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The grand ballroom of the Poppenhusen Institute, missing the grand chandelier which hung from the center You may recognize the Poppenhusen Institute in College Point from scenes in the television series Boardwalk Empire, where Women’s Temperance League meeting were held in season one and where Margaret Schroeder gives a speech to the League of Women Voters. A tour through the building today reveals the rich history of the building, which included many “firsts”–first kindergarten in the country, home of the First Reformed Church, location of the first Anchor Astoria Masons Lodge and the College Point Knights of Columbus. Conrad Poppenhusen made his fortune in America manufacturing combs made from hard rubber after he arrived from Hamburg, Germany in 1843. In 1854 he relocated his family and business to College Point, which was known then as a resort area. Poppenhusen set about about creating a “worker’s paradise” by building housing for his employees, paving roads and constructing a… Read More
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The grand ballroom of the Poppenhusen Institute, missing the grand chandelier which hung from the center You may recognize the Poppenhusen Institute in College Point from scenes in the television series Boardwalk Empire, where Women’s Temperance League meeting were held in season one and where Margaret Schroeder gives a speech to the League of Women Voters. A tour through the building today reveals the rich history of the building, which included many “firsts”–first kindergarten in the country, home of the First Reformed Church, location of the first Anchor Astoria Masons Lodge and the College Point Knights of Columbus. Conrad Poppenhusen made his fortune in America manufacturing combs made from hard rubber after he arrived from Hamburg, Germany in 1843. In 1854 he relocated his family and business to College Point, which was known then as a resort area. Poppenhusen set about about creating a “worker’s paradise” by building housing for his employees, paving roads and constructing a… Read More
