Newtown - Wyckoff House - Glendale
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:26086 ela-004539 ela-004539.tif
Description: Wyckoff House - Current address 74-02 through 74-10 Cooper Ave., on the SW corner of 74th St. The front section with the porch was built late 18th Century, and was the home of Nicholas Wyckoff of Dry Harbor (not Nicholas Wyckoff of Bushwick) in the early and mid-19th Century, it became Hillen's Hotel (aka Hillen's Hall, run by Henry Hillen) and then Picnic Park, and for a time in the early 20th Century was known as Glendale Hotel. In the mid 1900's it was known as Doty's Tavern (run by Dorothy Hillen a descendant of Henry Hillen), until it was torn down in 1970. The rear addition was torn down late in the 1920's when the nearby school was built.
Creator :
Eugene L. Armbruster
Date :
April 1923; 1923-04
Summary/Description :
Wyckoff House - Current address 74-02 through 74-10 Cooper Ave., on the SW corner of 74th St. The front section with the porch was built late 18th Century, and was the home of Nicholas Wyckoff of Dry Harbor (not Nicholas Wyckoff of Bushwick) in the early and mid-19th Century, it became Hillen's Hotel (aka Hillen's Hall, run by Henry Hillen) and then Picnic Park, and for a time in the early 20th Century was known as Glendale Hotel. In the mid 1900's it was known as Doty's Tavern (run by Dorothy Hillen a descendant of Henry Hillen), until it was torn down in 1970. The rear addition was torn down late in the 1920's when the nearby school was built.
Subject :
Hotels; Bars (Drinking establishments); Dwellings
Rights :
Public domain; Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Glendale, Queens, NY Glendale (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:26086 ela-004539 ela-004539.tif
Subject:
Hotels; Bars (Drinking establishments); Dwellings
Hotels; Bars (Drinking establishments); Dwellings
Rights Notice
Public domain; Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Public domain; Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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