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Newtown - William Sackett House - Woodside

Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs
Date: 1925 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster Identifier: aql:25862 ela-004348 ela-004348.tif

Description: William Sackett House - Yellow house was built in 1836. The house was on the east side of 63rd St. about 370 feet south of Woodside Ave., and 400 feet north of Queens Blvd. Later the 60 acer plot of land around the house was owned by A.R. Lawrence in 1852. In 1853 area was laid out as "Lawrenceville," and later was known as Hyatt Heights or Locust Grove. The street first appeared on the 1859 Map.

Collection : aql:7837

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : 1925

Summary/Description : William Sackett House - Yellow house was built in 1836. The house was on the east side of 63rd St. about 370 feet south of Woodside Ave., and 400 feet north of Queens Blvd. Later the 60 acer plot of land around the house was owned by A.R. Lawrence in 1852. In 1853 area was laid out as "Lawrenceville," and later was known as Hyatt Heights or Locust Grove. The street first appeared on the 1859 Map.

Subject : Dwellings

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

Coverage : Woodside, Queens, NY Woodside (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:25862 ela-004348 ela-004348.tif

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


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