Judge Garritt Furman House
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:29796 ela-004757 ela-004757.tif
Description: Judge Garritt Furman House - (aka Way House) Located near what was between 56th and 55th Street north of Maspeth Ave., west of the LIRR tracks. James Way Settled early at English Kills; left the homestead to his nephew Samuel Way (D.1798); 1815 Judge Furman purchased the land; was W.H. Furman 1852, 1873; Grussy 1891. The William H. Furman Mansion with pillars stood across on south side of Maspeth Ave. further west closer to Newtown Creek. Liquid Carbolic Plant with stacks are to the right, the site was destroyed to build the New York Naval Shipyard Maspeth Annex.
Creator :
Eugene L. Armbruster
Date :
March 1923; 1923-03
Summary/Description :
Judge Garritt Furman House - (aka Way House) Located near what was between 56th and 55th Street north of Maspeth Ave., west of the LIRR tracks. James Way Settled early at English Kills; left the homestead to his nephew Samuel Way (D.1798); 1815 Judge Furman purchased the land; was W.H. Furman 1852, 1873; Grussy 1891. The William H. Furman Mansion with pillars stood across on south side of Maspeth Ave. further west closer to Newtown Creek. Liquid Carbolic Plant with stacks are to the right, the site was destroyed to build the New York Naval Shipyard Maspeth Annex.
Subject :
Dwellings; Chemical plants
Rights :
Public domain
Coverage :
56th and 55th Streets north of Maspeth Ave, Maspeth, Queens, NY
Type :
Black and white photograph
Format :
Black and white photograph; 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Identifier :
aql:29796 ela-004757 ela-004757.tif
Subject:
Dwellings; Chemical plants
Dwellings; Chemical plants
Rights Notice
Public domain
Public domain
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