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Daniel Rapelye House

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:29659 ela-004994 ela-004994.tif

Description: Daniel Rapelye House - The shingled house was on the south side of Poor Bowery Road, north of Jackson Ave. (now 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); 1891 D. Rapelye Estate. This photo was taken April 1923; the house was gone by May 1926. [House Description: 30" shingles, brick-filled; ground floor central hall, with two rooms on either side; upper floor, two rooms on east side and open garret on west side]

Collection : aql:7837

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : April 1923; 1923-04

Summary/Description : Daniel Rapelye House - The shingled house was on the south side of Poor Bowery Road, north of Jackson Ave. (now 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); 1891 D. Rapelye Estate. This photo was taken April 1923; the house was gone by May 1926. [House Description: 30" shingles, brick-filled; ground floor central hall, with two rooms on either side; upper floor, two rooms on east side and open garret on west side]

Subject : Dwellings

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:29659 ela-004994 ela-004994.tif

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