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Newtown - The Hazard House on the Corner of Trains Meadow Road and Old Bowery Road

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:39090 ela-003755 ela-003755.TIFF

Description: Hazard Farmhouse - (aka Duryea House) The house was located near the NE corner of Trains Meadow Road and Old Bowery Road; modern site is between 30th and 31st Avenues, and 82nd and 83rd Street. Judge James Hazard (d. 1765) owned the farm in 1740, occupied by John Duryea in 1852, J. Duryea 1860, Mrs. E Duryea 1873, and L. Duryea 1986. The Hazard family burial vault on the farm fell into decay and was filled in ca. 1845. Photograph taken on April 1923, the house was gone by 1927. [House Described in Newtown Register, 5-27-1886]

Collection : aql:7837

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : April 1923; 1923-04

Summary/Description : Hazard Farmhouse - (aka Duryea House) The house was located near the NE corner of Trains Meadow Road and Old Bowery Road; modern site is between 30th and 31st Avenues, and 82nd and 83rd Street. Judge James Hazard (d. 1765) owned the farm in 1740, occupied by John Duryea in 1852, J. Duryea 1860, Mrs. E Duryea 1873, and L. Duryea 1986. The Hazard family burial vault on the farm fell into decay and was filled in ca. 1845. Photograph taken on April 1923, the house was gone by 1927. [House Described in Newtown Register, 5-27-1886]

Subject : Farmhouses; Barns

Rights : Public domain

Coverage : Jackson Heights, Queens, NY Jackson Heights (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Newtown (Queens County, N.Y.)

Type : Black and white photograph

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

Identifier : aql:39090 ela-003755 ela-003755.TIFF

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Subject:
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Rights Notice
Public domain


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