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63-60 Elwell Crescent
Newtown - Waldron House and Barn - Rego Park Waldron House and Barn - (aka J.J. Tompkins House) Built 1760 by Samuel Waldron. Located at what is now 63-60 Elwell Crescent NW corner of 64th Road. The gable end is to Lowell Ave. (64th Road). At the time of this photo the house was undergoing repairs and painting. Photo taken July 1923.
63-60 Ellwell Crescent
Newtown - Waldron House and Barn - Rego Park Waldron House and Barn - Samuel Waldron House, built in 1760 (aka J.J. Tompkins House). East of Juniper Swamp Rd. (now 63rd Drive) and north of Carlton St., currently the NW corner of Elwell Crescent and 64th Road, at 63-60 Elwell Crescent. The house is abandoned here, but appears in good condition. Photo taken 1923.
63-60 Ellwell Crescent
Newtown - Waldron House and Barn - Rego Park Waldron House and Barn - Samuel Waldron House, built 1760 (aka J.J. Tompkins House). The present site is on NW corner of Elwell Crescent and 64th Road, at 63-60 Elwell Crescent, south east of Old Juniper Swamp Rd. (63rd Drive) and east of Trotting Course Lane (Woodhaven Blvd.). View of the north and west Sides of the deserted house, the porch has fallen. Photo taken April 1923.
63-60 Ellwell Crescent
Newtown - Waldron House and Barn - Rego Park Waldron House and Barn - (aka J.J. Tompkins House), built 1760 by Samuel Waldron, a distance east of Juniper Swamp Rd. (now 63rd Drive) and north of Carlton St., currently the NW corner of Elwell Crescent and 64th Road, at 63-60 Elwell Crescent. Owned by: J.J. Tompkins 1852, 60, 73, 91. In 1915 Matawok Land Co. owned the property. At the time this photo was taken, in April 1923, the yellow house was abandoned. This photo shows collapsed porch on west facade.
63-60 Ellwell Crescent
Newtown - Waldron House and Barn - Rego Park Waldron House and Barn - The current NW corner of Elwell Crescent and 64th Road, at 63-60 Elwell Crescent. Built in 1760 by Samuel Waldron, a blacksmith (1715-1771), he married Anna Delameter on April 25, 1735, and they moved to Newtown. Owned by: J.J. Tompkins 1852, 60, 73, 91. This view is from Penelope Ave. (now 63rd Drive) looking east. At the time this photo was taken, in April 1923, the yellow house was abandoned.
Woodhaven Boulevard and Penelope Avenue
Newtown - Woodhaven Blvd. - Middle Village Woodhaven Blvd. - Looking north along Woodhaven Blvd. (Trotting Course Lane) from Penelope Ave. toward Dry Harbor Rd. Tompkins House midway between Penelope Ave. and 63rd Road at far left, with barns north of the house. Next north is Adam Geier House in roadbed of current 63rd Ave. North of Geier (in center of Photo) is the Michael Stemler House (1873), M. Green (1896). Far right on eastside of the road is the Miller House at Fitchett St. Apr. 1923.
62-26 Dieterle Crescent
Newtown - Suydam House - Rego Park Suydam House - in 1860 was this was William Suydam House, then Mrs. Suydam 1873, G. Stoothoff 1891, and Mrs. Stoothoff 1896. It was east of Juniper Swamp Rd. (63rd Drive), the site is now 62-20 and 62-26 Dieterle Crescent. Photo taken April 1923.
62-26 Dieterle Crescent
Newtown - Suydam House - Rego Park Suydam House - Far off view of the Suydam House, some distance east of Juniper Swamp Rd. (63rd Drive), north of Carlton St., on the site of current 62-20 & 62-26 Dieterle Crescent. Owned by: William Suydam 1860, Mrs. Suydam 1873, G. Stoothoff 1891, and Mrs. Stoothoff 1896. Photo taken April 1923.
