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Burroughs Family Burial Ground, 1923. This small private family burial ground once sat on the back of a lot that faced the commons area of the village of Newtown. The graveyard was cut in half in 1930 with the mapping of Alstyne Avenue. In 1932 when a survey of the plot was undertaken, 16 grave markers were recorded dating from 1793 to 1871. Today the streets nearby are lined with homes. It is unclear if the graves were moved, covered over, or, are somehow still extant in someone's backyard.
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Burroughs Family Burial Ground
Newtown - Burroughs Family Cemetery - Elmhurst Burroughs Family Cemetery - North side of Alstyne Ave. east of 94th St. behind the C. Card House. There were 16 stones dating from 1793 through 1812 and one from 1871. In 1954 this plot was sold by the city but the sale was withdrawn. In 1985 it was a weed strewn lot with no stones between a service station and an auto body repair shop. This view is of the first line of stones from Alstyne Ave.
Burroughs Family Burial Ground
Newtown - Burroughs Family Cemetery - Elmhurst Burroughs Family Cemetery - north side of Alstyne Ave. east of 94th St. close up view along the line of headstones. There were 16 stones ranging from 1793 to 1812 and one stone dated 1871. The city sold the cemetery in 1954 and then withdrew the sale. By the 1980s no stones stood and the cemetery was a weed strewn lot between a filling station and auto body repair shop.
Burroughs Family Burial Ground
Queens: 94th Street - 46th Avenue 94th Street, east side, between Forty-sixth and Alstyne Avenues, showing 4 views of the Burroughs family burial place. View No. 1 also shows a factory at the S.W. corner of 94th Street and So. Railroad Avenue. Views two and three show Alstyne Avenue in the foreground and an old barn at the rear of the Card house. View No. four shows homes on the north side of Forty-sixth Avenue. May 1923 Views 1,2 3 and 4 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection
Burroughs Family Burial Ground
Burroughs Family Burial Ground
Newtown - Burroughs Family Cemetery - Elmhurst Burroughs Family Cemetery - North side of Alstyne Ave. east of 94th St. Located to the rear of the old C. Card House which was set back from the north side of Corona Ave. This view shows two lines of stones, with the Durkee Factory in the background.
Burroughs Family Burial Ground
Newtown - Burroughs Family Cemetery - Elmhurst Burroughs Family Cemetery - North side of Alstyne Ave. east of 94th St. close-up of stones - 16 stones were dated from 1793 through 1812 and one was from 1871. In 1954 the city sold this burial ground and then withdrew the sale. By the 1980s no stones remained.
Burroughs Family Burial Ground
Queens: 94th Street - 46th Avenue 94th Street, east side, between Forty-sixth and Alstyne Avenues, showing 4 views of the Burroughs family burial place. View No. 1 also shows a factory at the S.W. corner of 94th Street and So. Railroad Avenue. Views two and three show Alstyne Avenue in the foreground and an old barn at the rear of the Card house. View No. four shows homes on the north side of Forty-sixth Avenue. May 1923 Views 1,2 3 and 4 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection
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