Daniel Rapelye House
Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs
Date: October 1, 1925; 1925-10-01
Material: Black and white photograph Dimension:
4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster
Identifier: aql:29528 ela-005001 ela-005001.tif
Description: Daniel Rapelye House - The house abandoned and empty in 1925, "Baby Ruth" signs and posters are plastered on the building. The shingled house was on the south side of Poor Bowery Road, north of Northern Blvd. at about 89th Street (former 32nd St.), now the SE corner 32nd Avenue and 89th Street. Daniel Rapelye (Rapalje) b. 1699 on Flushing Bay Farm settled here in 1752 on a farm owned by Dow Ditmars Rapelye and d. 1776; 1852 David D. Rapelye (Rapalje); owned 1891 by D. Rapelye Estate, H. Gebhardt occupied 1896, and Witte occupied later. The house was gone by May 1926.
Creator :
Eugene L. Armbruster
Date :
October 1, 1925; 1925-10-01
Summary/Description :
Daniel Rapelye House - The house abandoned and empty in 1925, "Baby Ruth" signs and posters are plastered on the building. The shingled house was on the south side of Poor Bowery Road, north of Northern Blvd. at about 89th Street (former 32nd St.), now the SE corner 32nd Avenue and 89th Street. Daniel Rapelye (Rapalje) b. 1699 on Flushing Bay Farm settled here in 1752 on a farm owned by Dow Ditmars Rapelye and d. 1776; 1852 David D. Rapelye (Rapalje); owned 1891 by D. Rapelye Estate, H. Gebhardt occupied 1896, and Witte occupied later. The house was gone by May 1926.
Subject :
Dwellings; Ruined buildings; Abandoned buildings
Rights :
Public domain
Coverage :
32nd Avenue and 89th Street, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY
Type :
Black and white photograph
Format :
Black and white photograph; 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Identifier :
aql:29528 ela-005001 ela-005001.tif
Subject:
Dwellings; Ruined buildings; Abandoned buildings
Dwellings; Ruined buildings; Abandoned buildings
Rights Notice
Public domain
Public domain
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