LANDMARKS
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,
specifi cally 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 fi eldstone
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
affl uent 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
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 signifi cant 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: 153-10 Jamaica 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
peaked-roof section fl anked 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 benefi t 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.
Jamaica Savings Bank
(current)
Built: 1939
Address: 146-21 Jamaica Ave.,
Jamaica
Architect Morrell Smith,
celebrated for his designs of
commercial bank buildings,
designed this branch of
Jamaica Savings Bank in 1939.
Set on a trapezoidal lot, the
one-story building faces an
intersection with an angled
facade and corner entrance.
Jamaica Savings Bank
(former)
Built: 1897-98
Address: 161-02 Jamaica Ave.,
Jamaica
Designed by the fi rm
of Hough & Deuell, the
building is an example of
the classically inspired
Beaux-Arts style, executed
in carved limestone and
wrought iron and is one
of only a few buildings in
Queens to embrace that
aesthetic. Sited on Jamaica
Avenue, the building is
an urbane presence on
the neighborhood’s main
commercial thoroughfare.
J. Kurtz and Sons Store
Built: 1931
Address: 162-24 Jamaica Ave.,
Jamaica
The ground fl oor storefront on
Jamaica Avenue wraps around
the corner onto Guy Brewer
Boulevard. Corner windows
on the upper fl oors add an
additional modern design
element to the building.
King Manor Museum
Built: 1900
Address: 150-03 Jamaica Ave.,
Jamaica
The King Manor Association
of L.I. Inc. operates the
historic house as a museum
to preserve and interpret
the home and legacy of
Rufus King. The only historic
house museum in southeast
Queens, King Manor serves
a largely minority and
immigrant community and
engages its audiences
through historic site tours,
interactive exhibits, lectures,
public programs and school
and community outreach.
La Casina
Built: around 1933
Address: 90-33 160th St.,
Jamaica
The building is a former
nightclub built in the Modern
style. It now houses the Jamaica
Business Resource Center.
Loew’s Valencia Theater
Built: 1928
Address: 165-11 Jamaica Ave.,
Jamaica
It currently houses the
Tabernacle of Prayer for
All People. Designed by
John Eberson, the former
theater was the fi rst of fi ve
atmospheric movie palaces
constructed by the Loew’s
Corp. outside Manhattan in
the 1920s.
Prospect Cemetery
Built: around 1668
Address: 159th Street near
York College and the Long
Island Rail Road station,
Jamaica
In the 19th century, the
cemetery expanded through
the purchase of individual lots.
It contains tombstones and
monuments of varying ages
and styles and the burials of
Revolutionary War veterans
and early prominent families
from Long Island and Queens.
Queens General Court House
Built: 1936-39
Address: 88-11 Sutphin Blvd.,
Jamaica
The Modern Classical
style was selected for this
building because it was
thought to express the
dignity and majesty of the
law. An example of the style,
the E-shaped, seven-story
building is faced with Alabama
limestone and articulated with
neo-Classical ornament.
Ralph Bunche House
Built: 1927
Address: 115-24 Grosvenor
Road, Kew Gardens
Dr. Ralph Bunche and his
family lived for more than
30 years in a neo-Tudor style
residence built in 1927 and
designed by the architects
Koch & Wagner. Bunche had an
illustrious career in academia,
international service and
diplomacy, which included the
1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his
role in negotiating armistice
settlements between Israel
and its Arab neighbors.
The Register
Built: 1898
Address: 161-04 Jamaica Ave.,
Jamaica
It was built in the year Queens
was incorporated into Greater
New York. The building is
faced in limestone and has
a tripartite design of base,
piano nobile, and attic story.
Sidewalk Clock
Built: around 1900
Address: 161-11 Jamaica Ave.,
Jamaica
It is one of only two extant
sidewalk clocks in Queens.
The original manufacturer and
installer are unknown, and
the clock has been somewhat
altered with the insertion of
electric clock units and the
installation of neon signs.
St. Monica’s Church
Built: 1856
Address: 94-20 160th St.,
Jamaica
Typical Romanesque Revivalstyle
elements include roundarched
openings, turrets, a
heavy cornice at the top of
the campanile and corbelling.
The new building has a square
massing and a skin of brick
piers and metal panels.
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