Northeastern
Kingsland Homestead
Built: between 1774-85
Address: 143-35 37th Ave.,
Flushing
Built between 1774 and 1785,
the Kingsland Homestead is
one of the earliest surviving
examples of residential
style construction common
throughout Long Island,
specifically Queens.
Private home
Built: 1905-06
Address: 35-34 Bell Blvd.,
Bayside
This home was built entirely
from cobblestones, fusing
two architectural styles:
Colonial Revival and the Arts
and Crafts movement.
Fitzgerald/Ginsberg
Mansion
Built: 1924
Address: 145-15 Bayside Ave.,
Flushing
Built in 1924, the mansion
features rusticated,
irregularly shaped fieldstone
walls, a multicolored
slate roof, casement and
leaded glass windows and
picturesque massing. Large,
suburban, picturesque
revival-style houses
from the 1920s were
at one time prevalent
throughout New York City’s
affluent residential outer
neighborhoods, but have
become increasingly rare.
Herman A. and Malvina
Schleicher House
Built: around 1857
Address: 11-41 123rd St.,
College Point
The house stands on a
circular site that was
created around 1906, when
the original 14-acre estate
was subdivided into building
lots and became part of
the surrounding street
grid. Morris A. Gescheidt, a
German-born painter and
architect, gave the building
its neo-classical design.
The Unisphere, Pool and
Fountains
Built: 1963-64
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Address: Flushing Meadows
Corona Park
Robert Moses had hired
Gilmore D. Clarke to lay
out the plan of the 1939-40
World’s Fair, a series of
major and minor boulevards
and paths radiating out
from a central point
containing the Trylon and
Perisphere, with major
axes terminating at focal
points that contained major
pavilions, fountains and
sculptures. In 1961, Clarke
returned to modify the 1939
plan for the 1964-65 fair,
placing the Unisphere at the
same prominent position
as the earlier Trylon and
Perisphere.
Voelker Orth Museum, Bird
Sanctuary and Victorian
Garden
Built: around 1891
Address: 149-19 38th Ave.,
Flushing
The Voelker Orth Museum
is significant as one of the
few houses remaining from
Flushing’s early period of
suburban development,
the years around 1900. Its
exuberantly picturesque
design and large garden
are typical of buildings of
the late 19th century and
recall the period when, due
to expanding transportation
networks, Flushing was
transformed from a rural
area to a suburban one.
Southern
Daniel and Abbie B. Eldridge
House
Built: around 1870
Address: 87-61 111th St.,
Jamaica
Clarenceville, as the area
was named, was promoted
in the early 1850s for its
beauty, convenient location
and accessibility by public
transportation, but little
development had taken
place when Daniel Eldridge,
a clerk in the city Water
Department and alleged
member of the Tweed Ring,
bought six lots in 1867 and
1869.
First Reformed Church of
Jamaica
Built: 1858-59
Address: 159-29 90th Ave.,
Jamaica
The existing building was the
Dutch Reformed Church of
Jamaica’s third building on the
site. The Jamaica Avenue facade
consists of a central peakedroof
section flanked by two
square towers, one of which is
twice the size of the other.
Grace Episcopal Church and
Graveyard
Built: 1702
Address: 155-15 Jamaica Ave.,
Jamaica
Designed by Cady, Berg
& See and added in 1901,
the chancel replicates
the style of the earlier
building. The surrounding
graveyard dates to the
early 18th century and
contains tombstones and
monuments of various
styles and materials.
Jamaica Chamber of
Commerce Building
Built: 1928-29
Address: 89-31 161st St.,
Jamaica
Founded in 1919 as the Jamaica
Board of Trade to promote
the area to businesses and
residential developers, the
chamber by 1926 had grown
to a membership of nearly
500, when Secretary Max
C. Bunyan suggested the
organization would benefit
from having a building of its
own, part of which could be
rented out to support the
chamber’s work.
Jamaica High School
Built: 1925-27
Address: 167-01 Gothic Drive,
Jamaica
This large, classically
styled public high school
was designed by William
Gompert and opened in 1927
to accommodate the rapidly
expanding Jamaica population.
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