Governor Dewitt Clinton House
Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs
Date: 1929
Material: Black and white photograph Dimension:
4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster
Identifier: aql:29574 ela-004755 ela-004755.tif
Description: Governor Dewitt Clinton House - View of the rear of the house located at the NW of Junction of Maspeth Ave., Maurice Ave., 58th St., and 56th Terrace. Judge Joseph Sackett (d. 1755) built the two-story wood frame mansion with porches around both levels ca. 1725; Governor Clinton (1769-1828) used it as his summer house. The house was HQ for British General Warren for a time during Revolutionary War. The wing on the right was taken off in the 1890's, and the verandas were gone by the early 20th Century, the house was divided into tenements before it burned down in 1933.
Creator :
Eugene L. Armbruster
Date :
1929
Summary/Description :
Governor Dewitt Clinton House - View of the rear of the house located at the NW of Junction of Maspeth Ave., Maurice Ave., 58th St., and 56th Terrace. Judge Joseph Sackett (d. 1755) built the two-story wood frame mansion with porches around both levels ca. 1725; Governor Clinton (1769-1828) used it as his summer house. The house was HQ for British General Warren for a time during Revolutionary War. The wing on the right was taken off in the 1890's, and the verandas were gone by the early 20th Century, the house was divided into tenements before it burned down in 1933.
Subject :
Dwellings
Rights :
Public domain
Coverage :
56th Terrace, Rust Street, and 56th Drive, Maspeth, Queens, NY
Type :
Black and white photograph
Format :
Black and white photograph; 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Identifier :
aql:29574 ela-004755 ela-004755.tif
Subject:
Dwellings
Dwellings
Rights Notice
Public domain
Public domain
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