Scheffel Hall
Begin Exploring this SiteDescription: This restaurant, in its many iterations, inspired an O. Henry short story, provided a forerunner to karaoke, and hosted performances by the likes of Stan Getz and Bob Dylan.
Closest Address: 190 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
Suggested time to explore: 0 hr 5 min
References and Photo Credits
Borkowski, Katherine. Untitled photographs. (2011).
Federal Writers’ Project. (1992). The WPA guide to New York City: The Federal Writers’ Project Guide to 1930s New York. New York: The New Press.
Flickr. Athletes. Collection of Wolfgang Wiggers. (1895). http://www.flickr.com/photos/15693951@N00/425281524/
Flickr. Stan Getz. Collection of Claudio Lobos. http://www.flickr.com/photos/claudiolobos/182545298/
Landmarks Preservation Commission. (1997, June 24). Designation list 283, (Former) Scheffel Hall, 190 Third Avenue. http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/scheffelhall.pdf
Library of Congress. Portrait of Les Paul, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947. Gottlieb, William P., photographer. (1947, January). http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.07001
The New York Times. Robinson, George. F.Y.I.: German echoes. (2003, November 9). http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/nyregion/fyi-048879.html?scp=1&sq=F.Y.I.&st=nyt
NYPL Digital Gallery. A German beer garden in New York City on Sunday evening. (1859). Image ID: 805496. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?805496
NYPL Digital Gallery. Joseph Victor von Sheffel. (n.d.). Image ID: 2039288. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?2039228
NYPL Digital Gallery. William Sydney Porter, "O. Henry," 1862-1910. (n.d.). Image ID: 102814. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?102814
Scheffel, Joseph Victor von. (1868). Gaudeamus: Lieder aus dem engeren und weiteren. Stuttgart: J.G. Wetzler. http://books.google.com/books?id=uNg6AAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 - v=onepage&q&f=false
Untitled photograph. (n.d.). http://marymiley.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/3057895414_c4762f3cd61.jpg
Wikipedia. Big Joe Turner in Hamburg. Klaffs, Heinrich, photographer. (1974). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Big_Joe_Turner,_Hamburg_1974_%28Heinrich_Klaffs_Collection_86%29.jpg
Wikipedia. Bob Dylan. Hakkens, Chris, photographer. (1978). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bob_Dylan_1978.jpg
Wikipedia. Historical View of Heidelberg. (ca. 1900). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friedrichsbau_(Karl_Lange)_1894.jpg