Almon Miner Lippincott

Pilot

This stunning vista across Madison’s saltmarshes sits on top of the remains of Almon Miner Lippincott’s airplane hangar. Lippincott, who typically went by “Miner”, was born deaf on December 5, 1904 and raised in Madison. He ...

Isaac Hine and Sophia Rowley

Love and Family at ASD

As deaf children came to Hartford from across the country, they not only received an education, but created a community. They forged lifelong friendships by learning, living, and working together. Many became young couples and ...

Julia Brace

Education for Those who were Deaf and Blind

Born into a poor family living in Newington, Julia Brace (1807-1884)became the first deaf and blind person to receive an education in America. Her life paved the way for other blind-deaf children ...

Clerc Family

From France to Hartford

Louis Laurent Marie Clerc was born on December 26, 1785 in La Balme, France. Born hearing, an accident by a fireplace when he was one year old caused him to become deaf. The ...

Mystic Oral School

Oralism Grows in Mystic

Zerah Whipple’s school in Ledyard had outgrown the farmhouse, and in 1876 he moved the school to a larger location. As 1893 superintendent Margaret Whipple Hammond described, “Zerah purchased from the heirs of one of Mystic's ...

Cogswell Family Gravesite

The Father and Daughter that Changed the World

The Cogswell Family and their descendants transformed the deaf community in North America. Dr. Mason Cogswell was a highly respected physician. Shortly after he graduated as valedictorian from Yale ...

The Whipple Home School for Deaf-Mutes

Different Views for Deaf Education

Jonathan Whipple successfully taught lip-reading and speech to his deaf son Enoch and paved the way for oral schools in Connecticut. Inspired by this success, his grandson, Zerah C. Whipple, developed his own method of ...

Austin F. Williams House and Carriage House - ASD

This private home belonged to Austin F. Williams (1805-1885), who was an ardent abolitionist who helped both the Amistad captives and students from the American School for the Deaf. Williams built the carriage house on this property as a ...

Camp Isola Bella

Summer Camp for the Deaf Community

Since 1962, Camp Isola Bella has been home to the American School for the Deaf’s summer camp. Today the camp continues to welcome deaf children and hearing children with deaf family members.

In ...

Trinity Chapel

Trinity College’s Support of the Deaf Community

Children from both the Clerc and Gallaudet families attended Trinity College. In 1939 a pew end was dedicated depicting Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet teaching a deaf child about God. It was dedicated in ...