Abraham Polhemus House

Collection: This image is from The Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs and is depicted in a print and digital image.; Image is part of the Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

Date: March, 1923; 1923-03 Material: gelatin silver print Dimension: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster Identifier: aql:9372 ela-003563 ela-003563.tif

Description: Abraham Polhemus house. Also called the Rapelye house and the Polhemus stone house. Later the location became part of the Astoria Gardens complex. Print is faded.; hand written on back of print: Polhemus farmhouse 18 Century, store white built by Jacob Rapelye on Boulevard cor Wolcott St Abraham Polhemus 1852 JA Suydam 1860 Polhemus 1873 eastside Boulevard south of Winthrop St Hellgate Neck burial place rear Richard Berrien bought in 1737 the land with a house on it + Jacob Rapelye, the next owner(born 1714) built the present house Aletta Rapelye daughter of Abraham Rapelye (born 1750) married Abraham Polhemus he later died in 1843 Long Island City March 1923

Title : Abraham Polhemus House

Collection : aql:7837; vital:1

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : March, 1923; 1923-03

Summary/Description : Abraham Polhemus house. Also called the Rapelye house and the Polhemus stone house. Later the location became part of the Astoria Gardens complex. Print is faded.; hand written on back of print: Polhemus farmhouse 18 Century, store white built by Jacob Rapelye on Boulevard cor Wolcott St Abraham Polhemus 1852 JA Suydam 1860 Polhemus 1873 eastside Boulevard south of Winthrop St Hellgate Neck burial place rear Richard Berrien bought in 1737 the land with a house on it + Jacob Rapelye, the next owner(born 1714) built the present house Aletta Rapelye daughter of Abraham Rapelye (born 1750) married Abraham Polhemus he later died in 1843 Long Island City March 1923

Subject : Dwellings

Relation : This image is from The Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs and is depicted in a print and digital image.; Image is part of the Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

Rights : Public domain

Coverage : Shore Boulevard and 21st Avenue, Long Island City, NY Astoria (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin silver print; 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:9372 ela-003563 ela-003563.tif