Newtown - Rapelye House (Jeromus Rapalje)
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:39000 ela-003838 ela-003838.TIFF
Description: Rapelye House - (Rapalje House) Located west of Grand Avenue on what became the SW corner of Calamus Avenue and Ankener Avenue. Owned at one time by Jeromus Rapalje (Rapelye), then J. Gray in 1873 - 1891; Fred Bushing occupied the house in 1923, he vacated the unpainted shingled farmhouse and renovated in February 1924. This photograph was taken in March 1923; the house was demolished in 1932.
Creator :
Eugene L. Armbruster
Date :
March 1923; 1923-03
Summary/Description :
Rapelye House - (Rapalje House) Located west of Grand Avenue on what became the SW corner of Calamus Avenue and Ankener Avenue. Owned at one time by Jeromus Rapalje (Rapelye), then J. Gray in 1873 - 1891; Fred Bushing occupied the house in 1923, he vacated the unpainted shingled farmhouse and renovated in February 1924. This photograph was taken in March 1923; the house was demolished in 1932.
Subject :
Dwellings
Rights :
Public domain
Coverage :
Calamus Avenue & Ankener Avenue, Queens, NY 11373 Elmhurst (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Newtown (Queens County, N.Y.)
Type :
Black and white photograph
Format :
Black and white photograph; 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Identifier :
aql:39000 ela-003838 ela-003838.TIFF
Subject:
Dwellings
Dwellings
Rights Notice
Public domain
Public domain
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