Newtown - Capt. Luke Remsen House - Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

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:25785 ela-004219 ela-004219.tif

Description: Capt. Luke Remsen House - Later owned by Ascan Backus around 1850. Front and east side of the house on the lane leading from Old Mill Rd. (at Colonial Ave. and 62nd Drive). The house was in a very isolated spot on the Meadows on the south side of 65th Rd. and east of 112nd St. According to Armbruster, in 1922 Della Corte (De La Corte) owned. Luke Remsen (1749-1839) was the Son of Abraham Remsen. The house was gone by 1927.

Title : Newtown - Capt. Luke Remsen House - Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

Collection : aql:7837

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : 1922

Summary/Description : Capt. Luke Remsen House - Later owned by Ascan Backus around 1850. Front and east side of the house on the lane leading from Old Mill Rd. (at Colonial Ave. and 62nd Drive). The house was in a very isolated spot on the Meadows on the south side of 65th Rd. and east of 112nd St. According to Armbruster, in 1922 Della Corte (De La Corte) owned. Luke Remsen (1749-1839) was the Son of Abraham Remsen. The house was gone by 1927.

Subject : Dwellings

Relation : Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

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

Coverage : Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY Flushing Meadows-Corona 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:25785 ela-004219 ela-004219.tif