62-26 Dieterle Crescent
Newtown - Suydam House - Rego Park Suydam House - North of Carlton St. between Elwell Crescent and Dieterle Crescent. This view is looking north to the south facade of the house, the site is now 62-20 & 62-26 Dieterle Crescent. Owned by: William Suydam 1860, Mrs. Suydam 1873, G. Stoothoff 1891, and Mrs. Stoothoff 1896. Photo taken April 1923. \[Poor quality, distant and out of focus view of the Suydam House]
65-55 Woodhaven Boulevard
Newtown - Lieppe Houses - Rego Park Lieppe Houses - View looking east showing two Lieppe Houses (he built them) on east side of Woodhaven Blvd. (formerly Trotting Course Lane), about midway between Juniper Swamp Rd. (Furmanville Ave.) and White Pot Rd. (66th Ave.). Today these would be in the road bed of the widened Woodhaven Blvd. near 65th Drive. At right center is a fence at the old boundary of St. Johns cemetery approximately on the line of 65th Drive on right in the distance are the Schwomp Houses.
84-41 Dana Court
Newtown - Tompkins House - Middle Village Tompkins House - Looking north along Woodhaven Blvd. (Trotting Course Lane) from a point near Penelope Ave., houses on west side of the road. Tompkins House is nearest between 63rd Road and Penelope Ave. Owned by: Edward Tompkins 1852. H. Hasselberger 1873. J.J. Tompkins Owner 1891. J.T. Tompkins 1896. Adam Geier House in the distance (at far right) at current 63rd Ave. Photo taken April 1923.
85-29 66th Avenue
Newtown - Baum House - Rego Park Baum House - Yellow house with white trim, on the north side of White Pot Road (now 66th Ave.), about 200 Feet east of Trotting Course Lane (Now Woodhaven Blvd.). The house was still standing in 1959 as 85-29 66th Ave., and had been re-shingled, but has since been torn down. George Baum (of the Ridgewood farming family) owned it in 1891 and 1896. Photo taken April 1923.
65-89 Fitchett Street
Newtown - William Kinsey House - Rego Park William Kinsey House - House with outbuildings on the north side of White Pot Road (Fleet St., now 66th Ave.) a little east of Fitchett St. The house was grey and the adjacent barn was red. Note: outhouse and doghouse to the rear.
Woodhaven Boulevard and 66th Avenue
Newtown - Woodhaven Boulevard - Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard - View north along old Woodhaven Ave. (formerly Trotting Course Lane, and now Woodhaven Blvd.) at White Pot Rd. (later Fleet St., now 66th Ave.). At far left are the Lieppe Houses. The NE corner has the foundations of the White Pot School (P.S. 69) which burned down, the school site was donated by Jacobus Springsteen in 1739, and the burned building was the 4th or 5th school structure on the site. This site is now in the roadbed of the widened Woodhaven Blvd.
Woodhaven Boulevard and 66th Avenue
Queens: Woodhaven Blvd - Fleet Street Woodhaven Boulevard, south of Fleet Street, showing at the right the fence enclosing St. John's Cemetery. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection
66-11 Woodhaven Boulevard
Newtown - Woodhaven Boulevard - Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard - looking south along Woodhaven Blvd. (formerly Trotting Course Lane) from a point near the old White Pot Road (later Fleet St., now 66th Ave.) St. John's Cemetery is on the right (west side). Schwomp owned both houses on the left in 1896, their sites are now under the road bed of the widened Woodhaven Boulevard, and the nearest house would have been in front of 66-11 Woodhaven Blvd.
J. England House
Newtown - J. England House - Rego Park J. England House - Located on the south side of White Pot Road (now 66th Ave.) east of Trotting Course Lane (Woodhaven Blvd.), about midway between Fitchett St. and Alderton St. View shows front (north) facade facing White Pot Road. Owned by: J. England 1860. E. England 1873, E.J. England 1891, E. England 1896.
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