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At this address once sat a house referred to as Innerwyck. It was the second-oldest residential building in Queens after the Bowne House. It stood at the corner of Union Street and Bayside Avenue. Built around 1670, the home played an important role during the American Revolution. Burned in a fire on Christmas 1779 that was blamed on local patriots, its loyalist owner, Colonel Archibald Hamilton, quickly reconstructed the home. The building gets its name from Hamilton’s his Scottish roots: Hamilton was born near Innerwick Castle in the East Lothian region of Scotland. The Mitchell family purchased the home in 1804. The current Mitchell-Linden Gardens apartments across the street from where the mansion stood are named for them. The homes' final owners were the architect and philatelist Clarence Wilson Brazer and his wife Esther, an interior decorator. The couple painstakingly restored the structure together, but upon his death in 1956 (Esther had passed in 1945), the house was soon after demolished and replaced with a no style, two-story medical office. Some small trace of Innerwyck still exists today. At the property's northeastern corner on Bayside Avenue, a remnant of the Innerwyck's gate stands.

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142-04 Bayside Avenue

Innerwyck John FB Mitchell house. Built in 1780 by Colonel Archibald Hamilton. Commonly known as Innerwyck. hand written on back of print: John L Mitchell House built 1784 Col Archibald Hamilton SE Corner Bayside Ave (31 Rd) at Whitestone Ave (union st) "INNERWYCK" Flushing standing 1941
142-04 Bayside Avenue image

142-04 Bayside Avenue

Innerwyck John FB Mitchell house. Built in 1780 by Colonel Archibald Hamilton. Commonly known as Innerwyck. hand written on back of print: Col Archibald Hamilton House s e cor Bayside Avenue + Whitestone Avenue Flushing 1922
142-04 Bayside Avenue image

142-04 Bayside Avenue

Innerwyck John FB Mitchell house. Built in 1780 by Colonel Archibald Hamilton. Commonly known as Innerwyck. hand written on back of print: John BJ Mitchell House s e cor Bayside + Whitestone Avenue built 1780 by Colonel Archibald Hamilton Flushing 1922
142-04 Bayside Avenue image

142-04 Bayside Avenue

Innerwyck John FB Mitchell house. Built in 1780 by Colonel Archibald Hamilton. Commonly known as Innerwyck. hand written on back of print: John FB Mitchell s e cor Whitestone Ave + Bayside Avenue built 1784 by Colonel Archibald Hamilton Flushing 1922
142-04 Bayside Avenue image

142-04 Bayside Avenue

Innerwyck John FB Mitchell house. Built in 1780 by Colonel Archibald Hamilton. Commonly known as Innerwyck. hand written on back of print: Col Archibald Hamilton House built 1780 s e cor Bayside + Whitestone Ave Flushing 1922
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