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Judge Garritt Furman 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:29641 ela-004762 ela-004762.tif

Description: Judge Garritt Furman House - (aka Way House) Located near what was between 56th and 55th Street north of Maspeth Ave., west of the LIRR tracks. James Way Settled early at English Kills died 1865; left the homestead to his nephew Samuel Way (d. 1798); went to his daughter Sarah M. Dr. Henry Mott 1784; Way Estate sold to Judge G. Furman 1815; was W.H. Furman 1852, 1873; Grussy 1891. The house was gone by Sept. 1929 to build the New York Naval Shipyard Maspeth Annex. Far background is the walled-fenced Mott Family burial ground; the bodies from this site were moved by court order Jan. 10, 1950 to Prospect Park Cemetery, Brooklyn. Photo taken March 1923.

Collection : aql:7837

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : March 1923; 1923-03

Summary/Description : Judge Garritt Furman House - (aka Way House) Located near what was between 56th and 55th Street north of Maspeth Ave., west of the LIRR tracks. James Way Settled early at English Kills died 1865; left the homestead to his nephew Samuel Way (d. 1798); went to his daughter Sarah M. Dr. Henry Mott 1784; Way Estate sold to Judge G. Furman 1815; was W.H. Furman 1852, 1873; Grussy 1891. The house was gone by Sept. 1929 to build the New York Naval Shipyard Maspeth Annex. Far background is the walled-fenced Mott Family burial ground; the bodies from this site were moved by court order Jan. 10, 1950 to Prospect Park Cemetery, Brooklyn. Photo taken March 1923.

Subject : Dwellings

Rights : Public domain

Coverage : 56th and 55th Streets north of Maspeth Ave, Maspeth, Queens, NY

Type : Black and white photograph

Format : Black and white photograph; 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi

Identifier : aql:29641 ela-004762 ela-004762.tif

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