Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park

Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

Date: April 1923; 1923-04 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi

Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster Identifier: aql:25951 ela-004425 ela-004425.tif

Description: Remsen House - on east side of Old Trotting Course Lane (Woodhaven Blvd.), about a block north of Metropolitan Ave. Abraham Remsen settled here circa 1700, he died in 1752. Jeromus Remsen Sr. bought his father’s farm in 1735, and died here in 1781; his son Col. Jeromus Remsen (1735-1790) also lived here. It was the Weeden Homestead circa 1835-1860s, then the Kinsey family and related Leibrock family lived here. Newman, a builder, tore down the house in 1925.

Title : Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park

Collection : aql:7837

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : April 1923; 1923-04

Summary/Description : Remsen House - on east side of Old Trotting Course Lane (Woodhaven Blvd.), about a block north of Metropolitan Ave. Abraham Remsen settled here circa 1700, he died in 1752. Jeromus Remsen Sr. bought his father’s farm in 1735, and died here in 1781; his son Col. Jeromus Remsen (1735-1790) also lived here. It was the Weeden Homestead circa 1835-1860s, then the Kinsey family and related Leibrock family lived here. Newman, a builder, tore down the house in 1925.

Subject : Dwellings

Relation : Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

Rights : Public domain; Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Rego Park, Queens, NY Rego Park (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:25951 ela-004425 ela-004425.tif