Newtown - Judge William Burcham House Corner of Grand Avenue and 68th Street

Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

Date: February 1924; 1924-02 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi

Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster Identifier: aql:39139 ela-003808 ela-003808.TIFF

Description: Judge William Burcham House - View of the west gabled end of the house with the Borden Avenue Line (aka the Lutheran Line) Trolley tracks in the foreground; the house was located on the NE corner of Grand Avenue and 68th Street (was Fisk Avenue). It was occupied by Burcham in 1873 (whom was also a rope maker), John Doyle lived here ca. 1890 - 1925, and William Meegan (Meehan) bought it in 1925. The house was opposite the Brooklyn City Rail Road Trolley (BCRR) depot, which was on the site of the “old Firth House”. The Burcham house taken down in June 1925, the site is now covered by the Long Island Expressway and service road.

Title : Newtown - Judge William Burcham House Corner of Grand Avenue and 68th Street

Collection : aql:7837

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : February 1924; 1924-02

Summary/Description : Judge William Burcham House - View of the west gabled end of the house with the Borden Avenue Line (aka the Lutheran Line) Trolley tracks in the foreground; the house was located on the NE corner of Grand Avenue and 68th Street (was Fisk Avenue). It was occupied by Burcham in 1873 (whom was also a rope maker), John Doyle lived here ca. 1890 - 1925, and William Meegan (Meehan) bought it in 1925. The house was opposite the Brooklyn City Rail Road Trolley (BCRR) depot, which was on the site of the “old Firth House”. The Burcham house taken down in June 1925, the site is now covered by the Long Island Expressway and service road.

Subject : Dwellings

Relation : Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

Rights : Public domain

Coverage : Maspeth, Queens, NY Maspeth (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:39139 ela-003808 ela-003808.TIFF