Muhlenberg College
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Muhlenberg College is a private liberal arts college in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg College is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is named for Henry Muhlenberg, the German patriarch of Lutheranism in the United States.
From 1867 to 1905, Muhlenberg College was located in Allentown's Trout Hall, a mansion built in 1770 by James Allen, son of William Allen. Muhlenberg's current campus opened in 1905.
Mark di Suvero's Victor's Lament, an I-beam sculpture paying tribute to the Lehigh Valley's rich history in steelmaking (foreground in red), on the Muhlenberg College campus in September 2005
The Muhlenberg College campus in March 2014
Scotty Wood Stadium on the Muhlenberg College campus in December 2017
Henry Muhlenberg
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Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, was a German-born Lutheran clergyman and missionary. Born in Einbeck, Muhlenberg immigrated to the Province of Pennsylvania in response to demands from Lutherans for missionary work in the colony. Muhlenberg was integral to the founding of the first Lutheran church body or denomination in North America, and is considered the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in the United States.
A portrait of Muhlenberg, c. 1780
Exterior of the Old Trappe Church founded by Henry Muhlenberg
Ruins of the Old Stone Union Church in German Valley, New Jersey
The Henry Melchior Muhlenberg House in Trappe, Pennsylvania, named in Muhlenberg's honor