Henry W. Meyer House
Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs
Date: March 1923; 1923-03
Material: Black and white photograph Dimension:
4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster
Identifier: aql:29601 ela-004684 ela-004684.tif
Description: Henry W. Meyer House - 64th Street just south of Catalpa Avenue. The house was built by the tobacco magnate Henry W. Meyer (Ivanhoe Tobacco Co.) in the early 1890's. After his death the city leased it from The Ivanhoe Co. (Henry Meyer Estate) in the early 1900's for the Police Station, it housed the 85th Precinct, then due to renumbering the 285th, the 116th, the 54th, and finally the 104th Precinct until a new police station was built in the late 1920's on adjacent corner. The building was demolished for a new courthouse in the late 1920's (now the Ridgewood YMCA).
Creator :
Eugene L. Armbruster
Date :
March 1923; 1923-03
Summary/Description :
Henry W. Meyer House - 64th Street just south of Catalpa Avenue. The house was built by the tobacco magnate Henry W. Meyer (Ivanhoe Tobacco Co.) in the early 1890's. After his death the city leased it from The Ivanhoe Co. (Henry Meyer Estate) in the early 1900's for the Police Station, it housed the 85th Precinct, then due to renumbering the 285th, the 116th, the 54th, and finally the 104th Precinct until a new police station was built in the late 1920's on adjacent corner. The building was demolished for a new courthouse in the late 1920's (now the Ridgewood YMCA).
Subject :
Dwellings; Architecture, Victorian
Rights :
Public domain
Coverage :
64th Street, Glendale, Queens, NY
Type :
Black and white photograph
Format :
Black and white photograph; 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Identifier :
aql:29601 ela-004684 ela-004684.tif
Subject:
Dwellings; Architecture, Victorian
Dwellings; Architecture, Victorian
Rights Notice
Public domain
Public domain
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