List of New York State Historic Markers in Queens County, New York facts for kids
This is a complete list of New York State Historic Markers in Queens County, New York.
Listings county-wide
| Marker name | Image | Date designated | Location | City or Town | Marker text | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arbitration Rock | Maspeth, on Onderdok Ave. north of Flushing Ave. Maspeth. | Maspeth, New York | Arbitration rock is under this point. It marks the settlement, in 1769, of a boundary line dispute between the Towns of Newton and Bushwick. | ||
| 2 | Cadwallader Colden House | Flushing, Horace Harding Blvd., East of Rodman St. | Flushing, New York | Built 1762. Stood opposite. He was Lieutenant Governor of the Province of New York 1760 to 1775. He died here on September 28, 1776. | ||
| 3 | Dewitt Clinton House | Maspeth, 58th St. Near 56th Road. | Maspeth, New York | Dweitt Clinton House 1790-1828. Stood several hundred feet north of here. Gov. Dewitt Clinton worked on plans for Erie Canal here. | ||
| 4 | First House Number in Queens | Woodhaven, near Park Lane South and 85th Street | Woodhaven, New York | First House Number in Queens, on house opposite here, under numerical street & house number system started 1913 by Topographical Bureau G. U. Powell, engineer in charge. | ||
| 5 | Foster House | Alley Pond, on Douglaston Parkway just east of Alley Pond. | Queens, New York | Foster House stood opposite. Stone part used during Indian attacks. Thomas Foster was hanged by Hessians; his son rescued him. | ||
| 6 | Francis Lewis | Whitestone, 7th Ave. and Clintonville Street | Whitestone, New York | Here was the estate of Francis Lewis, signer of Declaration of Independence. His home stood several hundred feet east of here. | ||
| 7 | Gen. Howe's Headquarters | Newtown, Queens Blvd. at 57th Ave. Elmhurst | Elmhurst, New York | Gen. Howe's Headquarters stands opposite here. Howe wrote his report of the Battle of Long Island here Sept. 3, 1776. Was Renne home. | ||
| 8 | Jackson's Mill | Jackson Heights, this mill stood about at the crossing of Grand Central Park | Jackson Heights, New York | Here stood Wessel's Grist Mill, 1640. Razed in early Indian War, later milles of Loyster, Kip, Fish and Jackson used the same site. | ||
| 9 | Moore Homestead | Elmhurst, 45th Ave. at Broadway. | Jackson Heights, New York | Moore Homestead, 1662. Ancestral home of Dr. C.O. Moore, author of "Twas the Night Before Christmas". Later the home of grandson Commodore O.H. Perry. | ||
| 10 | Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull | Hollis, at southeast corner Jamaica Ave. and 196th St. | Jackson Heights, New York | Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull was captured and fatally wounded by the British in Increase Carpenter's House 200 feet north of this spot. | ||
| 11 | Prince Homestead | Flushing, on Northern Blvd. bet. Lawrence St. & Collins Pl. | Flushing, New York | Prince Homestead stands opposite. Built by E. Embree 1780. Washington stopped here to see the Prince Nurseries during his trip to Long Island 1789. | ||
| 12 | Prospect Cemetery | Jamaica, 159th St., south of Beaver Road. | Jamaica, New York | Original Jamaica Town Burying Ground, established 1660. Egbert Benson born 1746, died 1833, buried here. First Attorney General N.Y. State. | ||
| 13 | Quaker Meeting House | Flushing, 137-16 Northern Blvd. | Flushing, New York | Easterly part built 1694. Remainder built 1717. Always used for worship except 1776-83 when occupied by British as prison, hospital and stable. | ||
| 14 | Rapelye's Mill | Corona, this mill stood on Colonial Ave., opposite Waldron St. | Corona, New York | On this site, 1655, Captain John Coe erected the first grist mill in Newtown, used as a mill by Rapelye until 1875. | ||
| 15 | Remsen Cemetery |  |
Forest Hill, just north of Metropolitan Ave. bet. Orville St. and Trotting. | Forest Hills, New York | Col. Jeromus Remsen, 1735-1790, is buried here. Was colonel of a regiment of Kings and Queens Co. militia in the Battle of Long Island. | |
| 16 | Stevens House | L.I. City, 30th Road East of Vernon Blvd., Astoria. | Astoria, New York | Major General Ebenezer Stevens Home east of here. Born 1752; took part in Boston Tea Party; major of artillery in the Revolutionary War. | ||
| 17 | Walter Bowne | Flushing, east side of 155th St. midway bet. 33rd Ave. & 35th Ave. | Flushing, New York | Site of his residence. Mayor N.Y. City 1829-33. Great great grandson of John Bowne, one of the original patentees of Flushing. |
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