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Elks Lodge No. 878
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Elks Club House, Queensboro '878' Elks Lodge, 1929. A bronze elk statue is visible at the entrance, lower left. In a 1995 profile of the declining fraternal clubhouse, the New York Times described the “neoclassical palazzo” and its ornate interior features: “Built in 1923 for the then astronomical sum of $750,000, the five-story building features a swimming pool, a gym, an Aztec-themed theater, 28 guest rooms, a banquet hall, three bars and eight bowling alleys. Large stained-glass panels on each wall of the 700-seat theater, proclaim the order's four cardinal tenets: Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity.”
Queensborough Lodge of the Elks (B.P.O.E.)
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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878 (Elks Lodge) ARCHITECT: The Ballinger Company DATE: 1923-24 STYLE: Italian Renaissance Palazzo The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was founded by a group of actors and entertainers in 1868, and this building belonged to them from 1923 until 2001, when they sold it to the New Life Fellowship Church. The edification was built between 1923 and 1924 with a neo classical style that modeled Italian Renaissance palazzo type.
Mathews Company Row Houses
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Mathews Company rowhouses, ca. 1995 Gustave X. Mathews was one of Queens County’s most prolific rowhouse developers in the early 20th century. The Mathews Company’s Elmhurst properties were designed by fellow German immigrant Louis Allmendinger, and built between 1930-1942. Allmendinger’s designs incorporated contemporary architectural influences — including Art Deco, Art Moderne, and Bauhaus — and are notable for their use of the distinctive yellow-orange Kreischer bricks, a Mathews Company staple produced in Staten Island.
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79-00 QUEENS BOULEVARD
80-55 Cornish Avenue
Department of Water Supply 2nd Ward Repair Company. Date unknown. Barnwell Avenue and Poyer Street, Elmhurst, Queens. Railroad tracks behind building. (In the 1920s and 1930s, Seymour J. Baum building in background was listed at 268-288 Albion Street, Elmhurst.)
80-55 Cornish Avenue
Department of Water Supply 2nd Ward Repair Company. Date unknown. Barnwell Avenue and Poyer Street, Elmhurst, Queens. Railroad tracks behind building.
Queensborough Lodge of the Elks (B.P.O.E.)
Queensborough Lodge of the Elks (B.P.O.E.)
Elks Lodge No. 878
Queens Boulevard. Elks Club House, Queensboro '878' Elks Lodge.
Elks Lodge No. 878
Queens Boulevard. Elks Club House, Queensboro '878' Elks House.
52-28 Van Loon Street
\[Grand Street and Van Loon Street, Queens, NY] Intersection of Grand Street and Van Loon Street, Queens, NY. View showing Grand Street Line trolley tracks and a cobblestone street in a residential neighborhood.
52-28 Van Loon Street
\[Grand Street and Van Loon Street, Queens, NY] Intersection of Grand Street and Van Loon Street, Queens, NY. View showing Grand Street as seen from Van Loon Street, apartment houses, automobiles and trees.
Mathews Company Row Houses
\[79-37 Elks Road.]
Mathews Company Row Houses
\[Residence on Elks Road.]
Mathews Company Row Houses
\[79-31 Elks Road.]
86-04 Grand Avenue
Greek Revival House Elmhurst
86-04 Grand Avenue
Greek Revival House Elmhurst
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