Kingsland Homestead
Inside scoop: The society was the credited historical adviser
for the 2013 filming of The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo
DiCaprio. Director Baz Lurhman won an Academy Award for Set
Design.
Address: 44-02 23rd St., Ste. 219, Long Island City, and
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KING MANOR
Rufus King (1755-1827) was the youngest signer of the United
States Constitution, a senator, an ambassador to Great Britain and
a candidate for president. He was also an early voice in the antislavery
movement who employed and paid workers rather than
practice slavery on his farm in Jamaica.
From 1805 to 1896, King and his descendants lived in what is
now an 11-acre property called “Rufus King Park.” They raised
livestock and sowed wheat, barley, potatoes, corn, strawberries,
apples and peaches. Their three-story, three-chimney mansion
with clapboard windows is now a museum, displaying furniture,
glassware, clothes, musical instruments, toys, ceramics,
paintings, and prints.
Inside scoop: Added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1974, King Manor hosts numerous seasonal festivals, classical
music concerts and even swearing-in ceremonies for new
citizens.
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