Newtown - Alburtis House on the South Side of Borden Avenue
Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs
Date: March 1923; 1923-03
Material: Black and white photograph Dimension:
4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster
Identifier: aql:39039 ela-003904 ela-003904.TIFF
Description: Alburtis House - Located on the south side of Borden Avenue (aka Newtown Ave., now under Queens Midtown Expressway) east of 50th Street. John Alburtis bought the land in 1682 and his family had it for over a century, John Pebbles owned 1852, Miss Pebbles 1860, Edwards owned 1891; Calvary Cemetery owned in 1923 and it was occupied by McGinnis then. The house was razed in 1927, and in the 1950’s the yard was used for Third Calvary Cemetery maintenance buildings. Photograph taken March 1923.
Creator :
Eugene L. Armbruster
Date :
March 1923; 1923-03
Summary/Description :
Alburtis House - Located on the south side of Borden Avenue (aka Newtown Ave., now under Queens Midtown Expressway) east of 50th Street. John Alburtis bought the land in 1682 and his family had it for over a century, John Pebbles owned 1852, Miss Pebbles 1860, Edwards owned 1891; Calvary Cemetery owned in 1923 and it was occupied by McGinnis then. The house was razed in 1927, and in the 1950’s the yard was used for Third Calvary Cemetery maintenance buildings. Photograph taken March 1923.
Subject :
Farmhouses; Dwellings
Rights :
Public domain
Coverage :
Maspeth, Queens, NY; Laurel Hill, Queens, NY Maspeth (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Newtown (Queens County, N.Y.) Laurel Hill (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Black and white photograph
Format :
Black and white photograph; 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Identifier :
aql:39039 ela-003904 ela-003904.TIFF
Subject:
Farmhouses; Dwellings
Farmhouses; Dwellings
Rights Notice
Public domain
Public domain
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