Newtown - St. James Episcopal Church - Elmhurst

Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

Date: 1922 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi

Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster Identifier: aql:25660 ela-004090 ela-004090.tif

Description: St. James Episcopal Church - The "old" New St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, 84-07 Broadway (right), and rectory (left) on the NE corner of Broadway and Corona Ave. The Church was built in 1848 and consecrated Nov. 15, 1849, on a site of a house donated in 1761 by Jacob Ogden of Jamaica, which was a bequest by William Sackett for a Church. The church was enlarged & reopened on March 30, 1871. The church burned to the ground when vandals set several fires on Oct. 11, 1975, and a new church was erected.

Title : Newtown - St. James Episcopal Church - Elmhurst

Collection : aql:7837

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : 1922

Summary/Description : St. James Episcopal Church - The "old" New St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, 84-07 Broadway (right), and rectory (left) on the NE corner of Broadway and Corona Ave. The Church was built in 1848 and consecrated Nov. 15, 1849, on a site of a house donated in 1761 by Jacob Ogden of Jamaica, which was a bequest by William Sackett for a Church. The church was enlarged & reopened on March 30, 1871. The church burned to the ground when vandals set several fires on Oct. 11, 1975, and a new church was erected.

Subject : Church buildings

Relation : Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

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

Coverage : Elmhurst, Queens, NY 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:25660 ela-004090 ela-004090.tif