Newtown - Augustus Bretoniere House - Elmhurst Augustus Bretoniere House - \[other spellings: Bretonnier, Brettoniere] or Dr. J. Glover House. Old addresses no. 70 (right) and 74 (left) Queens Blvd., on the SW corner of Caldwell Ave. (57th Ave.). No. 74 was the Dr. J. Glover House, earlier it was the Bretoniere House \[Bretonnier] with a hip roof, after a fire around 1880-81, it was remodeled to a mansard roof by builder J. Van Riper. Also known as the Samuel Renne House (18th Century), British Gen. Howe was here in August 1776. Saloon on right was later built in the Glover tract. Glover House was standing in 1936 as 89-16 Queens Blvd.

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.

Newtown - Augustus Bretoniere House - Elmhurst Augustus Bretoniere House - \[other spellings: Bretonnier, Brettoniere] aka Dr. J. Glover House. Rear of the Bretonnier House, old no. 74, new No. 89-16 Queens Blvd., on the SW corner of 57th Ave. In 1776 it was the Samuel Renne House, also called "the Big House". It was two story's with an attic and double hip roof, converted to a mansard roof in 1865. Richard Lawrence owned this house in 1784, then Augustus Bretonnier prior to 1850 until his death 1852, and was later owned by Dr. J. Glover.

Eastbound Track of Manhattan & Queens Traction Corp. and Queens Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line Eastbound track of the Manhattan & Queens Traction Corp. and the southerly half of Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens, NY prior to construction of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera located on southerly rail of the eastbound track, looking east. Also shows buildings, trees, automobiles, and signage.