Newtown - Augustus Bretoniere House - Elmhurst

Augustus Bretoniere House - [other spellings: Bretonnier, Brettoniere] aka Dr. J. Glover House. Built in the 1850s (house on the left), and located at old no. 74 Queens Blvd., SW corner of 57th Ave., it became 89-16 Queens Blvd. The house on the right is old no. 70. The Bretoniere House, originally had a hip roof, it was remodeled about in 1865 into a mansard roof. When Samuel Renne had it in the 18th Century, it was known as "the Big House". British Gen. Howe used the house for a short time in 1776.