Stevens House (Queens)
| Stevens House | |
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.jpg) Stevens House, 1937, by Berenice Abbott | |
  Location within New York City  Stevens House (Queens) (New York) | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Federal |
| Location | Vernon Boulevard and 30th Road |
| Town or city | Astoria, Queens, New York |
| Coordinates | 40°46′16″N 73°56′02″W / 40.7712°N 73.9338°W |
| Owner | Ebenezer Stevens |
The Stevens House was located on Vernon Boulevard and 30th Road in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York City.
The Stevens House is a large wood-frame house set on a stone foundation featuring a porch supported by brick piers.[1] The original house "stood on the top of a hill, from which there was an extensive view of the East River or Sound, which before the channel was freed from its many obstructions was most picturesque with its ever-changing, whirling, eddying currents."[2]
History
The house was built as a country residence by General Ebenezer Stevens, who named it Mount Napoleon,[3] which was later shortened to "The Mount."[2] Stevens purchased the land from the Hallett family not long after the American Revolutionary War.[3] Stevens was the father of banker John Austin Stevens and surgeon Alexander Hodgdon Stevens, and the grandfather of historian John Austin Stevens (who founded the Sons of the Revolution),[4] and the great-great-grandfather of activist Eugenie Mary Ladenburg Davie.[5]
During the
Stevens' son Byam Kerby Stevens (who married the daughter of Albert Gallatin) inherited the house.[8] Gallatin himself died at the home in 1849. The house was later inherited by Stevens' son, Byam Kerby Stevens Jr., a banker who was prominent member of New York society during the Gilded Age.[2]
References
- ^ "Stevens house, Vernon Boulevard and 30th Road, Astoria, Queens". digitalcollections.nypl.org. New York Public Library. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ a b c "THE OLD STEVENS HOUSE. | A Historian's Account of the Historical Mansion at Astoria". The Sun. January 26, 1903. p. 6. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9781452413730. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.)
- ^ Library.marist.edu Archived 2014-04-08 at the Wayback Machine, The Stevens Family Genealogy, Marist College Archive and Special Collections.
- ^ Teitel, Ilana. "OLD ASTORIA". OANA - Old Astoria Neighborhood Association. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ Historical Guide to the City of New York. F. A. Stokes Company. 1909. p. 281. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- Pittsburgh Daily Post. December 3, 1877. p. 2. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
