Queens County Farm Museum
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The Queens County Farm Museum is located on 47 acres (190,202.4 m²) of the New York City
neighborhood of Glen Oaks, Queens
; the address is 73-50 Little Neck Parkway,
Glen Oaks, New York, 11004. This farm museum
occupies the city's largest remaining tract of undisturbed farmland (in operation since 1697), and is also the city's only working historical farm
. The site features original farm buildings from three different centuries, a greenhouse, livestock, various pieces of vintage farm equipment, and some open planting fields. Guided tours are offered year-round, and hay rides are featured between the months of April and October. The museum includes the Cornell Farmhouse
which is a New York City Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places
.
transferred ownership of the farm from the hospital to the New York City Department of Parks, for the purpose of starting a museum. http://www.queensfarm.org/about-timeline.html
New York City
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neighborhood of Glen Oaks, Queens
Glen Oaks, Queens
Glen Oaks is a neighborhood in the easternmost portion of the New York City Borough of Queens. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 13.-Location:...
; the address is 73-50 Little Neck Parkway,
Glen Oaks, New York, 11004. This farm museum
Farm museum
A farm museum is a museum based on a historical farm and its buildings, presenting agricultural history. Often the farm is still a working farm, for demonstration and educational purposes....
occupies the city's largest remaining tract of undisturbed farmland (in operation since 1697), and is also the city's only working historical farm
Farm
A farm is an area of land, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single...
. The site features original farm buildings from three different centuries, a greenhouse, livestock, various pieces of vintage farm equipment, and some open planting fields. Guided tours are offered year-round, and hay rides are featured between the months of April and October. The museum includes the Cornell Farmhouse
Cornell Farmhouse
The Cornell Farmhouse was built in 1750 with Dutch and English architectural features. The Farmhouse is in the Glen Oaks section the New York City borough of Queens. It is also known as the Creedmoor Farmhouse Complex, and as the Adriance Farmhouse...
which is a New York City Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
.
History
A Dutch family, the Adriances, owned the farm from 1697 to 1808. Their three-room farmhouse, built in 1772, has been restored and still stands. After 1808, a series of families owned the farm as it continued to evolve from a colonial homestead to a modern "truck farming" or market gardening business. Under its last private farmer, Daniel Stattel, it became, by 1900, "the second largest [farm] in size in Queens County and the highest in dollar value...assessed at 32,000 dollars." http://www.queensfarm.org/about-timeline.html In 1926, the Stattels sold the farm to real estate investor Pauline Reisman, who, in turn, later that year sold it to Creedmoor State Hospital, which used it for occupational therapy, to stock its kitchen, and to grow ornamental plants for the rest of the hospital campus. In 1975, state legislation authored by Frank PadavanFrank Padavan
Frank Padavan is an engineer and was a Republican New York state senator representing District 11, located in Queens County. His district included the communities of Queens Village, Flushing, Bayside, Whitestone, Douglaston, Little Neck, College Point, Bellerose, Hollis, Jamaica Estates, Floral...
transferred ownership of the farm from the hospital to the New York City Department of Parks, for the purpose of starting a museum. http://www.queensfarm.org/about-timeline.html
See also
- List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City
- Open air museumOpen air museumAn open-air museum is a distinct type of museum exhibiting its collections out-of-doors. The first open-air museums were established in Scandinavia towards the end of the nineteenth century, and the concept soon spread throughout Europe and North America. Open-air museums are variously known as...