Newtown - East Gable of the Alburtis House on the South Side of Borden Avenue, Land Owned by Calvary Cemetery

Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

Date: 1923 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi

Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster Identifier: aql:39143 ela-003911 ela-003911.TIFF

Description: Alburtis House - View of east gable end of the Alburtis House on south side of Borden Avenue (aka Newtown Ave., now under Queens Midtown Expressway) east of 50th Street; Alburtis House at left, at right old shingled house that originally stood on the north side of Borden Avenue in cemetery grounds. The Alburtis Family owned the house at left ca. 1682 - 1830, the Pebbles Family owned both houses 1852, and 1860. Calvary Cemetery owned all the houses in 1923, and in 1927 the Alburtis house was razed, by the 1950’s the yard was used for Third Calvary Cemetery maintenance buildings.

Title : Newtown - East Gable of the Alburtis House on the South Side of Borden Avenue, Land Owned by Calvary Cemetery

Collection : aql:7837

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : 1923

Summary/Description : Alburtis House - View of east gable end of the Alburtis House on south side of Borden Avenue (aka Newtown Ave., now under Queens Midtown Expressway) east of 50th Street; Alburtis House at left, at right old shingled house that originally stood on the north side of Borden Avenue in cemetery grounds. The Alburtis Family owned the house at left ca. 1682 - 1830, the Pebbles Family owned both houses 1852, and 1860. Calvary Cemetery owned all the houses in 1923, and in 1927 the Alburtis house was razed, by the 1950’s the yard was used for Third Calvary Cemetery maintenance buildings.

Subject : Farmhouses; Dwellings

Relation : Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

Rights : Public domain

Coverage : Maspeth, Queens, NY; Laurel Hill, Queens, NY Maspeth (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Newtown (Queens County, N.Y.) Laurel Hill (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Black and white photograph

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

Identifier : aql:39143 ela-003911 ela-003911.TIFF