ACCESS

ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services) has been serving the community for more than 45 years. Founded by a group of dedicated volunteers in 1971 out of a storefront in Dearborn’s Southend, ACCESS was created to assist ...

Hashems Nuts and Coffee Gallery

Hashems Nuts and Coffee sells produce and dry goods imported from Lebanon, exemplifying Dearborn Arabs' connection to their culinary heritage. Hashems is the only store on Warren Ave. that imports vegetable seeds and Arab greens, such as mulyukhiya (similar to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Professor John Burton Hotchkiss

First Deaf Professor at Gallaudet University

John Burton Hotchkiss was born August 22, 1845 in Seymour and grew up on this street. Hotchkiss was hearing until Scarlet Fever deafened him at 11 years old. When he was admitted to the ...

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 ...

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 ...