Anchored At the Crossroad of OLD and NEW
🏠 A Country Home in the Big City, Queens, NYC
A Special Home at a Major Crossroad...
In its almost 200 years, the stand-out Hollis Ketcham House, has seen many changes.
Photographed in 1922 by famed
photographer & NYC historian
Eugene L. Armbruster
"The Ketcham House"
A Special Home at a Major Crossroad...
The Ketchams Move In.
From Walt Whitman's hometown, 23 year old David Ketcham buys the farm in 1849. He is a pillar of the community and is greatly involved in the administration, religion and educational systems. Ketcham's relatives are associated with George Washington and the 'Amityville Horror' house.
In its almost 200 years, the stand-out Ketcham House, has seen many changes.
1849
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The Ketcham Farm Is A Success!
By the 1850's, David Ketcham's family has grown with the birth of his daughter Elizabeth. The farm proves to be a grand success, and as it and the surrounding community continue to develop, Ketcham, his son Aaron O. and their families rightfully take their place among the area's leading citizens.
In its almost 200 years, the stand-out Ketcham House, has seen many changes.
1850's
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A Millionaire Takes Over
Alexander Campbell, a prominent pioneer in the milk industry who was the first to sell milk in a bottle container, fell in love with the beauty of the area and bought the many-acre Ketcham farm.
In its almost 200 years, the stand-out Ketcham House, has seen many changes.
1890
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The Foundation of a New Community
Ketcham's was one of two farms bought by Frederick W. Dunton of the Long Island Development Corp. railroad company that were used to create HOLLIS, Queens, one of NYC's oldest communities.
In its almost 200 years, the stand-out Ketcham House, has seen many changes.
1899
1890's
Even after the establishment of the railroad station and the district of Hollis , the old Ketcham farm still remained one the largest undivided properties in the area.
Ketcham's
In
Farmhouse
is
Modernized!
What was modern and new in 1926, has become even more cherished almost 100 years later as a relic of an important past .
A Special Home at a Major Crossroad...
In its almost 200 years, the stand-out Ketcham House, has seen many changes.
1926
The Original Gibson Girl
The international Fashion Icon lived in the Hollis
Ketcham House from marriage till her death in 1953
A Special Home at a Major Crossroad...
Amazingly, the Ketcham House, has been the home of several very distinguished individuals.
Family Trees Take Root: Leaving Footprints on the Landscape of Hollis & Time
The Original Gibson GirlResident until 1953
May Callahan Flores, Original Gibson Girl, Hollis Housewife... the Gibson Girl was to her day what a combination Marilyn Monroe-Zsa Zsa Gabor-Lana Turner is today... -- LONG ISLAND STAR JOURNAL, 1953CHARLES FLORES, a successful home builder, acquired Ketcham house in 1931. His wife May Callahan Flores lived there for many years until ... Read More and Comment
