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
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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
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
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