant to College Point. Poppenhusen will have the marshes drained and developed for workers housing with streets, sewers, water and gas lines. | Work | College Point | ||||
| 1868/00/00 | Funded by Conrad Poppenhusen, The Poppenhusen Institute is built. It housed the Justice of the Peace, College Point Savings Bank, German Singing Societies, the first library in the area, a court room and Sheriff's Office (2 jail cells remain). | Benefactor | Poppenhusen Institute | New York City | |||
| 1868/00/00 | The Flushing and North Side Railroad is founded by Conrad Poppenhusen to connect College Point and Flushing, Queens with ferries to Manhattan. | Work | |||||
| 1870/07/01 | First free kindergarten in the United States opens | Benefactor | Poppenhusen Institute | New York City | Creation of Primary Education in the United States | ||
| 1878/08/00 | Conrad Poppenhusen files bankruptcy. After he retired in 1871, the family lost its fortune due to financial mismanagement by Conrad's sons. | Life | |||||
| 1883/12/12 | Conrad Poppenhusen dies in College Point. His remains were placed in Flushing Cemetery until, in a few months, he will be buried in Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg, Germany. | Died | |||||
| 1884/11/01 | Located at College Point Blvd and 12th Ave, a bronze statue is dedicated to Conrad Poppenhusen, benefactor of College point. In 1884 residents raised $1,800 to commission this larger-than-life sized bust by sculptor Henry Baerer. | Memorial | College Point |
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